Celebrities in their blacked-out Chevrolet Suburbans are so boring. That’s why Gaga’s main car when she’s in her hometown of NYC and wants to go incognito is an unrestored W123 Mercedes in Biscayne blue. Respect. The W123 was a huge hit for the Stuttgart manufacturer in the late 1970s and early 1980s and they built 2.7 million of them. Many became taxis, because they were overengineered and indestructible. Gaga’s was imported from Europe and is an 87bhp diesel, so she probably struggles to fill it up in the US. She learnt to drive in a Merc, too, but that was in a rather dour 2013 E350.
Rolls-Royce Corniche III (1990)
Her ladyship owns two modern Rolls-Royce Phantoms, but the Roller dearest to her was the Corniche III that she bought in 2009. It was red and she named it “Bloody Mary”. At the time, this was Gaga’s only car. Also, she hadn’t passed her driving test, so a chauffeur was permanently retained. The Corniche was styled by Mulliner Park Ward in 1971 and enjoyed an uncommonly long production life of 24 years. The pop star was filmed riding in the back of the 6.75-litre convertible through Manhattan in 2012 en route to her perfume launch at the Guggenheim. Two years later, she auctioned the car for charity to benefit struggling musicians. The car went for £90,000, which was three times the estimate.
Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 coupe (2017)
As we’ve seen, young Stefani loves her classic cars. In fact, everything bar the Corniche and the F-150 were born before she was. But she does have some newer and faster sports cars for when she wants to escape the “Paparazzi”. She owns a Porsche Boxster and an Audi R8, but her favourite is her Lamborghini Huracán (she has Italian roots, after all) and she puts serious mileage on it. When Lady Gaga performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2017, she drove the 610bhp Lambo all the way there from Malibu to Houston and back again. That’s a 3,200-mile round trip, which, even with a 201mph machine like this, would take a while. The latest Huracán EVO RWD featured in the singer’s “911” music video last year, though a Porsche Carrera might have made more sense.
Ford F-150 SVT Lightning (1993)
One of Gaga’s most Instagrammed cars is a first-gen SVT Lightning, one of the original factory performance pickups. It’s a lowered F-150 with special suspension, a 240bhp 5.8-litre V8 and a heavy-duty automatic transmission. Ford only produced it between 1993 and 1995 and they’ve earned a cult following. Our hero’s spotless Marlboro red example is particularly cool.
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