F1 SUPERSTAR LEWIS HAMILTON IS QUITTING CARS

breaking news f1 fans six-time formula one world champ and owner of one of the craziest car collections of production cars on earth lewis hamilton says he'll be giving up the reins to all those petrol sip and gasoline engines because he wants to lessen his carbon footprint don't we all and will only be driving his all-electric mercedes eqc from now on huh he even went full vegan and sold his private jet for the rest of us that just means all the futuristic supercars and hell raising classics in his collection will be up on the auction block soon enough but unless you're a hollywood superstar or one of his f1 teammates good luck affording them i'm brad danger this is ideal and we're gonna take a look at the insane and currently inactive collection of lewis hamilton and i don't blame you if you feel a little bit heartbroken at the end of this video but don't worry we got some news that might cheer you up at the end so are you ready i am let's go okay real quick thanks to audible for 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muscle car style and according to the f1 legend he was less than impressed with its performance he even called the car a heap of junk come on man that hurt my soul just just a little bit and i bet those folks over at ford feel the same way because these super stylish classics are going for over 200 000 these days with the special few hitting seven figures but if you were to ask lewis hamilton you're only really paying for a mean looking body kit in a slick paint job but as you'll see hamilton's taste is mostly for modern like the nostalgic yet newfangled hypercar that he bought in 2015. seemingly a nostalgic purchase lewis bought this car right after he made the switch from the mclaren f1 team over to mercedes and he seems to have some warm feelings for his old sponsors since he's been seen driving around this british-built hypercar around his home in monaco which makes sense because hamilton started training as a development driver for mclaren at age 13. and that was after boldly approaching the company boss ron dennis at age 10 and telling him that he wanted to be a driver for mclaren it looks like some dreams do come true huh in 2015 he dropped around nine hundred thousand dollars for the super rare royal blue p1 one of just 375 of this model ever built and this unique beast has a twin turbo v8 that generates wait for it wait for it 903 horsepower hey if anybody can handle that kind of power it's the champ lewis ham and the next car doesn't have quite that much horsepower but if you're looking to build an impressive collection dare i say the ideal collection well you start by using the ideal car strategies and then you find a car that's so unique it's hard to even price undoubtedly one of lewis's favorite cars has got to be his pagani zonda lh and can you guess what the lh stands for you guessed low horsepower you couldn't be more far off this life-sized hot wheel car is cranking right around 750 horsepower out of a v12 monster and if you guess the lh stands for lewis hamilton ding ding ding ding ding you're a winner well maybe not as much of a winner as lewis but at least give yourself a pat on the back because this car is a one-off that's part of an entire series of custom zondas that pagani was building for special clients and lewis paid nearly two million dollars to have this one custom made for him and guess what he said it handles terribly and it's the worst of any car he owns him being an f1 driver i'm inclined to believe him anyway the next car on this list is a bit of an outlier when it comes to the six time champs collection and it's about the exact opposite of the elegant little pagani zonda the f1 prince of pavement has more than just six supercars and jaw-dropping classics in his collection he has probably the most extreme and over-the-top suv ever built by the mercedes marquis the amg 63 6x6 that's right mercedes built an unbelievably badass six-wheeled off-road rig with a 5.5 liter twin turbocharged v8 that sends 544 horsepower to all six wheels it's like the human centipede but like cars and never seen one of these on your street kick and slush up on your snowman well makes a lot of sense because there's only 100 of them on earth and one of them is sitting in lewis hamilton's garage they're so rare that the asking price on one of these luxury lug boats is up around 1.5 million dollars but apparently even a six-wheeler that expensive can get stuck in the snow as supercar collector greg b will tell you let's just hope that lewis is smart enough to keep his out of the frozen tundra oh wait he's not even driving him right now so i guess he is and even though lewis is clearly a fan of over-the-top suvs his bread and butter is definitely mercedes supercars among the most recent additions to lewis's ridiculous collection of cars is his mercedes amg project one this hybrid hyper car brings formula one technology to a production model hybrid car in a way that will have you convinced you're driving a charged up supercar with a gas sip and v8 the project one is supposed to crack a thousand horsepower with its plug-in hybrid drivetrain and hit a top speed of 217 miles per hour even jumping to 120 miles per hour in under six seconds and while its public release date has been delayed from 2019 to 2021 due to concerns about its complicated exhaust system meeting emission requirements if you're an f1 legend you got ways of getting what nobody else has and when the car finally hits the market the price is rumored to be 2.72 million dollars and i'd say that if you want to buy the project one that's pre-owned by lewis hamilton it's going to cost you a lot more than 2.73 but the project one isn't the only hybrid car in the billion dollar man's collection he also has a few ferraris even the ferrari undeniably one of the greatest formula one racers to ever grace this planet it's only right that lewis hamilton should own one of the coolest ferraris ever built the ferrari la ferrari is a hybrid hypercar with approximately a thousand horsepower under the hood and a top speed of 220 miles per hour this ride combines the power of a 6.3 liter ferrari v12 with a curse-esque battery pack rigged up to an electric motor to produce incredible power off the starting line hitting 60 miles per hour in a blistering 2.4 seconds which is the kind of acceleration that hamilton is used to it's no wonder that ferrari chose this mach 5 hybrid motor to have the same name as the marquis itself literally laferrari just means the ferrari in italian and only 499 of these spicy meatballs have ever been built so it's no wonder that this ultra rare mega powered machine is selling for around 1.5 million dollars today that's a lot of cash that only someone like lou ham could muster up and apparently lewis was a fan of his ferrari because as if one million dollar ferrari isn't enough he bought another one a few years later the second la ferrari that hamilton added to his collection was the la ferrari aperta which is similar to its non-aperta brother except for the fact that it's an open-air spider with a hard top convertible roof and it's even more rare and even more expensive there were just over 200 of these bad boys made and as you know rarity is gonna drive up the price of a commodity street legal ferrari race cars included so if you're looking to cop in a pair to these days you're looking in somewhere of the neighborhood at 2.2 million dollars under the hood the situation is pretty similar to the normal la ferrari a ferrari v12 matched up to 120 kilowatt electric motor that delivers a combined output of roughly 950 horses so between his two la ferraris lewis is looking at around 2 000 horsepower and nearly three and a half million dollars you could probably get that kind of power for a whole lot less but lewis is not only a collector but also an investor wait isn't that kind of the same thing and he's clearly got some money to blow so it seems like when he's cruising the la strip lewis takes out one of his la ferraris but what does he drive to the supermarket from the mundane and everyday tasks of his life he's got a mercedes-amg gtr he has gone on the record saying that this is his favorite mercedes behind of course his formula one race car but it's a bit strange to me that a guy with all these multi-million dollar wheels in his collection prefers a car worth around a hundred thousand dollars but hey if there's anyone that knows quality it's luham mercedes announced the updated amg gtr pro back in november 2018 but it's only now hitting the assembly line this year so it's too bad he'll never experience it because you know he's giving up gasoline and to my knowledge they won't be offering an eevee version of the gtr pro even though they aren't his daily drivers it's only right that luis should have a few more benzes in his collection and this next one is a bit more of a jaw dropper than the amg gtr touted as a revelation in luxury by mercedes the vision mercedes maybach 6 looks like a maybach s650 got sucked through a wormhole and lost its roof along the way this 738 horsepower fully electric luxury cabriolet has an engine for each of its four wheels and can apparently travel over 200 miles on a single charge the body has super futuristic styling with smooth rounded lines running down the length of the car to the back fenders and wrapping around to create an elegant and natural aesthetic the interior just bleeds luxury with it straight out of the future dash and white leather trim it's no wonder why lewis was willing to throw 300k on one of these when they came out in 2016. but as you've seen just because lewis hamilton drives a mercedes doesn't mean he can't collect a few flashy unaffordable ferraris too and you know you're a big time car collector when you have a super exclusive ferrari and drive it only maybe once or twice when the ferrari 599sa aperta debuted at the 2010 paris auto show each of the only 80 units ever produced had already been sold this light soft top roadster version of the base 599 features a 6 liter v12 with a brilliant 661 horsepower and it was called the most exclusive ferrari ever made somehow lewis got his hands on one and today this drop top italian stallion is worth somewhere around 1.6 million dollars so let's add that to the value of the other ferrari shall we that's around 5.3 million dollars of ferraris alone and he doesn't even drive them but while his big money is clearly going into the ferrari's family pocket he's also got some other super cool mercedes models that are worth mentioning after disappearing from the super luxury market for a while maybach reemerged as a subdivision of mercedes and the s600 is one of the coolest cars to be produced by the automaker since then apparently when lewis hamilton doesn't feel like driving after a long day on the f1 racetrack he likes to be chauffeured around in his 200 000 s600 makes sense to me this car's got massage seats and a back seat refrigerator in case the champ wants to sip some celebratory champagne on the road is champagne vegan but lewis's mercedes collection runs even deeper than that he's got another famous merc model that's got some super recognizable doors probably most well known for its goal wing doors the mercedes sls amg is an ultra powerful performance automotive that lewis added to his collection back in 2014 the base model has 583 ponies under the hood but apparently that wasn't enough for the speed fiend f1 racer he had an extra 59 tacked on top of the sls amg lewis has been pictured quite a bit driving this car during his day-to-day but back in the day before his fame he was whipping something far less luxurious than a gold wing to sls yeah we couldn't make a list about lewis hamilton's car collection without mentioning the first car the formula one legend ever drove when he first got his driver's license back in 2002 he hopped behind the wheel of a second hand mini cooper and the rest was history though the mini's not quite as flashy as the cars he has today great things come from humble beginnings we're estimating the value of this car is around 1500 bucks which is pocket change compared to the rest of this list because as a racing legend himself you know lewis hamilton's gotta have some respect for one of the most legendary race cars of all time the shelby cobra 427 he's got so much respect and not to mention money that he actually has two classic 427s stashed away in his garage in 1966 and in 1967. apparently when he bought the 1966 he had carol shelby himself inspected to guarantee it was mint condition then when he bought the 1967 it was so that he could have a classic cobra to drive around without having to beat up his 66 model and with that those are all the dormant driving machines in lewis hamilton's collection so you better break open your piggy bank because these surreal super cars and bone crushing classics could be on the market soon and if we had to estimate the cost of his entire collection we'd say that it would be easily eclipsing 14 million dollars and that's the kind of dough that you can drop if you're a billion dollar man and drop us a comment and let us know which of these cars you think is the coolest oh and the good news that we promised if you're a lewis hamilton fan and you heard about the legal trouble he was in for wearing a controversial t-shirt at the tuscan gp you'll be happy to hear that all charges were dropped and our guy is in the clear like the vid hit the like button and be a champion and subscribe while you're at it this is ideal and as always keep living the ideal lifestyle [Music] you

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Length: 14min 50sec (890 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 30 2020