Messi has seven Golden Balls. We remember his fleet (there is exotic)
Fast, “classic” Italian sports cars worth a fortune, a modest Indian sedan and other cars of the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner
For the seventh time in his career, French PSG striker Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d'Or, the most prestigious individual award in modern football. Over the years of his performance, the outstanding Argentine has played more than one and a half thousand matches and scored about 500 goals. The attacker also has a small but very expensive collection of cars, some of which are worth a fortune.
GranTurismo MC Stradale
One of the Argentine's favorite cars was the sports Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale. The Italian coupe is equipped with a naturally aspirated 4.7-liter V8 engine, which allows the supercar to overcome the highest “hundred” in 4.5 seconds and reach a top speed of over 300 km/h. it for sale for 120,000 euros.
Ferrari F430 Spider
But Messi did not want to part with another Italian sports car: the Ferrari F430 Spider roadster is still in the football player's garage. The car was developed with the participation of the Pininfarina studio using aerodynamic technologies used in Formula 1 cars in the mid-2000s. With a 510 horsepower engine, the car accelerates to 100 km/h in 3.7 seconds and has a top speed of 315 km per hour.
Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster
The Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster is one of the rarest, most expensive and extreme cars in Lionel Messi's collection. Composite materials – titanium, magnesium and inconel – weigh only 1210 kg. A huge 7.3-liter 678-horsepower V12 engine from AMG accelerates the roadster to 100 km / h in 3.4 seconds. The maximum speed of the car is 350 km per hour. In total, 5 of these supercars were produced, worth 1.8 million euros each.
Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti
A real gem in a footballer's garage is a 1957 Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti driven by British racing legend Stirling Moss. In addition, this sports car became the first car in the history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans marathon, showing an average speed of more than 200 km per hour. Messi paid a staggering 32 million euros for the rarest car ever. They say that at the auction in the fight for the lot, he overtook his eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is another exotic in the Messi collection. It is considered one of the most beautiful and successful cars in the history of the German automaker. The supercar with unusual gullwing doors is powered by a naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V8 engine developing 580 hp and 650 Nm of torque.
Audi RS6 Avant Performance
A separate place in the garage of the Argentine was occupied by cars of the Audi brand, which sponsored Barcelona and supplied Catalan football players with their cars as part of an advertising contract. Messi has repeatedly driven cars such as the R8 supercar and the Q8 crossover. And in 2018, the football player drove an Audi RS6 Avant Performance station wagon with a 4.0-liter 605-horsepower engine. A great option for a family man with a wife and three children who does not want to sacrifice fast driving for the sake of comfort.
Tata Tiago
The small Tata Tiago sedan is arguably the cheapest car driven by a prominent footballer who has earned more than $1 billion in his career. The fact is that in 2016, Messi became the official ambassador of a cheap Indian brand and starred in an advertisement for a small car with an 84-horsepower 1.2-liter gasoline engine. Unsurprisingly, after such a stellar announcement, sales immediately skyrocketed.
