Left: Rowan Atkinson (Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0). Right: a McLaren F1, the model Atkinson owned (MrWalkr, CC BY-SA 4.0). Both via Wikimedia Commons.
Some stars collect art. Others collect watches. And then there are the ones who need a building the size of an airplane hangar just to park their hobby. We rounded up 10 celebrities with the most jaw-dropping garages in the business — separating what’s verified from the rumors that keep car forums buzzing.
1. Jay Leno
No list like this is complete without the patron saint of car guys. The former Tonight Show host has turned his Burbank “Big Dog Garage” into what is essentially a private automotive museum.
Verified: Leno owns roughly 180 cars and around 160 motorcycles. Highlights include a McLaren F1, a Ford GT, a steam-powered Stanley and the Blastolene Special — a hand-built “Tank Car” powered by a 29-liter Patton tank engine. Many of them star on his long-running Jay Leno’s Garage series.
Rumor Mill: Nobody agrees on what the whole collection is worth. Estimates range from about $50 million to well north of $100 million, and fans love to speculate about which museum will one day inherit it.
2. Ralph Lauren
The fashion mogul doesn’t just own expensive cars — he owns some of the most important cars ever built.
Verified: His collection includes a 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic, a Ferrari 250 GTO, a Mercedes-Benz SSK “Count Trossi,” a Jaguar XKD and a McLaren F1. Selections have been exhibited at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts (2005) and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs at the Louvre in Paris (2011).
Rumor Mill: Some estimates put the value of his roughly 70-plus cars above $300 million, with the Bugatti Atlantic alone rumored to be worth tens of millions. Lauren has never confirmed a number.
3. Jerry Seinfeld
Seinfeld’s love of cars fueled a whole show, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. But his true obsession is Porsche.
Verified: In 2016, Seinfeld sent a batch of cars to Gooding & Company’s Amelia Island auction, where they fetched about $22 million. The star lot was a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder that sold for roughly $5.3 million.
Rumor Mill: For years, reports claimed he kept dozens of Porsches in a secret, custom-built garage on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Seinfeld has kept details of the space private.
4. Cristiano Ronaldo
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Football’s most famous name also has one of the most talked-about garages on the planet — and the most rumors.
Verified: Ronaldo’s garage includes a Bugatti Chiron and a Rolls-Royce Cullinan, which partner Georgina Rodríguez gifted him for Christmas in 2021. In 2022, one of his Bugatti Veyrons was crashed into a wall in Mallorca by a member of his staff.
Rumor Mill: In 2019, headlines worldwide claimed Ronaldo had bought the one-off Bugatti La Voiture Noire for more than $12 million. Outlets including Robb Report later reported he wasn’t the buyer. Reports that he owns a Bugatti Centodieci also circulate but have never been officially confirmed.
5. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
“Money” Mayweather has never been shy about showing off — and his garage is proof.
Verified: Mayweather bought an ultra-rare Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita, one of only two built, for a reported $4.8 million, and later sold it. He has owned a string of Bugattis, Rolls-Royces and Ferraris over the years.
Rumor Mill: The legend goes that he keeps color-coordinated fleets — all white in one city, all black in another. He has flaunted matching lineups on social media, but the exact size of the collection is anyone’s guess, with claims of 100-plus cars.
6. Rowan Atkinson
Mr. Bean may drive a Mini on screen, but the man behind him is a serious petrolhead with an engineering degree.
Verified: Atkinson bought a McLaren F1 in 1997 and famously crashed it twice. The 2011 repair was reported as the UK’s biggest-ever car insurance payout, around £910,000. He sold the car in 2015 for about £8 million. He also races classics at events like the Goodwood Revival.
Rumor Mill: Car fans endlessly guess what replaced the F1 in his garage. Atkinson keeps it quiet, though he has written publicly about owning electric cars and his growing doubts about them.
7. Nicolas Cage
Before his well-publicized financial troubles, Cage had one of Hollywood’s wildest garages.
Verified: At his peak, Cage owned around 50 cars, including a Ferrari Enzo and a Lamborghini Miura SV originally owned by the Shah of Iran. Much of the collection was sold off as his money problems mounted in the late 2000s.
Rumor Mill: The price he paid for the Shah’s Miura has been debated for years. Figures around $450,000 get quoted, but the number has never been confirmed.
8. Jay Kay (Jamiroquai)
The “Virtual Insanity” singer is the rock star version of a Ferrari dealership.
Verified: Jay Kay bought a Ferrari Enzo new in 2003 and later sold it for a big profit. He also joined the exclusive club of LaFerrari owners and has owned classics like the Lamborghini Miura and Ferrari F40.
Rumor Mill: Fans claim his UK garage holds dozens of cars at any given time. Since he buys and sells often, nobody outside his circle knows the real count.
9. Kylie Jenner
The youngest Kardashian-Jenner has built a garage fit for a billionaire lifestyle, often in her signature pink.
Verified: Jenner’s collection has included a Rolls-Royce Cullinan, a Lamborghini Aventador and a Bugatti Chiron, all regularly shown on her social media. Estimates of the collection’s value have run into the tens of millions.
Rumor Mill: Tabloids claimed the Chiron was a post-breakup “retail therapy” purchase. A Ferrari LaFerrari in her garage was widely reported as a gift from Travis Scott, though neither has confirmed the story.
10. Lewis Hamilton
The seven-time Formula 1 champion earns his spot for the collection he had — and for walking away from it.
Verified: Hamilton once owned a Ferrari LaFerrari, a Ferrari Enzo, and a one-off Pagani Zonda 760 LH built to his specs. He has since said he sold most of his supercars as part of a push to cut his carbon footprint.
Rumor Mill: Rumors still pop up about what he kept and where the Zonda ended up, and his rare road appearances fuel talk that the collection never fully disappeared.
The Bottom Line
From Leno’s steam cars to Lauren’s museum pieces, these garages prove that some celebrities treat cars as rolling art. Just remember: when it comes to celebrity car headlines, check before you believe. Some “purchases” are nothing more than internet hype.
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