Lionel Messi’s Garage Has a Rumored $35 Million Ferrari and a Kid-Hauling Escalade

From a rumored $35 million Ferrari to a Cadillac Escalade that hauls the kids around Miami, Lionel Messi’s garage is a chaotic, fascinating mashup of exclusivity, performance, school-run practicality, and pure mystery. For arguably the greatest footballer who ever laced up boots, the cars have become almost as obsessed-over as the trophies — partly because Messi guards his private life so tightly that the machines most often pinned to his name are also the hardest to actually verify.

The $35 Million Ferrari Nobody Can Actually Confirm

The big one is the Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti. The rare 1957 racing Ferrari smashed headlines when it sold at auction for north of $35 million, and the story went that Messi outbid his eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo to land it. Here’s the catch: nobody has ever truly confirmed it. The rumor has refused to die for years, which is precisely what’s made it one of the juiciest celebrity ownership tales in the car world.

Then there’s the Pagani Zonda Tricolore — a hypercar so rare only a handful exist. Hard proof linking it to Messi is thin on the ground, but the Zonda keeps crashing every conversation about his collection and routinely gets listed among his most valuable cars. Believe it or don’t.

The Cars That Actually Have Receipts

Some of the metal has a real paper trail. During his Barcelona years, Messi was constantly spotted in Audis served up through the club’s sponsorship deal — the Q7, the RS6, the A7, all regulars. Luxury SUVs have been a constant theme too: the Range Rover Sport and Range Rover Vogue both get tied to him, while more recent reports peg a Cadillac Escalade as the family hauler of choice in Miami. A Lexus RX 450h has shown up on his lists as well.

The most verifiable entry is a 2021 Porsche Cayenne GTS Coupe, reportedly driven during his final Barcelona season before later surfacing at auction. That documented history stands on far firmer ground than most of the legends swirling around his garage.

Why the Mystery Is Half the Fun

What makes Messi’s collection so addictive is the tug-of-war between confirmed ownership and pure automotive folklore. The Ferrari 335 S may never get a definitive stamp of authenticity, but the blend of supercars, luxury sedans, and sensible SUVs paints a clear picture: a guy who wants performance and comfort in equal measure. For fans of both football and cars, that lingering question mark might be exactly what keeps the whole thing so irresistible.

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Shawn Henry has spent years writing about cars, and it shows—not in a resume kind of way, but in how he talks about them. He's the type who'll notice the weird trim option nobody remembers and actually know why it mattered. At Backfire News, he covers pretty much the whole spectrum: off-road trucks and trail builds, performance cars, racing, and the collector market. He's comfortable getting into the technical weeds, but he never forgets that most people read about cars because cars are fun, not because they want a spec sheet. His beat runs from classic and collector vehicles to overlanding culture, modified performance builds, new automotive tech, and the industry news that actually affects what ends up in your driveway. Mostly, though, Shawn thinks the best car stories are about people—the builds they pour money into, the road trips, the communities that form around a shared obsession. That's the stuff he likes writing about, and it's what you'll find in his work here.

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