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Written by Craig Jamieson
There"s something about celebrity that tends to drive us hoi polloi to take leave of our senses. Case in point? Paul Newman"s old Rolex Daytona, which just sold for $17.8m USD. And, as much as we have maintained a man-crush on Mr Newman over the years, it is too damn much for something that fits on your wrist. But what about cars? Don"t even get us started on the silly money that a little celebrity ownership can garner especially if the car is rare and desirable to begin with.Well, BMW only made 5,700 Z8s over five years, and most tended to find their way into the hands of the rich and famous. This one? None other than Steve Jobs.And, even if you"re an Android fanboy, you"re likely to want this one. Not only is it rare as a cockerel"s bicuspid, but this particular example has been obsessively cared for and driven just 15,000 miles.Jobs bought the Z8 in California, way back in October of the year 2000, even going as far as to register it with vanity plates. And this is from a man who exploited a legal loophole that allowed him to drive cars without any number plates, to protect his anonymity at least, in an era before every phone was an internet-connected camera Oh. Way to be hoisted by your own petard, mate. Interestingly enough, one of the Z8"s standard inclusions in the US of A was a BMW-branded Motorola flip phone which Jobs (unsurprisingly) hated with a vehement passion. Interesting where inspiration comes from, isn"t it?Phone aside, Jobs had the Z8 delivered in Space Grey er, silver, with a black leather interior. Apparently the Think Different" mantra did not extend to the shade of a brand-new BMW sports car. While Jobs apparently wasn"t a noted petrolhead in the same way as, say, Jay Leno (or Jay Kay, for that matter), even he was taken in by the frankly gorgeous proportions of the Z8. And that interior.
Date written: 30 Oct 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9758
There"s something about celebrity that tends to drive us hoi polloi to take leave of our senses. Case in point? Paul Newman"s old Rolex Daytona, which just sold for $17.8m USD. And, as much as we have maintained a man-crush on Mr Newman over the years, it is too damn much for something that fits on your wrist. But what about cars? Don"t even get us started on the silly money that a little celebrity ownership can garner especially if the car is rare and desirable to begin with.Well, BMW only made 5,700 Z8s over five years, and most tended to find their way into the hands of the rich and famous. This one? None other than Steve Jobs.And, even if you"re an Android fanboy, you"re likely to want this one. Not only is it rare as a cockerel"s bicuspid, but this particular example has been obsessively cared for and driven just 15,000 miles.Jobs bought the Z8 in California, way back in October of the year 2000, even going as far as to register it with vanity plates. And this is from a man who exploited a legal loophole that allowed him to drive cars without any number plates, to protect his anonymity at least, in an era before every phone was an internet-connected camera Oh. Way to be hoisted by your own petard, mate. Interestingly enough, one of the Z8"s standard inclusions in the US of A was a BMW-branded Motorola flip phone which Jobs (unsurprisingly) hated with a vehement passion. Interesting where inspiration comes from, isn"t it?Phone aside, Jobs had the Z8 delivered in Space Grey er, silver, with a black leather interior. Apparently the Think Different" mantra did not extend to the shade of a brand-new BMW sports car. While Jobs apparently wasn"t a noted petrolhead in the same way as, say, Jay Leno (or Jay Kay, for that matter), even he was taken in by the frankly gorgeous proportions of the Z8. And that interior.
Date written: 30 Oct 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9758
