The Rover riders By Paul
Bannister • Bankrate.com
Land Rover
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So it's all about the ride, and some muscular cars
without dazzling speed attract dozens of celebrity fans: the go-anywhere,
indestructible British Land Rovers.
Kevin Costner and Sly Stallone have the safari-bred
vehicles, and Bill Murray shows up to Groundhog Day in Punxatawney,
Pa., every year in his black Rover.
Robin Williams is on his third Rover -- he's had them
since "Mork and Mindy" days -- and Sean Connery keeps a
canvas top classic on his Spanish estate.
Queen Elizabeth learned to drive during WWII as a young
volunteer in the army and still drives her own stick shift Land Rover
when she's at Balmoral, her country estate in Scotland.
Locals accustomed to diving into hedges to get out of her majesty's
way say she drives too fast.
Another head of state with a Rover is Fidel Castro,
who owns four, including a bullet-riddled Series 1 that he has never
publicly explained.
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The $85,000 Range Rover is another cult car for celebs,
including Demi Moore, Tom Cruise, Meg Ryan, Don Johnson, Mel Gibson,
Jack Nicholson and Barry Manilow, but the celeb that really wanted
to make the Range Rover his own was Ralph Lauren. He approached
the Land Rover North America company and offered to create a Ralph
Lauren designer Range Rover. So far, the carmaker has politely refused.
Tennis great Chris Evert expressed it for all car enthusiasts.
Her husband Andy Mills collects art. Chris prefers her car. "I'd
rather have a Range Rover than a $40,000 painting," she says.
-- Posted: Dec. 9, 2003
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