Celebrities have it easy, right? They get the best seats in restaurants, they can walk to the front of most queues and they can grab just about anything for free as long as they’re willing to shake someone’s hand and smile for a photograph.Yet celebrities will not find car insurance companies quite so forthcoming. According to research from elephant.co.uk, cheap car insurance is not readily available to the rich and famous. Indeed, most celebrities would actually pay less if they had stuck to their day jobs.For example, 26-year-old Bermondsey native Jade Goody may have gone out of her way to achieve celebrity status through the television series Big Brother, but she’ll be paying for her efforts now. The insurer’s research suggests that she would have paid 22 per cent less on car insurance premiums in her standard profession as a dental nurse.Spare a thought for Alex Curran too. The newspaper columnist may have shot into the limelight when she married Liverpool and England footballer Steven Gerrard, but her car insurance premiums could rise just for having him as a passenger. Indeed, footballers pay higher car insurance premiums than any other professionals.So what justifies celebrities paying more?Insurers base premiums on a number of risk factors. The jobs we do are one aspect taken into the equation as they effect the time we spend on the road and the speeds we’re likely to undertake. Indeed higher-paid professionals also tend to drive faster cars – and larger engines invariably result in larger premiums.It’s unlikely that too many of us will be sympathetic that celebrities don’t enjoy cheap car insurance. However, it should motivate motorists to make every advantage count and shop around for the best car insurance deals.
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Checking Out Famous Celebrity Cars
Have you ever wondered about the type of home that your favorite celebrity lives in? About where they go out to shop (do they even get their own shopping?) and what they buy, what their favorite foods are and what their home looks like on the inside? Nowadays you can find out anything youâ??d like to know about your favorite celebrity and finding out what type of car a celebrity is driving is not difficult at all. Gone are the days when every famous person was driven around in a Rolls Royce. People like their independence and so do the stars. That is why you should not be surprised if you see Madonna cycling around in London (accompanied by a few sturdy body guards) or driving around in her Mini Cooper.
Fast, good looking and efficient are the keywords to a great car for anyone. Celebrities need to be able to drive in and out of a place as quickly as possible. A very large car is often not desirable for these reasons and more and more famous people like to underline their own taste and beliefs by driving hybrid cars for example. These cars run on environmentally safer fuels and hybrid cars can switch between fuel types and are therefore less damaging for the environment. People like Cameron Diaz have always been very public about their beliefs when it comes to protecting the environment.
Celebrity Car Owners
Comedians Jay Leno and Jerry Seinfeld collect vintage race cars and are both known for their inability to walk past a vintage car dealer without at least checking out the wares.
The hummer is a classic celebrity car. The large car can seat a family and can be described as a house on wheels. These sturdy cars are driven by people such as Dennis Rodman, Mike Tyson and Arnold Schwarzenegger.