Allan McNish Quotes

I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.

My first car was, as depicted in 'Sleepwalk with Me,' my mother's '92 Volvo station wagon that had 80,000 miles on it, and I had put 40,000 miles on it, so by the time it retired it had 120,000, and I basically killed it. It served me well, and my mechanic was always very angry with me because I just didn't properly care for it.

I'm not big on material things, but I like my cars. They are German-made and custom-made.

Maybe I'm the only footballer who isn't interested in cars. My Lancia Y gets me around.

I've never been someone who loves a car and when I was young I didn't have the ambition of a car or something like that.

I bought a white Panamera - and then sold it because I had no use for it.

I like to hang on to cars. I'm not one of these guys that goes flipping cars all the time. If I find a car I like, I stick with it.

I don't think Mercedes-Benz says anything about me, really. I was in a situation where I was able to get a really nice car, and I'm proud to have it.

I allow myself one nice car.

My first car was a Toyota 4Runner when I was 17. I paid for it myself. I was very happy.

I've got a Range Rover. It's brilliant actually but it's manual.

I have one car that works; it's fast and safe: an Audi 5. And I have two old cars that never work: an old Peugeot convertible, and an Alfa Romeo Giulia.

My first car was a BMW. A white BMW.

When you have a great car, you want people to see the car.

I'm very into my cars. I always ready the Top Gear magazines just to see what cars are out next and what sort of performance they give. It can range from the smallest cars to the biggest ones.

My dad owned Cadillacs all my life.

I am so pathetic with machines in real life, it's not a joke. I'd rather walk, or even run, than take the car out myself. I like to be driven around. Yes, I like fancy cars, and fancy bikes, too. It's my dream to learn how to ride one myself, but for now, I am content being driven around.

I've always had an affinity and a passion for cars and that whole car culture.

Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.

As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.

Sometimes I keep a car for only a week or two. I like the newest and the flashiest.

The only magazines I read are car magazines.

I'm sponsored by Audi, so I have this rather lovely rather arrangement where they just insist that I'm always in the latest model.

Am I a car aficionado? No: for me, cars have always been just for transport. I didn't even know anyone who had a car until I was 14 or 15.

I've never been big on cars. When I first got to Hollywood, I bought a used car from Avis. I drove that until I almost had to pay someone to tow it away.