Luka Doncic is undoubtedly the player of the moment in the NBA, the protagonist of the most talked about trade in the recent history of the American competition (from Dallas Mavericks to Los Angeles Lakers)… and of the playoffs, where the purple and gold are currently facing Minnesota in the Pacific Division semifinals.
The Slovenian, a former Real Madrid player, is not only a basketball star, but also a car ‘freak’, something he has now confirmed in a special that the NBA has done on its biggest star.
A childhood passion
“My passion for cars comes from when I was a child,” explains the Los Angeles forward. “First it was basketball, but then cars. I liked to play with miniatures and since I was a child I had pictures of cars on my computer.”
Something that could be intuited from some of the machines he has been seen with in recent years. The most famous and memorable is the stunning Apocalypse 6×6, but the ‘wonderboy’s’ favourite is another one as exclusive as that off-roader… although with a different ‘temperament’.
This is a Brabus Rocket 1000 that appears driving at one point in the documentary. A sports sedan based on the Mercedes CLS but with the radical touch of the tuner and which is very exclusive… for several reasons. One of them is explained by the Slovenian himself: “there are only 25 units in the world and it is definitely my favorite car”
The other can be easily deduced from its name. The 1,000 horsepower of the Brabus Rocket catapults it to beyond 300 km/h. No less impressive are its acceleration figures: 2.6 seconds for 0-100 and less than 10 (9.5) for 0-200 km/h
“It has 1,000 horsepower so it’s very powerful, but what I like most is its design, even on the inside, with the red details it has. But I also like it for the driving: it’s a car that you always enjoy,” adds Doncic, who, although he doesn’t say its price… we say it: around 500,000 euros.
Luka Doncic’s 14 cars
In another interview in which he was specifically asked about the cars he owns or has owned, the Slovenian remembered… and came up with a simply spectacular garage.
Some of them have already been mentioned, such as the super eye-catching Apocalypse Hellfire 6×6 that has made an impact in the NBA or the 1968 Chevrolet Camaro that has also been seen more than once during his stay in Dallas (even decorated like some of his sneakers). But there are also sports SUVs such as the Mercedes AMG G63 Brabus 800 or the Lamborghini Urus
There are also sports cars such as the Koenigsegg Regera, the Ferrari 812 Superfast, the Porsche 911 Turbo S, Panamera 4 and Panamera plug-in, a McLaren 750S Spider and some more ‘earthly’ saloons such as an Audi A7 (which was given to him during his time at Real Madrid)
Their first car… amazing
That Doncic is a car connoisseur is demonstrated by the fact that he has had up to three classics: the aforementioned 60s Camaro, a Ford Bronco also from the era (1967) and a third, which was also his first car
It is also the most surprising: a Zastava 750, the equivalent of a 600 in Spain: “It was the first one I had, a very small but popular car in the former Yugoslavia“
“I like classic cars. I’m too big to drive some of them, but I still have two. They are special, they are old but they look spectacular,” he concludes.
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