I was skipping songs on spotify after having seen Jamiroquai live for the first time in my life. sounded the start of Traveling without moving (Jamiroquai reference album) and I remembered that Jay Kay, their singer and leader, is an eccentric passionate about high displacement cars. Good Jay came to have more than 100 very famous vehicles and although he got rid of some of them today he still has a very good collection. We turn up the volume and review this first collection of celebrity cars, today it goes through coches.com: Jamiroquai.
The gossips say that Jay Kay in 2023 still has more than 50 vehicles, we are going to keep the most striking and the most special, because if something characterizes Jay, it is this ability to attract attention. not for mixing acid jazz with bossanova, or for singing with a headdress with led lights at concerts, if not for looking for the most exclusive units, here is a review as a set list.
Rolls-Royce Phantom
Typically you’re in the studio, you get bored and you go buy a $450,000 Rolls. It’s hard for me to understand, one, how you have that band and you get bored and two, how you go out you buy it and come back. Crazy eccentric musical genius stuff I guess. This Rolls mounts a 6.7 V12 engine, 453 horsepower and an 8-speed transmission. Apart from that Rolls-Royce Phantom, friend Jay has a ’99 Park Ward Limousine in his garage.
Ferrari F40
Jay’s drive is gray and apparently Ferrari’s 40th anniversary red wasn’t enough that he opted for a less flashy car. We estimate that his unit could cost $2 million, as another fun fact, he calls his unit “Miss Whiplash”. Let’s remember that the F40 was the fastest “street” Ferrari in the world with a 471-horsepower V8 Biturbo 2.9 twin-turbocharged engine. This F40 is one of the 10 Ferraris that he has: namely a Ferrari Enzo, a 275 GTB and if the F40 was bought for the 40th anniversary, he did the same with the F50 with its 4.7L V12 engine and 512 horsepower.
Lamborghini Miura SV
Another pearl. With a current price of about $3,000,000, do not think that it is in formalin to look at it. She regularly drives it around her Buckinghamshire mansion and used it in the music video for her song “Alright«. This Miura SV has a 4-liter V12 engine and 385 horsepower. Yeah, hey – Ooh-hoo-hoo – It’s alright now; what a great song and what a pot.
Maserati A6G
Like “my vein” for him “Funky Oddsey” this is the jewel in the Jay Kay crown. It has the same amount of curious data as the theme that he remastered with Latin rhythms, for example: he calls it «My Black Wife» and it is one of the few units bodied by the craftsman Pietro Frua. It has a 2.0 L engine and 150 horsepower and has helped it win prizes in London salons, including participating in the Mille Miglia.
Lamborghini Diablo
For my taste the most top among all his collection. He bought 2 units to shoot the video for «Cosmic Girl» (belonging to «Traveling without moving»and that it was an icon of the 90s) and the producer stamped one of them, having to buy another urgently. In some shots of the video clip you can see the Lambo without a windshield and that is that in one scene, a camera broke the windshield. In the end, the result was one of the most iconic music videos of the 90s. Video in which we also see an F40 that belonged to Nick Mason (ex-Pink Floyd drummer) and an F355 GTS Berlineta.
Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster
Jay’s young dream. He saw it as a young man and dreamed of owning it and bought it when he became a rock star. This 300SL mounts a 3-liter inline engine that generates 215 horsepower, a curious fact is the 0-100 in 8.9 seconds. Another “antique” from the extensive collection of the Jamiroquai leader with the air of a champion and with the ability to reach 263 km / h. With such a high top speed, it was both a sports champion and the fastest production car of its day.
Aston Martin DB5 Mark 1 Steering Wheel
Priced at $1.36 million, Jay Kay’s gray Aston Martin DB5 Mark 1 Volante is one of the highlights of his massive collection. This classic convertible is a real gem, with its clean lines and timeless design exuding sophistication and elegance. The car is equipped with a 4.0-liter inline six-cylinder engine that can produce up to 282 horsepower and is mated to a 5-speed manual transmission, and can go from 0 to 100 km/h in just 8.1 seconds. Only 185 of this car have been built to date, making it one of the rarest cars in the Jay Kay garage.
Porsche 356 Speedster
Porsche’s first production car? Well, he also has one, in black. Beautiful, pristine and perfectly preserved. JK’s taste for cars not only stays in Maranello but he also likes the feel of Stuttgart on the pedal and this 50’s Porsche is not the only one on the list.
And so we could spend a long time talking about this man’s entire garage. But we appreciate your time and here you have the selection of the top vehicles of Jason Luis Cheetham Kay, the most talented collector in this galaxy.
