Vanity Fair Goes Inside Ralph Lauren's Garage

We don’t know how or why Mr. Ralph Lauren gave access to his private car collection to Vanity Fair, but we are glad he did. Because it’s not really a car collection, but a super museum for rare cars on pedestals.

Lauren recently renovated a former car dealership’s storage facilities near his lavish Westchester, New York, estate to house his amazing jewels on wheels. The picture you see here is from his Ferrari room, dominated by a rare 1958 Testa Rossa. We don’t think we have ever seen something as stunning as this room filled with gleaming red pieces of automotive history.

The eye-popping collection of 60-plus vehicles, arranged like a high-end art gallery, are all kept registered and ready to drive anytime the designer feels like it. It’s hard to put a total price on the collection, that includes a 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic worth an estimated $40 million (EUR30 million) alone, the world’s most expensive car.

Also included are a 1934 Bugatti Type 59 Grand Prix, a 1938 Alfa Romeo Mille Miglia roadster, the world’s only 1930 Mercedes-Benz SSK “Count Trossi” roadster, a 1957 Jaguar XKSS, a McLaren F1, a rare 1929 “Blower” Bentley, a Ferrari 250 GT, and the only Lamborghini Reventon Roadster in the US, which is one of three Lamborghinis Mr. Lauren acquired this year.

All of them are in perfect condition of “sometimes beyond perfection,” according to the magazine, as some models have been done in colors that the designer prefers over the original. One heck of a collection, don’t you think?