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How is it that there are so many douchebags on TV? Is it that those are the personalities that are attracted to that sort of spotlight or is it that it's douchebags that we really want to watch? Regardless, some of them have great taste in automobiles and the funds to procure whatever it is that they fancy.
These guys aren't all bad, but they are 15 Douchebags Who Have Nice Taste in Cars.
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15. Ryan Seacrest
Douchebag Moment: Any time he jumps in front of something more interesting (i.e. his career).
Awesome Cars: Aston Martin DB9 Volante, Range Rover, Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Bentley Flying Spur
Ryan Seacrests automobiles are just so much more interesting than him, but they don't scream for attention like he does. We were expecting a gold chromed Dodge Viper or some crap like that.
14. Scott Disick
Douchebag Moment: Everything he's ever done on Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
Awesome Cars: Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe, Lamborghini Murcielago, Ferrari 458 Italia, Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen, Ferrari 430 Scuderia
He gets points for not going the predictible route and getting any of his Ferraris in red, but he loses points for being Scott Disick.
13. Newt Gingrich
Douchebag Moment: Developing a strategy in which he tore apart congress using scandals and scare tactics, thus grinding the ability to actually work on America's problems to a halt.
Awesome Car: Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG
Newt Gingrich may have discarded wives like used pieces of meat, and actually managed to be more disgusting than his name, but his black S65 is elegant, powerful, and intimidating.
12. Jesse James
Douchebag Moment: Publicly announcing that Kat Von D is "100% better in bed" than Sandra Bullock, who he cheated on with a number of mistresses a year prior.
Awesome Cars: Ford GT, Custom off-road ready Silverado, Hennessey Ford F-150 Raptor, matte black Jaguar XK-R
It's like he went on an intentional campaign to trash his public image, not only did he break the heart of one of the most sympathetic public figures in the states, but he then trashed her bedroom style on Howard Stern's show. He has some kick ass cars though.
11. Charlie Sheen
Douchebag Moment: "People say, 'Oh, you'd better work through your resentments.' Yeah, no. I'm gonna hang on to them, and they're gonna fuel my attack."
Awesome Cars: Mercedes-Benz S600, 1966 NASCAR Ford Mustang, Ferrari 550 Maranello
He may occasionally have outbursts of stark raving mad lunacy, he may recite the same 9/11 conspiracy theories as that coked out hobo in the Bronx, and he may dress like the douchebag that he is, but he's copped some nice rides over the years.
10. John Mayer
Douchebag Moment: "My dick is sort of like a white supremacist" and “My mouth is the Don King of my penis."
Awesome Cars: Ford GT, Audi R8, Land Rover Defender, Range Rover, Ferrari 599
Just drive your cool cars fast and stop making weird comments regarding your one-eyed trouser snake.
9. Alex Rodriguez
Douchebag Moment: The above photo.
Awesome Cars: Ferrari 550 Maranello and a Mercedes Dealership
The cockiest cock in baseball doesn't just have one of Ferrari's classier whips, but a Mercedes Dealership at his beck and call as well.
8. Jay Leno
Douchebag Moment: "Hey, I just wanna make people laugh, especially if it comes at the expense of more talented people’s careers!"
Awesome Cars: Too many to list, but his collection spans everything from a 1906 Stanley Steamer Vanderbilt Cup Racer to a 2012 McLaren MP4-12C
We all know about the 2010 time slot debacle, and Jay has made sure that we all know about his amazing car collection via his show Jay Leno's Garage.
7. Lance Armstrong
Douchebag Moment: Lying his ass off about doping for years while throwing people under the proverbial bus at ever turn.
Awesome Car: A pristine customized 1970 Pontiac GTO
The newly anointed crown prince of sports douchebaggery rides in an absolutely beautiful 1970 Pontiac GTO that was perfected on the show Overhaulin'. Given that the mods done were all based on things he had said he wanted to do to the car, it's obvious that he has fantastic taste.
6. Mel Gibson
Douchebag Moment: "You're an embarrassment to me, you look like a fucking pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of niggers, it will be your fault." also "Fucking Jews...the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." and "How dare you act like such a bitch when I have been so fucking nice?"
Awesome Cars: Mercedes-Benz CLS 500, Maserati Quattroporte
Everybody loves a raging racist, anti-Semitic lunatic with an 18th century Spanish pirate's facial hair in a Maserati... right? Nevermind, eveybody hates that douchebag and want to car-jack him, leaving him stranded in the middle of the Mojave with no pants.
5. Mike Tyson
Douchebag Moment: Biting Evander Holyfield's ear off, also this, "He called me a rapist and a recluse. I am not a recluse."
Awesome Cars: A ton of Bentleys, Ferraris, and Lamborghinis.
The guys response to a rape accusation was "I just hate her guts. I really wish I did now. Now I really want to rape her." Talk about some Grade A douchebaggery.
4. Tom Cruise
Douchebag Moment: "I think psychiatry should be outlawed."
Awesome Cars: Bugatti Veyron, Porsche 911
He might think psychiatry should be outlawed, but we think he could use some.
3. Donald Trump
Douchebag Moment: Being the flag bearer for the "Birthers."
Awesome Cars: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, Rolls-Royce Phantom
Trump is a savvy businessman who can't stand the idea that there are areas in life where is is completely irrellevant. Politics, for example, has been his latest hair-brained foray, and he's proven himself to be nothing more than an asshole lunatic time and time again. His SLR McLaren and Phantom are sweet though.
2. Simon Cowell
Douchebag Moment: About 2/3rds of his American Idol comments, for example, "Years ago I sat on two cats and that's what it sounded like. It was painful."
Awesome Cars: Ferrari 360, Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG, Range Rover, Bentley Azure, Aston Martin DB7, Ferrari 430, Audi R8, Bugatti Veyron, Mini Cooper S, AC Cobra Mk. IV, Jaguar XK120, Jaguar E-Type, Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud, Aston Martin DB9 Volante, Rolls-Royce Phantom, Mitsubishi Lancer EVO
Just look at that list of cars... the man has awesome taste, and it's not all exotics either. Any man who can appreciate both a Bugatti Veyron and a Mini Cooper S is a true petrolophile, but that is tempered by the fact that Cowell is best known for phrasing his opinions in as tactless a way as possible.
1. Jeremy Clarkson
Douchebag Moment: Saying "I would take them outside and execute them in front of their families," in regard to striking public sector workers.
Awesome Cars: 2 Ford GTs, Lotus Elise, Mercedes-Benz 600 Grosser, Mercedes-Benz CLK63 Black Series, Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster, BMW M3 CSL, Honda CR-X, Ferrari 355, Aston Martin Virage, Lamborghini Gallardo, Volkswagen Scirocco, Ford Escort Cosworth.
Jeremy Clarkson's career is built around the fact that he is a douchebag with nice taste in cars. Granted, he's a sort of lovable douchebag that we'd love to have a pint with, but it cannot be denied that he has seriously offended Mexicans, Germans, Scots, the Welsh, Romanians, homosexuals, environmentalists, public sector workers, truck drivers, Africans, Americans, the Welsh, Indians, Pakistanis, caravaners, the mentally disabled, people with brain injuries, animal rights supporters, people against alcoholism, prostitutes, the Welsh, Poles, Jews, people with Asberger's Syndrome, Albanians, Koreans, Chinese, Vietnamese, Malaysians, blind people, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the dead, the facially disfigured, and the Welsh.