TAKE That star Howard Donald has an eye-watering car collection that’s so big he needs to use his pal’s garages to store the luxury motors.
The star has a passion for supercars – especially Mercedes.
Take that star Howard Donald has an eye-watering car collectionRex Features
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GettyThe star performed with Take That – (back) Robbie Williams and Jason Orange; (front) Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen[/caption]
The English pop singer – who performed in Take That with Gary Barlow and Mark Owen, with Robbie Williams part of the original line-up – has made the most of his singing fortune to collect the amazing motors.
Among the collection, Howard owns a Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG, which he uses to drive his family, a 1970 Mercedes-Benz 280SE Cabriolet, and a 1959 Chevrolet Brookwood.
And Howard, 57, revealed he believes he has around 17 supercars – meaning it can be a nightmare when it comes to storing them.
Howard, whose hits include Pretty Things with Take That, told the Fuelling Around podcast: “It’s come to a point where you’re trying to put them in other people’s garages and you’re thinking, “No, it’s too ridiculous’.”
And his garage is so full of cars that he has to move several motors when he wants to access one.
Asked if his illustrator wife, Katie Halil, knows exactly how many cars he has, he tells the Fuelling Around podcast how she noticed one racing car and asked when he had bought it.
He recalls: “I said, ‘Do you not remember I told you I got this one a couple of weeks back?’ So you have to be super careful.”
The singer has previously been spotted driving his Porsche 356 at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in 2018.
But he is planning to sell some of his cars to pay for his children’s education.
Howard said: “One day, it’ll come to the crunch where Take That probably will stop eventually, and then you think, ‘I’m going to have to sell one of my cars’.”
He joked: “I really hate my kids for that, though.”
Here, we have selected the best cars in his collection.
Audi R8
The Audi R8 costs £131,725Handout
The Audi R8 is a mid-engine, 2-seater sports car which uses Audi’s trademark quattro permanent all-wheel drive system.
Its top speed is an incendiary 203.9.
And it can travel from 0-62mph in a mere 3.3 seconds.
Porsche 356
This Porsche costs approximately £149,750Alamy
The 356 is a lightweight and nimble-handling, rear-engine, rear-wheel drive, two-door available both in hardtop coupé and open configurations.
And the top speed is capped at around 107 mph.
Mercedes-Benz G63
He paid for this car at least £127,870Mercedes
The Mercedes-Benz G-Class is a four-wheel drive automobile manufactured by Magna Steyr in Austria and sold by Mercedes-Benz.
It is mated with an advanced 7-speed, G-Tronic automatic transmission gearbox.
And it enables the vehicle to attain a top speed of about 129mph.
Mercedes-Benz 280SE
He usually drives this Mercedes-Benz 280SE
The Mercedes-Benz 280SE was a variant of the W108/W109 S-Class that was introduced for the 1968 model year.
This car was built on the shorter W108 chassis and was powered by a Mercedes M130 engine.
This fuel-injected 2.8L inline-six powerplant generated 138hp, which was sent to the rear wheels via a standard 4-speed manual or an optional 4-speed automatic transmission.
Chevrolet Brookwood 1959
A similar car is on sale for £12,000Wikipedia
The Chevrolet Brookwood is a series of full-size station wagons produced by Chevrolet from 1958 to 1961 and again from 1969 to 1972.
And this car formed part of the entry-level Biscayne series and was available with either a 235.5ci (3.9-litre) six-cylinder engine or a 283ci (3.9-litre) V8.
There were two body styles – two- and four-door – both of which could seat six.