Melania Trump’s favourite car collection: from the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren – a US$600,000 gift from Donald – and ‘The Beast’ presidential limousine Cadillac, to an Orange County Choppers bike
- Melania posed with the Mercedes McLaren for a Vogue shoot by Annie Leibovitz, when she was pregnant with son Barron – and shared the coverage in a throwback Twitter post
- When Donald was US president, the couple used ‘The Beast’ Cadillac One, which is heavily armoured and bombproof, but a Rolls-Royce Phantom is their ride of choice for family trips
But what are Melania’s favourite sets of wheels? Unearthed social media posts reveal some hints …
The US$600,000 gull-wing Mercedes McLaren
In 2006, the then future first lady appeared in a Vogue photo shoot where she was pregnant with her son Barron. She posed on the steps of the Trump jet, showing off her baby bump in a gold bikini, body paint and long coat. Donald posed in a flashy car beside her.
Melania was apparently so fond of the glamorous shoot that, in a 2014 “flashback Friday” post, she re-shared the New York Post’s coverage of the magazine spread shot by Annie Leibovitz.
“Her normally centre stage husband sits off to the side in the US$600,000 Mercedes SLR McLaren he gave her last year,” the article titled “Hot mama Melania ready for take-off” read.
Stephen Goldasz of British auto news website Car Keys told Insider in 2017 that the car was launched in 2003 and is “probably the most intriguing Mercedes which Donald has owned”.
“The combined efforts of these brands resulted in the creation of a striking two-door grand tourer which boasted 617bhp as standard from a supercharged V8,” Goldasz said. “The only things possibly more striking than that were the car’s Formula One-esque nose and its big gull-wing doors.”