Coldplay’s Guy Berryman owns five cars, proving he has great taste

Guy Berryman is a car collector and Coldplay bassist. Berryman prefers to be unique rather than load his English countryside garage with the latest hypercars or play it safe with a collection that looks like everyone else’s.

This collection covers predominantly 1950s, 60s, and 70s European sports vehicles, but also the Bugatti Veyron. The Coldplay singer told The Rake that his collection began with his father’s Triumph TR3 in his thirties.

After Coldplay’s nine U.K. number-one albums and 100 million sales, Berryman’s automobile collection grew. It has a restored Jaguar E-Type, many classic Ferraris, a rare Porsche 356, and the Bizzarrini 5300 GT Strada.

Berryman counts a Lamborghini Miura, a 1968 Porsche 911, an Alpine A220 that raced at Le Mans, and a Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato with factory-fitted covered headlights as unusual.

Bugatti Veyron


Berryman’s Bugatti Veyron may be his least notable car due of the weirdness of his garage. In 2005, Ferdinand Piech commissioned the Veyron to relaunch Bugatti with a car with over 1,000 horsepower, a 250 mph peak speed, and the ability to go to the opera.

Lamborghini Miura


A Lamborghini Miura completes a rockstar garage. The Miura is considered the first real supercar. Introduced at the 1966 Geneva Motor Show, the automobile included a mid-mounted 4.0-liter V12 engine and was the fastest production car in the world, reaching 173 mph.

Ferrari 275 GTB ‘Short Nose’


Berryman owned three Ferraris in 2020: a 365BB, Dino, and 275 GTB “Short Nose.” The latter, completed in pine green instead of red, is among the most intriguing.

356 Carrera Zagato Sanction II


Now for Berryman’s rarer pieces. Only one Porsche 356 Carrera Speedster Zagato was constructed in 1957 for French racing driver Claude Storez. After racing the car for two years, Storez fitted larger wheels, but they scraped on the bodywork when maneuvering on a high-speed straight at Reims in northern France, causing the car to flip over and kill him.

Five-300 GT Strada


Berryman’s 1960s Bizzarrini may be his most famous automobile, but not because of its history, but because of the 5300 GT. The 1961 Palace Revolt saw four senior Ferrari engineers leave when Enzo Ferrari sacked commercial director Girolami Gardini for proposing the boss’ wife Laura should quit interfering with the automobile production, according to Porter Press.