Christian Bale is one of the most accomplished actors in Hollywood, and yet he drives a surprisingly humble car.
The Welsh star made $40 million from the first Dark Knight movie alone – a massive sum in 2008, when inflation was still at bay.
Today, Bale is apparently still driving a 23-year-old car.
But there’s a very good reason he refuses to let it go.
He’s not alone
Christian Bale is certainly not the only wealthy public figure who doesn’t drive a flashy car.
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, for example, could literally buy a new Bugatti every day for the next 100 years and yet he’s often spotted driving a Honda Fit.
And the same goes for billionaire investor Warren Buffett.
Despite being worth $148 billion, he drives a (dented) 11-year-old sedan.
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Another less famous but equally fascinating case is Danilo Gallinari.
Born in Italy, Gallinari spent pretty much all of his career in the NBA, making him one of the best-paid Italian athletes in history in terms of career earnings.
And yet, for his entire NBA career, Gallinari kept driving the same Toyota truck he bought in 2008 when he drafted by the NY Knicks.
The reason why Christian Bale doesn’t want to get rid of his truck
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On screen, Christian Bale has been driving Batmobiles and Lamborghini.
But, despite being a multimillionaire and one of the highest-paid actors in the world, Bale apparently still drives a 2003 Toyota Tacoma.
And even though he’s allegedly worth over $120 million, he says he wouldn’t let it go for the world.
In an interview for the press tour for the film Ford V Ferrari, in which Bale plays race car driver Ken Miles, Bale and his co-star, Matt Damon, addressed Bale’s love for the Tacoma.
Cars & Bids
“I guess it’s surprising because people have this idea that Hollywood stars drive the nicest cars,” the interviewer said.
“What are you saying, the Tacoma is not the nicest car?” Christian Bale joked.
And when the interviewer said it’s a 2006 truck, Bale promptly ‘corrected’ her.
“2003, thank you very much. And second hand!” he said, with a certain degree of excitement.
Damon revealed why his co-star is so attached to the truck, saying: “I’ll tell you why he’s still driving that – because he’s hoping that he can put a motorcycle in the flatbed.”
Bale agreed and said: “I’ve been banned from my motorcycles but I’m hoping that one day I’ll be able to put [a motorcycle in the flatbed]. He’s quite right.”
Another reason why he doesn’t want to sell it is very simple: Bale explained elsewhere that he doesn’t really see a reason why he should change his cars as long as they work.
Well, we can’t fault his logic.