Before electric cars became a reality, Elon Musk owned several cars running internal combustion engines.

BMW 320i 1978

Elon Musk once came up with the idea of buying a cheap car BMW 320i – at that time BMW did not have the extremely high status it has today.​

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Unfortunately, however, his first car had a sad end when an intern in Musk’s first company damaged it.

McLaren F1 1997

A camera crew from CNN recorded Elon Musk owning a McLaren F1. After a series of big wins in Silicon Valley, young businessman Elon Musk wanted to reward himself with a McLaren F1.

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The McLaren F1 that day cost $815,000 and was called the “million dollar supercar”. McLaren F1 is Elon Musk’s first supercar.

Unfortunately, later, the F1 crashed and in 2007, Musk sold it. McLaren only produced 106 F1s. Musk’s F1 car had the number 067 and was among 7 cars imported into the US at that time.

Lotus Esprit “Wet Nellie” 1976​

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Elon Musk admitted to being a passionate James Bond fan after spending nearly a million USD in 2013 to own a Lotus Esprit S1 modified into a Wet Nelli – James Bond’s underwater diving car in the episode The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

In classic James Bond style, the Lotus Esprit-derived car can turn amphibious at the touch of a button.

Audi Q7 2010

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Elon Musk used to own an Audi Q7, one of the most luxurious SUVs suitable for Musk’s large family.

However, the businessman was not impressed with the Audi’s luxury at the time, describing the car as “exceptionally terrible”. Keeping in mind the problems with the Q7, Elon Musk designed his own electric SUV.

BMW M5 2006

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The BMW M5 is a powerful car, the performance of this “monster” inspired Elon Musk to install “Ludicrous Mode” in the Tesla Model S.

Ford Model T 1920

The Ford Model T was one of the most influential cars of the 20th century. The Model T made mass-produced cars possible, and every automaker has Henry Ford to thank for it. that.

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Elon Musk has named his cars in the same format as the Model T, bearing the name ‘model’ followed by a letter or alphabet on the nameplate.

E-Type Jaguar Roadster 1967

Many teenagers today dream of owning a Tesla, but the Tesla CEO as a teenager had a dream of owning one of the best classic sports cars, the Jaguar E-type. But it disappointed him.

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The E-Type Jag constantly broke down, so it was considered a “bad girlfriend” by Elon Musk.