![]() ![]() The fantasy of being a race car driver was not merely the stuff of a teenager’s imagination. Reeves was turned on by the shapes of race cars and their sound. When asked as a child what he wanted to be when he grew up, nuclear physicist made the list, along with race car driver, inspired by watching motor sports on TV. ![]() He remembers a Citroën S and his grandmother, who drove a Mercedes 450 SL convertible in the ’70s, had a boyfriend who drove a Porsche 911 Targa. There were some real cars in his family, too. He was given Matchbox car toys, his favorites being the John Player I car in black with gold trim, a gray Porsche 911 Turbo, and a red Ferrari 512 Berlinetta. How did he get to be a one-and-only-one-for-him Porsche owner? Born in Beirut in 1964, Reeves grew up on three different continents with stations in Sydney, Manhattan, and Canada. It’s clear that Reeves is a strictly monogamous car guy-rather an anomaly in a business where superstars who own only one car are as rare as those who employ the same agent over their careers or marry just once and for keeps. I have developed a bond with it.” And because it’s an intimate bond, he has only one. “I enjoy the fact that the car allows me to be fast and efficient. “I don’t just love hitting turns and apexes,” he told me. ![]() Just like a certain “driving aesthetic,” as he calls it. He currently drives a black Carrera 4S with a sunroof and manual transmission. After all, Keanu Reeves is the star of the three highly successful Matrix films, which have grossed over $1.7 billion worldwide.īut his heart belongs to Porsche. As a matter of fact, if he wished to, he could own an entire fleet of supercars. Keanu Reeves loves to drive fast, a passion he can afford to indulge with any high-powered sports car. The star of the Matrix series has established his own perspective on two and four wheels, inspired by Porsche. Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves loves speed. ![]()
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