Photo: The Barn Miami
A classic almost always tells a compelling story, and this is no different. As far as celebrity cars go, this is perhaps the most intriguing one to come up for sale in recent months.
There’s a 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider for sale at The Barn Miami with a tiny note mentioning its double celebrity provenance. Only a handful of details about it are listed, and not a word more about who could have been the two celebrities to own it. However, the listing notes that you have to call for a price, which is probably the first clue that, whoever they are, they must be pretty big.
As it turns out, the Spider marks the very unlikely connection between ex-Formula One driver Eddie Irvine and pop superstar Lady Gaga. And that’s not even the most intriguing part of its story, as Road and Track notes in a recent post.
It seems Gaga was the first to own it, though there’s no word on when she bought it or what may have prompted her to choose it, other than the fact that they both have the same birth year. It is believed ex-boyfriend Rob Fusari was somehow involved in the acquisition, which puts an estimated 2006-2007 timestamp on the purchase. Further evidence that he may have played a part in the buy comes from the fact that, once they broke up and he eventually sued her for $30 million on the claims that she hadn’t paid him due royalties for his time as a producer on her debut album, she was quick to sell it.
“So I think it was a getting-rid-of-things-that-remind-you-of-an-ex-boyfriend situation,” The Barn owner Gaston Rossato tells the publication.
Irvine then bought the car, precisely because it had been owned by Gaga, whom he considers pop royalty. He thought he would be using it to drive between his real estate properties in Miami. When Gaga ended up renting one of his houses, Irvine thought it would be fun if he’d drive down in the Spider, so she could autograph it – a seemingly harmless idea that most of us would have probably come up with, if we had the chance.
Irvine drove the Alfa Romeo to the house and, after meeting Gaga, informed her it was parked in the driveway, so she would come out to sign it. Her reaction was, without even laying eyes on it, “Get that s**t out of here, now!” So, yes, she hated it.
Eventually, Irvine decided to sell it because it became a nuisance to store when he was out of the country. The“piece of s**t” Spider comes in Rosso Metallico and has 53,000 miles (85,295 km) on the odometer, and could be yours today if you’re loaded.
As it turns out, the Spider marks the very unlikely connection between ex-Formula One driver Eddie Irvine and pop superstar Lady Gaga. And that’s not even the most intriguing part of its story, as Road and Track notes in a recent post.
It seems Gaga was the first to own it, though there’s no word on when she bought it or what may have prompted her to choose it, other than the fact that they both have the same birth year. It is believed ex-boyfriend Rob Fusari was somehow involved in the acquisition, which puts an estimated 2006-2007 timestamp on the purchase. Further evidence that he may have played a part in the buy comes from the fact that, once they broke up and he eventually sued her for $30 million on the claims that she hadn’t paid him due royalties for his time as a producer on her debut album, she was quick to sell it.
“So I think it was a getting-rid-of-things-that-remind-you-of-an-ex-boyfriend situation,” The Barn owner Gaston Rossato tells the publication.
Irvine then bought the car, precisely because it had been owned by Gaga, whom he considers pop royalty. He thought he would be using it to drive between his real estate properties in Miami. When Gaga ended up renting one of his houses, Irvine thought it would be fun if he’d drive down in the Spider, so she could autograph it – a seemingly harmless idea that most of us would have probably come up with, if we had the chance.
Irvine drove the Alfa Romeo to the house and, after meeting Gaga, informed her it was parked in the driveway, so she would come out to sign it. Her reaction was, without even laying eyes on it, “Get that s**t out of here, now!” So, yes, she hated it.
Eventually, Irvine decided to sell it because it became a nuisance to store when he was out of the country. The
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