The five coolest celebrity cars at the New York Auto Show, including Grace Kelly’s

Celebrity rides filled the floor at this year’s New York International Auto Show. And many of the iconic classic cars have undergone major modifications to make them more environmentally friendly. Here are five of our favorite celebrity vehicles.Award-winning actor and producer Robert Downey Jr. worked with auto restoration experts to modify six of his classic cars, which are all part of the RDJ Dream Cars collection. And this 1972 Volkswagen camper bus was a knockout.

Another famous Hollywood celebrity owned this pristine three-pointed star – a 1958 Mercedes-Benz 220 S Cabriolet. Monaco’s Prince Rainier III originally bought it for his wife, Grace Kelly. She was the Oscar award-winning American film actress who retired from acting at the age of 26 to marry the Prince and become the Princess of Monaco. She was seen in the vehicle, top up and top down. Later, the vehicle found a new home in Napa Valley, Calif.

This 1948 Packard Super 8 Convertible was owned by basketball legend and six-time NBA champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the league’s all-time leading point scorers over his 20-year career. While the vehicle is now on the auction block, Abdul-Jabbar owned this Packard for more than decade. It was one of only 4,750 Packard Super 8 Convertible Victoria models built for 1948. But it was altered with modern features including an upgraded suspension and steering, a more powerful GM V8 engine, individual Glide front bucket seats to accommodate Kareem’s height, power windows with electric motors instead of mechanical, a new power convertible top, air conditioning and an AM/FM stereo with bluetooth connectivity.

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