Drug lord Pablo Escobar had a nice collection of cars

Posted on 08-02-2015 at 12:07 by JordyS – 43 Comments”

Pablo Escobar made his money in the underworld, but also with black money sign you nice cars to buy.

You nasty rich can be with the trade in cocaine proved to Escobar in the ’70s and ’80s of the previous century. The Colombian was at the peak of his power, responsible for eighty percent of global trade in the white powder and earned 1 million dollars per day! It earned him in 1989 the eighth spot in the list with the richest people in the world, compiled by Forbes.

You can feel that Escobar not to old age is death. The powerful drug lord was in 1993, murdered. Of its once enormous empire is nothing more and that is for us as car enthusiasts are secretly too bad, because Escobar drove in cars where most of us can only dream of. That would not you say if you saw how he was, but more about that later.

Juan Guillermo Correa is a historian, specialized in cars and knows a lot to tell about the exploits of Escobar. You might have Miami Vice-like scenes expect, but the drug lord not only loved supercars. Actually he bought simply the car’s where he is what felt. Correa calls it a Cadillac from the early 30’s as an example. Escobar bought ‘m to Al Capone to appear, and hidden ‘m a little later with bullets. All for an authentic gangster look”.

For the rest of his collection you can feel free to striking. As he stepped just as easily in his Porsche 356 as his Toyota Landcruiser, while he also likes to be in dictator-style left driving around in a Mercedes 600 limousine. The German brand could have been approved anyway please, because also the gorgeous 300 SL was one of his favorites.

If you’re wondering where the cars of Escobar came to be, then we have bad news. There is about as much as his drugsimperium. The cars are all about 22 years at the mercy of nature and rusting slowly away. Eternal sin!