Sir Rod Stewart considers promoting his Italian supercar assortment over big potholes outdoors his £4.6m mansion – amid long-running row with council over state of the roads
Having sold more than 120 million records worldwide, Sir Rod Stewart has earned himself a slew of awards during his glittering 60 year career.
The singer, who is well known for hits such as Baby Jane and Maggie May, is among Rock and Roll royalty having bagged himself a Grammy and Brit Award – although he is unlikely to consider them among his most prized possessions.
Instead, it is the 79-year-old’s multi-million pound car collection, described as a ‘work of art’, that sits among his greatest achievements.
The rock star has always had a passion for sports cars and has owned several high end Lamborghinis as well as a 1977 Porsche 911 Turbo Carrera, a Rolls-Royce and a Ferrari Enzo throughout the years.
But, in a cruel twist of fate, Sir Rod recently admitted that he may have to part ways with his fleet after becoming frustrated at the plague of potholes around his £4.6m Essex mansion.
Earlier this week, he posted a photo of himself posing with five high-end Italian sports cars as he announced he may have to get rid of them.
Sir Rod has previously attempted to tackle the pothole problem, having delighted fans in 2022 as he donned a high-vis jacket to fill in the craters outside his home.
Sadly though, it seems the issue has persisted even after the local council previously later said it would re-lay the road to fix the issues with the surface.
Sir Rod Stewart stands with some of the supercars he owns and will ditch due to potholes
In 2022, Sir Rod joined friends to fix potholes near his home in Essex
Sir Rod Stewart pictured outside his palatial mansion in Essex where he keeps his multi million pound car collection
A young Sir Rod with on of his early sports cars – a Lamborghini Miura, in the UK, in 1971
Sir Rod wrote in a post on Instagram: ‘I am extremely fortunate and eternally grateful to be the owner of these five beautiful hybrid sports cars, which, in my opinion, are true “works of art”.
‘Unfortunately, because of the potholes on our roads, I may have to find new owners for them.
‘I’ve been driving these iconic Italian cars since the seventies, and I absolutely love and adore them.’
Sir Rod was also quick to nip any criticism of his broadside in the bud.
He added: ‘This post is for my fans—thank you, as you are the sole reason I own them. And to all the trolls… don’t bother; I never read the comments.’
The singer’s complaint about potholes near his Essex home comes after he previously tackled the issue himself.
In 2022, he donned a high-vis jacket as he and some friends filled in the potholes after complaining they were damaging his Ferrari.
Sir Rod had said he was driven to take action ‘as no-one can be bothered to do it’
Sir Rod had a laugh with the pals as they patched up the roads
Rod Stewart with his red Ferrari motor car parked in Regent’s Park, London, in 2003
At the time, he said there had been several incidents along the road – he said: ‘I’m repairing the street where I live as no-one can be bothered to do it. Me and my mates.’
He added: ‘My Ferrari can’t get through here at all!’
In one clip, the Maggie May singer had said: ‘This is the state of the road near where I live in Harlow and it’s been like this for ages.
‘People are smashing their cars up. The other day, there was an ambulance with a burst tyre. My Ferrari can’t go through here at all!’
He continued: ‘So me and the boys thought we would come and do it ourselves. We are filling the holes while millions and millions of pounds have been spent on the M11.’
The makeshift repair crew were given a telling off by Essex Council, who warned those making the repairs could be liable for future accidents.
The council later said it would re-lay the road to fix the issues with the surface.
A source had told The Sun: ‘It seems his publicity has finally shamed the council into fixing the road.
This 1977 Lamborghini Countach LP400 Periscopio previously belonged to the Maggie May singer
Rod Stewart proudly showing off his £5m LaFerrari (inside his Celtic FC-themed garage)back in 2023
Sir Rod – pictured during a performance last year – has had enough of the potholed roads
‘Sir Rod is going to be absolutely chuffed. Good for him.’
However, his latest post suggests he is once more unhappy with the condition of the roads.
And he isn’t the only celebrity to have raised the issue of the UK’s pothole-riddled roads.
Earlier this year Tony Blackburn criticised the state of roads in the country, telling fans that he had been forced to replace his car’s tyres on a few occasions because of potholes.
The radio host, 81 -who is known for his work on BBC Radio -took to X, formerly known as Twitter, recently to express his frustrations.
He shared his thoughts with his followers on the platform alongside a gif of a car collapsing into a road.
The I’m A Celebrity winner – who is understood to live in Arkley, in the London Borough of Barnet – questioned in the tweet if anyone is going to ‘do something about the dreadful state’ of roads. He said the situation was ‘quite ridiculous’.
He asked his followers: ‘Does anyone know when someone in authority is going to do something about the dreadful state of our roads’.
Blackburn, who is said to drive a Tesla Model 3, had added: ‘Thanks to potholes I’m now on my third tyre, it’s all quite ridiculous how much longer are we going to have to wait before someone somewhere takes any notice.’
