What CEOs Drive

USA Today has an interesting article on what cars CEOs of various companies drive and why. It and another site — TheLadder.com — conducted surveys of various executives about what their cars said about them.

We won’t get into the nitty-gritty detail the national newspaper did, instead we‘ll break out a number of the CEOs mentioned and what cars they drive. Unfortunately, the story doesn’t list every year, make and model, so we couldn’t be completely accurate. Enjoy.

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Interesting article, would like to see more like them. I would also like to see the Motherproof go away as it's a waste of space. Besides we guys give up enough to the women, in fact I say we rename the site, "ManCar.com" Now that has a nice ring to it...

Well, I read the article and it just makes me want to puke.

I get it, CEO's have more money than the rest of us low-class workers. I just don't need to see you driving in your $100K car and parking in your reserved spot... Buy yourself a practicle luxury car and use the other $50K to buy a couple of struggling families a new car for Christmas if you are that hell bent on blowing money.

Instead of relying on personal virtue, which many people lack, we should roll-back the Bush tax giveaway and pay for much-needed health care of the millions who cannot afford it.

Well to be honest, I was expecting more flashier cars... these cars seem to run of the mill for me, because I live in a upscale town (not to be an a$$hole or anything), but I see these cars all the time, I was expecting these guys to be roaring around in Ferraris, Lambos and Bentleys... these cars seem almost modest, especially for that one CEO who drives a Oldsmobile...
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that these companies aren't as big as industry players like Morgan Stanley, etc... I wonder those CEOs are driving... haha, not really.

Amen on Mother Proof. Especially when she evaluated the M Coup'e...
It heard my mind to read the review. Storage? Store what? Jeeez. Talk about the on ramp thrill will you girl.

I agree with HappyMantis- these are very ordinary cars. You don't have to be a CEO to afford any of them really. The CEO of my company drives a base model explorer- maybe being modest is the best way to become a CEO, lol.

It could also be that many of them are not "car guys/gals" and don't really care.

"these are very ordinary cars. You don't have to be a CEO to afford any of them really."

WHAT???????!!!!!!!!

With two kids, daycare costs, and mortgage, I can't afford these cars - okay, the Oldsmobile I could swing. Are you people just leasing these things or just financing the darn things for 10 years?

And if you don't like motherproof don't read it! I find it to be a very useful site - these are things moms need to know about. And if you ever saw the episode of DR. 90210 where the snobby Hollywood Hills Dr. tries to squeeze an infant carrier into the back of a Porche you'll know that it is necessary for every type of car to be evaluated for how "child friendly" it is!

And LM - Amen to that.

Too many communists read cars.com...

sorry L,
lots of us aren't blessed with children and have nothing to go home to so we work more.

"Well, I read the article and it just makes me want to puke.

I get it, CEO's have more money than the rest of us low-class workers. I just don't need to see you driving in your $100K car and parking in your reserved spot... Buy yourself a practicle luxury car and use the other $50K to buy a couple of struggling families a new car for Christmas if you are that hell bent on blowing money."

Ok go petition the government to ban all luxury car sales, tell them that seeing people with more money than you hurts your feelings. Of course they don't have the right to show that they've earned more money than you, because the United States is totally a communist utopia. Come on, it was a good light hearted piece, and not all of the cars were 100k cars. If you can't stand seeing people drive nice cars, do you drive with blinders on? Geez.

I agree on Motherproof. That is a total waste of space. Also Question of the Day: is a totaly worthless Post. Almost all of the questions I have seen posted there are extremely easy to find on the web for even the most basic web user or uniformed new car buyer researching a new car. Most of the companies highlighted in this story I have never heard of. It would be interesting to see what other Fortune 500 company CEO's drive.

If they have what it takes to become CEOs, they can buy what they damn well please.

"Buy yourself a practicle luxury car and use the other $50K to buy a couple of struggling families a new car for Christmas if you are that hell bent on blowing money."

LOL THAT WAS HILARIOUS !!!

It's not communism to have a progressive tax code. It's utterly unfair when the maid that cleans Warren Buffett's toilet pays a higher tax rate than he does. He admits this himself.

I'm sure if he paid a 10% higher tax rate he could still afford any car he damn-well please. So could all of these CEOs. It's just some of them may choose to not do so. Let's not take pity on them.

Bob - Seeing people driving high dollar cars doesn't hurt my feelings. I know there are lots of people in this world with more money than me - lots! But you hit the nail on the head - all a car like that does is show people that you have more money then they do - trying to show that you are somehow better than the dude sitting next to you at the stoplight in a Camry.

And I do pay attention to other people on the road and you know what? 9 times out of 10 if it's a pushy, arrogant a$$ of a driver - he's in a high dollar car! :-)

"lots of us aren't blessed with children and have nothing to go home to so we work more."
What??? Are you kidding me??? If i didn't have family and kids i STILL wouldn't stay late and work! I'd go home, kick back and "indulge in the pleasures only a single man can". Maybe you should do the same...

I agree with the premise of Bob H's post. If you want something go earn it and stop waiting around for a hand-out. People like L and LM are great for the business world as they are the worker bees. Sure they whine, but that's what they are best at. They look at the world as if the world owes them something. They see a 'fix' in raising taxes, v. instead of lowering the tax rate for Warren Buffet's maid.

Here's my 4 basic laws of life from an old timer: 1. You are owed nothing. 2. If you have children it's YOUR responsbility to provide them with healthcare NOT the government (ie me the taxpayer). 3. You will die some day, until then educate yourself and get a JOB. 4. No politician or anyone else will fix your life, that's up to YOU.

I am fifty-three years old, have two kids, a great loving wife/family, arrived here from Greece literally on a boat and knew NO ONE. I attend some community college classes early on but instead chose to work my way up 'the ladder'. Today our networth is just north of $4 million BECAUSE we put our family and savings first. Not leather interiors, heated seats or $400 Porsche tune-ups (although I now do have an A6 and love it). If I had access to Cars.com decades ago I would have saved tens of thousands of dollars over the years by buying good quality used cars instead of new.

For the record, I dealt with a few CEO's over the years, as with anything don't judge a book by it's cover AND most of the ones that I knew easily worked 65-70+ hours a week. If a pricey car is their outlet, as my daughter would say, "More power to them."

Can I get a hell yeah from Jerry. I really didn't need to know your net worth, but hell yeah anyway. Anyone who thinks Americans should get free health care should move to Canada and see how good their free health care is.

This is a good article and shows that Americans can still choose to buy whatever car they damn well please. Even people who can't afford a new Tahoe can finance it for 7 years and ruin their credit and risk losing their house. But, if your views are like some of these readers, you want the government to intervene and save this Tahoe owner from losing their house when their adjustable interest rate becomes marginally higher.

1.) Really nothing particualry impressive on that list to me (except for Mz. McGrath's and Dixon Thayer's rides, those are just odd. Or they're just really good at maintaining there rides, which might bode well for their managment style)

2.) For the people who put the time and effort into building these compaines, sure let them buy whatever. Personally I think that even in this rareified air there is still a lack of taste, and an element of "keeping up with the jones". Now as for the tons of middle management mid-$80k types,,,,,,

3.) The last time they imposed a Luxury Tax on cars, the manufacturers found a loop hole and the "luxury truck/SUV market" was born. (circa 1990 look it up)

4.) If Warren Buffet think's he's not paying enough taxes, HE CAN PAY MORE! There's a line on the 1040 for making donations to the govenrment. And so can all you other socialists. Stop telling me *I* have to pay more. If it burns your keister so much, go ahead and overpay your taxes.

It appears to me that most CEOs and upper echelons of corporate America drive foreign luxury or sport cars. I think that’s something GM, Ford, and Chrysler should address since we all aspire to move up the corporate ladder.

Infosaur's point #4 nails it. I'm an estate planning firm owner and anyone can pay extra tax. In all my years I've never come across a client who wished to do so and my clients average a net worth of $5 million dollars, excluding their homes. Buffet needs to stick a sock in it.

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