Rafa Nadal He was never an ostentatious person. Quite the contrary. He was always a humble person who did not like to brag about his great achievements, his money or car collection that he did it, as other athletes do on their social networks. Few people know the great love of the best Spanish athlete of all time for cars, but yes, he has a large collection of cars in his garage.
It is known to all that Rafa Nadal is KIA ambassador for many years, especially since 2004. For 20 years, each advertisement of the Korean brand on television, in newspapers or on billboards has always been accompanied by the face of the Spanish tennis player. Because even though he has announced his retirement, Nadal still has one last dance, the Davis Cup.
First of all, Rafa He started as KIA ambassador in Spainbut little by little he became a celebrity and one of the best rackets on the circuit, which increased his popularity. It is for this reason that the brand’s marketing managers decided two years later, in 2006this gave the Becoming famous as a KIA Global Ambassador. Currently, his contract expires in 2025.
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Over all these years, Nadal has accumulated a large number of cars from the brand. In his garage he had a KIA Pro Ceed 1.6 CRDi of 128 hpA KIA Sportage with red GT finish, to then bet. for a sportier car like the KIA Stingeralso red, in version 3.3 with 370 HP and GT finish, to which the tennis player himself declared his love, assuring that it is one of his favorite cars, a bit like the apple of his eyes.
But, around 2023, the former world number one decides to modernize and buy a electric car. The model he chose was Kia EV6finished in GT-Line and personalized in detail for him. To them we must also add the Kia Niro.
Nadal’s high-end cars
In addition to the KIA cars mentioned above, Rafa Nadal also owns more luxurious cars. Unlike other athletes, the Spaniard has not been seen walking with them or boasting about them on his social media. In fact, in an interview with La Resistencia in 2020, he admitted that they had been stopped for more than six months and that some had not even been able to start, because it was more comfortable for them to take “the KIA before the Aston Martin”.
Because, yes, among the collection of luxury cars that Manacor owns, there is a Aston Martin DBSa car that James Bond himself drove. Even Rafa himself couldn’t resist buying this car. Of the British brand that brought Fernando Alonso to Formula 1, it is the only one he owns, just as he also owns one from the Italian team that represents Carlos Sainz until the end of this year.
Nadal has a White Ferrari 458with a 570 hp V8 enginewhat is happening 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.4 seconds. But he doesn’t use it much either. Just like the two Mercedes he owns. In the garage of the winner of 22 Grand Slam tournaments there is a Mercedes SL55 in metallic gray and a Mercedes GTSwhose price is around 324,000 euros and has V8 engine and 510 HP under the hood. The latter was given to him after winning the Stuttgart tournament in 2015, although the champion was not very happy that they painted it like a tennis ball.
