David Beckham goes for a spin in his flashy new Aston Martin as he adds to his luxury car collection
He's always been a car car connoisseur, boasting a fleet of luxury vehicles.
And David Beckham added to his collection as he showed off a flashy new Aston Martin whilst out in London on Monday.
The retired footballer, 43, was seen pulling up outside the Connaught Hotel in his new ride, beaming broadly as he chatted with the doorman.
Flashy: He's always been a car car connoisseur, boasting a fleet of luxury vehicles. And David Beckham added to his collection as he showed off a new Aston Martin in London on Monday
Dressed casually for the outing, the father-of-four donned a brown flatcap and baby blue jumper teamed with skinny jeans and suede boots.
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David has quite the collection of supercars, boasting a £140,000 exclusive Jaguar sports car, £80,000 Audi, Cadillac Escalade, a Jeep Wrangler and a £200,000 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti as well as a collection of motorcycles.
Yet whilst he may be quite the petrolhead, his boy racer ways landed him in trouble with the law earlier this year after he was caught doing 59mph in a 40mph zone in his £200,000 Bentley on January 23.
High spirits: The retired footballer, 43, was seen pulling up outside the Connaught Hotel in his new ride, beaming broadly as he chatted with the doorman
His lawyer, Nick Freeman - known as 'Mr Loophole' - got the case kicked out because the police failed to notify him of the intended prosecution within the statutory 14-day time limit.
Road safety campaigners, MPs and families of road accident victims attacked the footballer after he dodged the fine at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on September 27.
He went to Paris amid the condemnation with his wife Victoria, 44 – splashing out on a £1,300 bottle of wine.
Road safety charity Brake, who said it was 'hugely disappointing' that a 'role model like David Beckham shirking his responsibility and getting off a speeding prosecution on a mere technicality.'
Campaign director Joshua Harris added: 'At the speed Mr Beckham was reported to be travelling, his stopping distance would be double that of someone driving within the limit – he should count himself very lucky that no incident occurred and tragedy was avoided.'
Mr Freeman previously helped Beckham overturn an eight-month driving ban in 1999 after successfully arguing that the footballer was trying to escape a paparazzi photographer.
Low-key look: Dressed casually for the outing, the father-of-four donned a brown flatcap and baby blue jumper teamed with skinny jeans and suede boots
