David Beckham is a superstar in every sense.

He’s got more than 100 times England caps and is an icon for three of the world’s biggest football clubs – Man United, Real Madrid and AC Milan.

Now at Los Angeles Galaxy, he’s living the Hollywood high life, hanging out with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes and getting courtside seats for Lakers games.

Armani model? Yes. Adoring fans? Yes. Shoe-in for a future knighthood? Yes. Strange names for the kids? With Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz we let you decide on that one.

And with all this success has come bags of cash and as a man with his finger (normally) on the fashion pulse he’s bought some super-cool cars.

But like Jamie Redknapp (Peugeot 309), Wayne Rooney (Ford Ka) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Seat Ibiza), David Beckham car collection started with a humble Ford Escort which he used to travel to training for Man United in the mid-1990s.

From then he progressed to his first two-door sports car, sort of. In 1996, just as he started to make a name for himself as the future of English football, Goldenballs got his hands on a Honda Prelude.

Still, he was only 21. But today, even those on the periphery of stardom driving nice motors. Man United’s Darren Gibson has a Nissan GT-R and he rarely plays first team football.

Stepping up a level

But Beckham, with his value rising by the day, acted accordingly and bought his first high-performance motor in 1997 – a BMW M3 Cabriolet. The German convertible, which was capable of 155mph would have cost Beckham around £44,000 in 1997. It sold for more than £90,000 in 2005 such is Becks’ star quality.

Just after buying the M3, Beckham also got his hands on a Porsche 911 Carrera which is rumoured to be the first car he kissed a Miss Victoria Adams in.

Fast-forward and Beckham is still married to Posh, he’s still a national treasure and he’s still changing his car all the time with a current proclivity of black motors. His current garage includes a Cadillac Escalade, Porsche 911 Cabriolet, Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupe, Range Rover Sport and Jeep Wrangler – all in black.

Between purchasing his Ford Escort in 1995 and taking delivery of a supercharged Range Rover Sport last week, Beckham has more than 40 cars totalling £3.75 million. In 2005 alone he was photographed driving six different cars including a Hummer H2, Bentley Arnage and Porsche 911.

Want to know the David Beckham motoring timeline? View our bumper gallery.

All values are estimates - Becks is well-known for customising his cars so he would have spent more than the book price on many of his motors. He also would have got a couple free through sponsorship deals.

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