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Amy Macdonald sold £200k Ferrari to pay for lavish wedding to ex Rangers star


Amy Macdonald has admitted she sold one of her supercars from her her prized collection to pay for her lavish wedding to footballer Richard Foster.

The This Is The Life singer got rid of the £200,000 Ferrari before the pair were joined by dozens of family and friends when they got married in Las Vegas last year.

They honeymooned with a road trip across the US, taking in Yosemite National Park.

The 31-year-old petrolhead said she has bought 30 cars since passing her test at 17
but has given many of them away.

Amy Macdonald’s Ferrari 488 on the production line after she ordered it from the Italian supercar firm

 

One of the hardest to part with was her Ferrari 488 GTB, which has a top speed of 205mph.

The singer, who still owns a yellow Ferrari 458 Speciale, told the Open Goal podcast: “This is a bit of a collectors’ item now.

“Usually I chop and change my cars a bit but I have had this for four years because it is the last Ferrari they made without turbo.

“I had a Ferrari 488 as well but I sold that to pay for my wedding.”

Since passing her test, Amy has owned a Mini Cooper, Nissan GT-R, Audi Q7, Audi R8, Range Rover Vogue, Bentley Continental, Ferrari 458 Italia and a Bentley V8 Bentayga – the fastest diesel SUV in the world – among others.

Amy Macdonald’s Ferrari 458 Speciale

 

Amy’s love of fast cars has proven to be a shrewd investment – the 458 cost £170,000 and she could sell it for the same amount.

Amy, from Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, added: “Cars have always been my thing. It’s terrible.

“My mum used to be an accountant before she retired and she used to just crack up and say, ‘Why are you buying all these bloody cars?’

Amy MacDonald and Richard Foster marry in Las Vagas

“But I can’t stop. I think I’ve bought something like 30 cars since my first Mini.

“I bought my dad a Range Rover Sport and my sister a Range Rover Evoke. I bought my friends cars too. It’s an amazing feeling – the best ever.”

And she can afford it with a fortune of more than £7million, having sold more than 12million records.

Amy is now settled in a luxury £1million Milngavie mansion with Ross County star Richard, who also used to play for Aberdeen, Rangers and St Johnstone.

Amy Macdonald with husband Richard Foster

She said: “I call him the Foz. We met at Lee Miller’s wedding. I think it was 2009 but both of us were with different people. Nothing happened.”

After both were single, that changed. Amy added: “I was having a New Year’s party and said, ‘Oh, do you want to come round?’

“He obviously enjoyed himself enough to stick around.”

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