andn 2017, info was launched that the Audi S3, offered on the Internet, was Cristiano Ronaldo’s first car. However, the Auto per Minute it’s identified that this isn’t, in reality, the first car of the Portuguese footballer.
The story was revealed to us by Manuel Rodrigues, proprietor of Everyday Sport dealership, positioned in Guimarães. The businessman, and likewise a former car driver, mentioned that Cristiano Ronaldo’s first car was a Mercedes-Benz C220 CDI Sport Coupé. And how did Manuel Rodrigues learn about it? Because he’s the one who sells the car of the German model, the CR7. A second he remembered with us, virtually 20 years in the past.
“Cristiano arrived together with his mom and we met at the places of work of Gestifute, in Bom Sucesso, in Porto. I took him, I defined how the automated field works. First I drove, then he drove… We introduced slightly stroll round there. It’s very good, he is nonetheless younger”, confided Manuel Rodrigues to Auto per Minute.
In the paperwork that we’ve entry to – and you may see in the gallery above -, the C220 CDI Sport Coupé arrived in the arms of Cristiano Ronaldo on May 9, 2003. It was solely in the following 12 months, particularly in April 2004, that it occurred. the Al Nassr participant purchased the 210 hp Audi S3, as proof of car insurance coverage.
After we tracked down the first car pushed by Cristiano Ronaldo, the story informed by Vitali Kutuzov, a Sporting participant in the 2002/03 season, started to make sense. This is as a result of, in 2022, Alvalade’s former Portuguese teammate remembered a Mercedes as Ronaldo’s first car.
“We shared a home and I bear in mind when he purchased his first car, a Mercedes that he did not even know easy methods to drive.
Launched in 2001 by Mercedes-Benz, Cristiano Ronaldo’s C220 CDI Sport Coupé is supplied with an in-line four-cylinder engine, which produces 143 hp and 315 Nm of torque. With rear-wheel drive, this C220 CDI Sport Coupé accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in about 10 seconds and reaches a prime pace of 220 km/h.
Two years later… a brand new Mercedes as a present
In 2005, the 12 months he was already enjoying in England, at Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo returned to do enterprise with Manuel Rodrigues’ Everyday Sport. As the proprietor of this dealership informed us, the Portuguese footballer wished to current himself on his twentieth birthday.
Despite not coming to Portugal to deal with all the documentation, in the opinion of Manuel Rodrigues, Cristiano Ronaldo will return to the stand as a approach of thanks.
“He remembered me and acquired me one other car once more. It was beneficiant of him and, maybe, he additionally knew the incontrovertible fact that I had beforehand lent him a car to drive for nearly a 12 months. It was a Hyundai Accent purple, however I believe it was one of the sisters who introduced him to the coaching as a result of he didn’t have a license at the time”, he started to talk.
Manuel Rodrigues has been at the forefront of Everyday Sport for over 20 years © Daily Sports
Manuel Rodrigues revealed that on this second sale he was contacted by Ronaldo’s former brother-in-law. “José known as me to say that Cristiano wished one other car in Portugal and he wished it for his birthday”.
On February 4, 2005, sooner or later earlier than the birthday of the Portuguese star, his former brother-in-law went to get the car and even caught the secretary of the dealership in Guimarães off guard.
“I wasn’t there and my secretary even known as me to say that Ronaldo’s brother-in-law was there. He mentioned: ‘Look, he did not carry cash or something’ [risos]. I informed him I can take the car. My secretary handed over our NIB and after quarter-hour the cash was all in the account”, he recalled.
The car that Cristiano Ronaldo gave himself on his twentieth birthday is a Mercedes CLS 350. Also with 4 seats, however extra highly effective than the first one. Equipped with a V6 engine with a capability of 4.0 liters, this CLS 350 offers a complete of 272 hp of energy. It permits reaching 100 km/h in seven seconds and a prime pace of 250 km/h.
Today, Ronaldo owns many luxurious automobiles, equivalent to Bugatti, Rolls-Royce or Aston Martin. However, remembering these fashions obtained at the starting of his profession, we all know that there’s a clear choice for … German automobiles.
After revealing the true story of the first car pushed by Cristiano Ronaldo, we are going to quickly reveal the location of his well-known Audi S3. Watch Auto for a Minute.
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