The Top 5 Most Expensive Cars Owned By Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen is perhaps the most iconic American musician to ever take the stage. The Boss has made a name for himself as both a solo artist and with the legendary E Street Band by his side. As Bruce and company kick off a brand new tour in the U.S. and Europe to start 2023 (for the first time since 2017), what better way might there be to celebrate the magic of Springsteen than to dive into his car collection. After all, the tour announcements themselves used one of his classic automobiles as a centerpiece (via Bruce Springsteen).

From the crooning of Bruce's youthful voice on "Mary Queen of Arkansas" and "Blinded by the Light" in his 1973 debut, his lyrics have always yearned for movement and the freedom of something beyond. Cars have therefore taken center stage on many occasions. "Darkness," "Racing in the Street" (which talks of one of his characters who races a '69 Chevy), and even the cover of the 2016 companion album "Chapter and Verse" that went along with his autobiography have featured classic automotive imagery.

Bruce Springsteen isn't a typical celebrity car collector, though. His automotive choices revolve around classic muscle. The Boss enjoys a net worth of roughly $650 million (via Celebrity Net Worth), but his choice of cars reflects a dedication to craft and substance over flashy price tags and high end luxuries.

The Chevrolet Bel Air is another iconic ride that Bruce Springsteen has enjoyed for many years. CarHP reports that the vehicle is priced at $67,300, and Motor1 reported in December 2016 that the vehicle — eventually repainted yellow with flames added around the hood and body — sold at auction for $350,000. 

To make things even more dramatic, the singer purchased the Bel Air in a convertible configuration, of course, as his first motor for $2,000 after releasing "Born to Run." Funny enough, GQ notes that in his memoir, he says "that summer I bought my first set of wheels ... a '57 Chevy with dual, four-barrel carbs, a Hurst on the floor..." The car, GQ notes, featured a fuel-injected 4.6L V8 with 283 brake horsepower. The same model starred alongside Harrison Ford in 1973's classic, "American Graffiti."

One of Springsteen's most often overlooked auditory characters is thought to exist in two renditions of brothers and bridges: In "Brothers Under the Bridges" and the "Tom Joad." In the first appearance, his narrator is a teenager looking forward to getting his license and first set of wheels. "Me and Tommy we was just fourteen, didn't have our licenses yet / Our walls were covered with pictures of cars we'd get," he sings. 

One can easily imagine a similarly bright-eyed Springsteen finally taking the wheel of his own vehicle — this '57 Bel Air — after singing about so many other cars in the years before.

The Chevrolet C1 Corvette in Bruce Springsteen's garage is one of his favorite rides of all time. The 1960 convertible is so beloved by the singer that it graces the cover of his 2016 autobiography "Born to Run." It's a fitting tribute to the album that really saw Springsteen and E Street explode. 

He purchased the C1 Corvette in 1977 after the album had been out for a little over a year, according to GQ. He said, "'Born to Run' had earned me a Steinway baby grand piano and a 1960 Chevrolet Corvette I bought for six grand from a kid behind the counter."

The stories that Springsteen recounts in his autobiography and with interviewers often revolve around the dynamics of a purchase, or the emotions that were at play. It's obvious, then, why most of the vehicles listed here are old and trusted favorites in his stable, and why he still owns a great many of them. CarHP prices the C1 Corvette at $116,000 and notes its 4.6L V8, 4-speed transmission (manual, of course), and 283 horsepower.