The ‘Commodores’ singer once bought 7 Mercedes-Benz cars at 1 time

Actor and producer Lionel Richie loves his cars. Unfortunately, the celebrity had to settle for a facsimile of his dream car earlier. However, Lionel Richie bought a large part of California Mercedes-Benz car dealers to celebrate his success with Commodores.

Hi, is it the Mercs you are looking for? It certainly was for the superstar Lionel Richie

Lionel Richie, fondly remembers his second car, a Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL. However, he did not buy a Mercedes-Benz as a standalone purchase. No, Richie went into the dealership and bought seven Mercedes-Benzes luxury cars at the same time.

Better still, later in the conversation, Richie refers to a time in his life when his famous group, the Commodores, achieved unexpected levels of success with their second album. To celebrate the achievement, Richie and the Commodores decided to give each other a car giveaway. So, the singer-songwriter went back to the same dealer where he had bought the Datsun. However, instead of buying one car for another band member, Richie wanted to buy seven cars to celebrate with his bandmates.

During the purchase, the owner of the dealership was worried and short with Richie after his request to buy seven cars. However, Richie said a quick call to the president of Bank of America convinced him. Understandably, the news that Richie was so successful was music enough to the salesman’s ears. Watch the video of the interview below!

Source: Top Gear