WHAT CAR DO YOU DRIVE?

Last updated : 14 March 2006 By Ed

Here:

Chelsea are not only top of the Premier League but their players have the most expensive and fastest cars, it was revealed today.

The average cost of a Chelsea footballer's car is £104,835 and their vehicles' top speeds average 192mph, according to research from Nuts magazine.

Arsenal players have the second-most expensive cars at £87,652, with Liverpool third (£86,297) and Manchester United fourth (£82,535).

Birmingham, struggling near the foot of the Premiership table, can at least say their players have cars with the second-fastest average top speed (175mph) as well as the fifth most-expensive models (£80,398).

The research also revealed:

The most popular individual car model among Premiership players is the BMW X5 (owners include Arsenal's Sol Campbell and Chelsea's John Terry)

Second most popular model is the Mercedes M Class (Arsenal's Freddie Ljundberg and Manchester United's Ruud Van Nistelrooy)

AS many as 16 Premiership players have 4x4 Range Rovers, including Spurs Jermaine Defoe and Liverpool's Jamie Carragher

The Aston Martin is particularly favoured by England players, with owners including David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Michael Owen

Robbie Savage of Blackburn and Everton's James Beattie are among the Lamborghini owners.

Nuts editor Phil Hilton said: ``The stars of the premiership love their luxury items and don't think twice about dishing out six-figure sums for the latest Aston or Porsche - costing them at least a week's wages.

"What remains surprising is the dominance of 4x4s, proving that even premiership stars need a bit of boot space for the weekly run to Tescos.''