Long Before Owning a $695,000 Lamborghini Beast, Derek Jeter Owned a Car With Only One Functioning Door

Baseball legend Derek Jeter, who’s living a lavish life mostly because of his tremendous career with the New York Yankees, did not have everything handed down to him his entire life. The former shortstop has worked hard to get where he is today. And that means having to endure some things which were not great at the time.

Jeter might have been born in New Jersey, but he didn’t grow up there. When he was about four years old, his family moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Now, when looking back at his career and the commercials that he did, one can easily say that the athlete is a huge fan of luxury cars. However, he could not afford it at the time during his younger days. Therefore, his first car had some non-functioning parts.

What was the first car that Derek Jeter bought?

Derek Jeter was two and a half hours from the epicenter of the global automotive industry, Detroit, but the whole of Michigan had a huge auto industry. Despite living in such a big automotive industrial area, Jeter’s first car was a Datsun 310 with three broken door handles.

“The only one that worked was the driver’s side passenger door,” said Jeter about his first-ever car. 

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Since then, the ballplayer had worked his way up and never looked back. And now, he is in a position where he never might have to think twice before buying the car that he wants. It is all because he has achieved that much from his career with the New York Yankees. And now one of the cars that he owns is one of the most expensive ones available.

How did Jeter push his net worth to $220 million?

Just from his salary playing as a shortstop for the New York Yankees, Derek Jeter has earned $265 million. Apart from this, he earned $150 million solely from doing endorsements. 

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But Jeter was not stopping any time soon. Before he even retired from the big leagues, he had already dipped his hands in the business. A publishing house got registered. He created men’s scents and recently became a part of the athleisure brand. And now he had a recent collaboration with Jeep Grand Wagoneer Obsidian Edition.

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