Emma Raducanu swaps £5,000 runabout for £125,000 Porsche supercar

It’s Emma Radu-car-new! Tennis ace serves herself a treat as she swaps £5,000 runabout for £125,000 Porsche supercar… capable of a top speed of 192mph

When she became a brand ambassador for Porsche, Emma Raducanu insisted she would continue to be a star in a reasonably priced car. 

Only a month ago, the teenage tennis ace said she loved her Dacia Sandero, which she bought secondhand for £5,000 two years ago. 

Now it seems her tie-in with the German sports car firm has led to a U-turn. 

Tennis star Emma Raducanu, 19, was pictured behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet as she arrived at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, south-west London

Miss Raducanu, 19, was pictured behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet as she arrived at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, south-west London. 

The silver car, with a red soft top, has a top speed of 192mph and can do 0-62mph in 3.6 seconds. 

Prices for the model start at £124,800. The Dacia Sandero, by contrast, was once dubbed Britain’s cheapest car. It can be bought new for less than £12,000, has a top speed of just over 100mph and takes around 12 seconds to go from 0-62mph. 

A month ago the teenage tennis ace said she loved her Dacia Sandero, which she bought secondhand for £5,000 two years ago

Miss Raducanu has said that her first passion was not tennis but motorsports and her childhood dream was to own a Porsche 911

Miss Raducanu has said that her first passion was not tennis but motorsports and her childhood dream was to own a Porsche 911. 

The partnership with Porsche is one of many lucrative deals that she has signed since she won the US Open in September last year. 

Now worth £10million, according to the Sunday Times Rich List, she has signed partnerships with French designer Dior and jeweller Tiffany and Co, as well as with HSBC, Vodafone, British Airways, Evian, Wilson and Nike. She also featured in Sports Direct’s 2021 Christmas advert. 

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