5 Incredible Cars Owned By Jamiroquai Lead Singer Jay Kay – SlashGear

Jay Kay’s Lamborghini Diablo SE30 — painted in Viola Metallic with a blue suede interior — might be one of the least expensive cars in his entire collection (seriously). However, it still needs to be listed because of its incredible story. In what amounts to a four-minute long car chase, the music video for the band’s hit “Cosmic Girl” features him behind the wheel of the Lambo while his companions are in a red Ferrari F40 chasing a black Ferrari F355 (also owned by Jay Kay), driven by what one would assume is the titular “Cosmic Girl.” 

According to reports, two purple people eaters were used because the first was involved in a crash. One unconfirmed report adds details: when Jay Kay shipped the Lambo to Cabo de Gata, Spain, for filming, one of the company’s employees took it for a joy drive and wrecked it beyond repair. The car in the video was actually a loaner, rented from a nearby collector.

However, in 2017 a Viola Metallic Lamborghini Diablo SE30 was put up for sale on AutoTrader U.K. (for £549,995), claiming to be Jay Kay’s Lambo used in the video. Only 150 of the SE30s were made, but this right-handed driver-side version is one of only 16, making it a much rarer bull.

And why the Viola Metallic color? Jamiroquai is an amalgamation of the word “jam” and “Iroquois,” named in honor of the Native American Indian tribe. The official color of the Iroquois Confederacy (now the Haudenosaunee Confederacy) is purple. Jay Kay had another Lamborghini, a Miura SV worth substantially more than the Diablo, seen in the band’s music video, “Alright.”