The Top 5 Most Expensive Cars Owned By Tom Hanks – SlashGear

You can find those run-of-the-mill cars on practically any street or garage around the United States, which further proves that Tom Hanks is truly just another average Joe. However, there is one car in his collection that, while by no means a show-stopper, is unique from the others and comes with a heartwarming story.

In 2017 the small Polish town of Bielsko-Biala, Poland, gave Hanks a fully restored 1974 Fiat 126p for his birthday (via The Drive). As the story goes, while Hanks was on a trip in Budapest the year before, he started Tweeting pictures standing next to random Fiat 126s. Bielsko-Biala was once the central manufacturing hub for these pocket-sized, low-cost economy cars, long a source of pride for the city.

Monika Jaskolska, a town resident and huge Tom Hanks fan, saw the Tweets and went into action. She eventually gathered enough corporate sponsorship and crowdfunding money for them to buy an old Fiat, restore it, and fly it over to the United States, where Hanks subsequently Tweeted a photo with it inside his house. Millions of these were built (as evidenced by Hanks finding so many to photograph), so they’re not exactly rare, but it’s a charming story.

Hanks held onto the car until May 2022, selling it at auction for $83,500. He gave all the money to the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, a nonprofit organization that assists those who help care for wounded American military veterans (via Supercar Blondie).