Special to the Star. Supermodel, actress and entrepreneur Carol Alt knows a thing about cars and driving. her father said the car looked fast just standing still. A friend of Formula One racing legend Ayrton Senna who died in a 1994 Grand Prix crash, Alt has even been behind the wheel on the race track. Over the years, she’s driven a variety of cars (“I love, love, love to drive”) but admits they never felt like her own. That is until she bought one herself. “I actually, myself — not my husband, not in a marriage, not with a boyfriend — my actual first car, I bought last year. I was looking for somewhat of a small car and the coupe was just that kind.