"Cool car" birthday surprise

When Nadja Jovanovic made a quick post in her neighborhood Facebook group asking if anyone with a “cool car” could swing by for her son Kosta’s fourth birthday, she figured maybe one kind stranger might roll through. 

Kosta is obsessed with fast cars—anything loud, shiny, and shaped like it could win a race—and Nadja hoped to give him a few minutes of driveway excitement.

What she got instead: a full-throttle sports car parade.

Talk about a birthday bash: About a dozen high-end cars arrived on their street to celebrate Kosta's big day. Many were coordinated by local car enthusiast Mike Mallozzi, who saw the post and started gathering fellow drivers.

• Think Porsche 911s, Audi R8s, Corvettes, and tricked-out muscle cars, each one pulling up with engines revving and birthday wishes blasting. 
• The parade even came with a police escort to help guide the group through the neighborhood safely.

Kosta and his friends were nearly vibrating with excitement as they climbed into seats, gripping steering wheels and giving cautious little revs behind the wheel. All of the drivers, most of whom had never met the family, were beaming at Kosta’s reaction to their wheels.

The next morning, one driver returned with his bright red Corvette, and another arrived in what Jovanovic said was Kosta’s dream car—a Lamborghini Aventador—just to make sure the birthday boy got his moment with it.

“That entire morning, I was so emotional… Seeing my kids’ reactions… was just incredibly heartwarming… I was truly overwhelmed,” said Nadja.