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A couple of my best mates are hedge-fund traders and make unbelievable amounts of money, but again, don't driver particularly flashy cars. Most of the hedge-fund traders I have met tend to be a bit weird - they look for the value in everything, which is why they all shop at Lidl.

My anecdata is in contrast with yours then.

The road next to me is mostly £4m+ houses, replete with a couple of hedge fund managers and corporate lawyers. It's mostly huge Volvos, Range Rovers or the Tesla that's bigger than a Volvo estate. If they have a normal/ratty car (as well) it's because it's for one of the children or the staff.

(I too live in a big detached house, but one that has been cut up into flats.)