Found out this evening they are now a McLaren and Bugatti dealer.

They also had a Smurf Blue V12S Vantage in the showroom for the party tonight and fired it up briefly for the guests. Its a press car that belongs to Aston Martin NA so it won't be there long.

Good party tonight - and I was pitching the owners of the dealership HARD for an Aston Martin weekend at Virginia international Raceway in 2014 instead of just one day at Summit Point for a Driver's School.

 

That is the one I was thinking of. The owner's car has got to be the nicest spec Zagato you could possible create!

 

I'm happy to see them branching out but how realistic is it for 1 dealership to sell Aston Martin, Bentley, McLaren, and Bugatti in Northern VA? It feels like they are throwing ideas against a wall to see which sticks. Is Aston not profitable, so let's bring in McLaren?

 

I know that McLaren was looking to rent a small 'boutique' space in Tysons Corner a year ago, but it makes more sense for them to really align with a working dealership in order to service the cars if nothing else.

As for Bugatti, they told me they are not required to buy any inventory to have a dealership, and I've only ever seen one Veyron at Cars N Coffee, though there may be others in the area.

Here's a couple of cell phone photos from last night, including an un-skinned McLaren (the tub was very cool) and the press fleet V12S in Smurf Blue.

 

That is the very same blue V12VS press car that I drove on the track last week.

 

You must have burned the tires off it Karl, because they put brand new ones on it yesterday morning (Car has 4,400 miles on it as I recall).

Small world, eh? lol

 

 

Went to get my tire fixed today at Motorcars of GA. They just started carrying McLaren too. They had about 4-5 on the floor by my count.

 

Do they still have that outrageous green/fox interior vantage in their used inventory? Love the look but they are quite proud of it.

 

I don't think its there, otherwise I would have noticed it!

 

I have been contemplating chopping in my 9 for a 12c, trouble is my nearest macca dealer is over 200 miles away. If my local Aston dealer adds McLaren to its stable it might prove too hard to resist ........agh

 

That was one of the deterents for me as well with the 12C. The Philly dealer offered free pickup and drop off if I bought one new. It was tempting but I'm happy I didn't bite with the resale values where they are.

 

AM Long Island has been a McLaren dealer for a little while now, too.

 

Call McLaren Philly. They will take care of anyone under and circumstance. They will arrange transit and roll out the red carpet.

 

Jay,
They are about 500 miles away from me, but do seem to have a much larger selection than the Chicago dealership that is 'only' 200miles away. I am a little uncertain as my interest may be being fueled by there being so many great articles about the 12c at the same time as my 9 is covered up in the garage for the winter. I will wait until I get my car out after winter, and if I still feel the same way after I've given the 9 it's first wax of the year, I will give McLaren Philly a call - or may even take the 9 for a drive over there.

How did you find insuring your 12c versus your Aston? The quote I got from Hagerty seemed about twice as much per year for me

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