Originally Posted by theglot
Back in the '80's when I lived in Orange County there was a dealer in Newport Beach that dealt in exotics. Sure had some nice looking iron in the showroom but back then (and even now) exotics were far above my pay grade.
Like Mike said, there are some amazing cars running around Southern Califoania.
There still is an exotics dealer on PCH in Newport Beach, right next to the now defunct Rolls Royce/Lotus dealer. Aston Martin recently opened a beautiful new showroom on Jamboree just a bit up from PCH -
Orange County Aston Martin Dealer, Newport Beach, CA Aston Martin Dealer, Purchase or Lease a Aston Martin
Earlier this year Orange County Lamborghini closed their doors, but the sign is still up over the showroom and you can see it from the 55 FWY. They were the largest volume Lambo dealer in the world, accounting for about 10% of Lamborghini's annual sales. But the owners got into some shady business dealings and started dumping cars. They wrote the deals through VW Credit (VW owns Audi, who in turn owns Lamborghini) but actually sold the cars for far less - like the new Murcielago that reportedly was let go for $60,000 instead of the $240,000 MSRP!! They wrote 54 deals in 8 days to the tune of $12,000,000 and then took the money and ran.