Low inventories of latest autos imply even celebrities typically have a troublesome time discovering unique new units of wheels.
One man who’s made a enterprise out of overcoming obstacles to match the wealthy and well-known with the horsepower of their desires is the topic of a brand new collection on the Discovery+ streaming community.
“Million Greenback Wheels” follows RD Whittington, a luxury-car dealer in Beverly Hills, Calif., as he encounters unrelatable dilemmas akin to this query posed to him throughout an interview with TMZ: If socialite Kim Kardashian and British actor Tom Holland each need the identical uncommon automobile, who will get to purchase it?
“You get Kim one first as a result of she’s right here and she or he’s native,” Whittington answered shortly, “and you then get Tom one second as a result of he is in England and it’ll give us a while as a result of we’ve got to ship it there.”
The scenario was hypothetical, however Whittington, whose purchasers embrace actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx, stated his enterprise has gotten more durable because of the coronavirus pandemic and the microchip scarcity that has hampered automotive manufacturing.
“Provide and demand,” Whittington told TMZ. “There’s much less automobiles being produced. There’s extra folks wanting automobiles proper now. With COVID, the manufacturing numbers have been lower in half, so you’ve got quite a lot of celebrities — and they are often all A-list — chasing after the identical toy.”
The present, which premiered Feb. 28 and could have new episodes weekly, guarantees to characteristic “a number of the rarest Rolls-Royces, Ferraris, McLarens and Maybachs on this planet.” Kardashian posted a clip from the collection on social media exhibiting her selecting up a $100,000 personalized Mercedes-Benz V-Class van from Whittington’s retailer, WiresOnly.