Hypercar sourcing

The trinity cars and their successors trade in a market of perhaps a few hundred active participants worldwide. Cars move by approach, not advertisement: a collector known to be consolidating, an estate in settlement, an allocation holder whose new delivery frees an older car. Access to those conversations is the entire game — and it is precisely what a public-facing dealership cannot offer a private buyer.

Provenance at this level is forensic. We establish the complete ownership chain, cross-border VAT and import history, factory service continuity and — on hybrid cars — battery service records, before a client travels to see anything. A hypercar with an ambiguous chapter in its history carries that ambiguity into its next valuation.

Transactions are structured, not shaken on. Escrow arrangements, staged inspections, transport insurance at agreed values and specialist legal review are standard on every mandate we run at this level. The car is exciting; the transaction must be boring.

The right example is frequently not in the UK. We source from Europe, the Middle East, Japan and the US where the car justifies it, and we handle the unglamorous parts — import duty and VAT treatment, IVA where applicable, registration and the practical question of whether a left-hand-drive car suits your use. Sometimes the honest advice is to wait for a UK car. We give it.