The sales of ultra-luxury cars have increased by 18 percent nationwide since the presidential election in November, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Music City Motor Cars in Nashville sells cars that range in price from $40,000 to more than $400,000 including brands like Bentley, Maserati, Rolls Royce, Aston Martin, and Alfa Romeo, and the dealership said it has seen increased sales with all of it's brands.
"Bentley's up about 11 percent, Rolls Royce is up 45 percent to 50 percent, Maserati's have been up in the high 40s," Kurt Disch, Bentley brand manager at Music City Motor Cars, said.
Many of the cars sold at Music City Motor Cars are custom built for customers, and they're able to choose all of the options they want.
"There's 44,000 different paint colors in Bentley that you can pick," Disch explained, adding that at Music City Motor Cars, they focus on providing a special buying experience that is enjoyable, rather than a chore.
While car sales are up, it doesn't mean everyone can afford these ultra-luxury cars, which is where Music City Dream Cars can fill a void.
"Our goal here is to make people's dreams come true through the car industry," Jason Ridgel, CEO of Music City Dream Cars, said.
The luxury car rental business, launched three years ago in Nashville, allows people to get behind the wheel of their dream car without having to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"It's just like an Enterprise or Avis," Jonathan Bowman, president and founder of Music City Dream Cars, explained. "You just need a major credit card, need to be 25, have a drivers license, and full coverage insurance."
Music City Dream Cars has cars from brands such as Lamborghini, Ferrari, Bentley, and Rolls Royce.
In addition to renting the cars, Music City Dream Cars takes cars out to the Nissan Stadium parking lot once a month for people to do course drives with, allowing people to drive their dream cars on a course for only $100.
"I was thinking most people would punch it," Ridgel said of drivers first trying out cars at Music City Dream Cars. "You get behind a car that's got 180 on the dash, but what we find is most people drive them pretty slowly."
Ridgel and Bowman explained that while some people are nervous to drive the luxury and exotic cars, they give driving courses to all of the new drivers, and none of the cars have a clutch, instead having paddle shifters to give you the optimal experience.
