Bugattis, Ferraris, and Rolls-Royces: Inside America’s Greatest Boutique Car Dealership

Miller Motorcars is one of the world's top Bugatti, Ferrari, and Pagani dealers.

By Raphael Orlove

It’s hard to get a sense of the full scale of Miller Motorcars in Greenwich, Connecticut, even walking past a row of Rolls-Royces parked in front of another row of Rolls-Royces.

It is an official dealer of Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Bentley, Bugatti, Czinger, De Tomaso, Ferrari, Maserati, McLaren, McMurtry, Pagani, Pininfarina, Rimac, and the aforementioned Rolls-Royce. A purple Phantom on 22s gleams in the sun, in case someone walking in might want to spend half a million dollars on it.

How does Miller Motorcars keep all these different automakers in stock? “We don’t think of it as competition,” says Evan Cygler, Sales Executive. “All are a niche.” That works for the buyers who find themselves at Miller Motorcars, self-made entrepreneurs, and captains of the banking and real estate industry.

“We have customers who have an AstonMartin and say ‘I’d love to try a Bentley.’”

Or a repeat customer might return and say, “Maybe they’d like to try a V12 this time.

Miller Motorcars started in 1976 in West Hartford before resettling in trendy Greenwich. Its initial speciality was Mercedes-Benz during a boom time for both official and grey-market imports. For all its stature, it has remained a family-owned business. Its founders are still in the office daily and even keep score for the employee softball team.

A few superlatives hint at the level at which Miller Motorcars now operates. It is the top Pagani dealer in North America for 2023, the top Bugatti dealer in the world for 2021, ‘22, and ‘23, and Ferrari gave it a Cavallino award in ‘23 also, placing it in the top echelon of Ferrari dealers worldwide.

Down in Miller Motorcars’ basement detailing studio, however, one can get a better idea of Miller Motorcars’ scale. Beyond a fresh green Rimac and a bright blue Ferrari convertible sits a gleaming Bugatti EB110 , the first carbon-fiber production car and, for a brief moment in the 1990s, the fastest car in the world. Even besides a blue-and-white Chiron Super Sport, the 1-of-134 EB110 catches the eye for its rarity and its historical provenance. This might be the only place where a Bugatti EB110 is a trade-in. A $1.3 million trade-in.

This is a rare place that specializes in such rare cars. That is the basis of Miller Motorcars’ reputation. Everything that passes through its doors is in perfect condition, and in perfectly-executed spec. Its color combos are trendsetting. Cygler points out a stunning orange Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Roadster, a pure roadster without a roof at all, bodied completely in carbon fiber. It is one of 28 in the world, five for the U.S.

This is a rare place that specializes in such rare cars. That is the basis of Miller Motorcars’ reputation. Everything that passes through its doors is in perfect condition, and in perfectly-executed spec. Its color combos are trendsetting. Cygler points out a stunning orange Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Roadster, a pure roadster without a roof at all, bodied completely in carbon fiber. It is one of 28 in the world, five for the U.S.

The Bugatti showroom is close by, past the Rolls-Royces and lines of gleaming Bentleys and Astons, many in a fashionable green. (Elizabeth Koppelman Hanigan, Director of Communications, points out that green is the hot color of the moment, something Miller Motorcars keenly anticipates year-to-year.) Miller Motorcars is readying a photoshoot for the “L’Ultime,” the very last Chiron , chassis 500 of 500, in top Super Sport spec. It is resplendent in a blue-to-blue fade, and notable places in the Chiron’s world tour are painted on the side. Greenwich stands out. Several other Chirons are being shuffled around, including a very early production example of this 300-mph car. It is an otherworldly scene, Chirons idling in a back lot. Cygler is proud that this final Chiron is coming Stateside, a job that took a lot of communication between the buyer and the factory. Miller Motorcars acts as an intermediary in these kinds of multi-million dollar deals. No surprise Miller Motorcars keeps up a presence at Car Week around Monterey, where supercar manufacturers and their billionaire clientele rub shoulders on Pebble Beach’s 18th fairway.

Again, rare cars are Miller Motorcars’ specialty. A Huayra Roadster in bare carbon with red pinstriping is in the Pagani showroom nearby. This is the car that was on the floor at the Geneva Motor Show, a 1-of-100 model. It, too, was a trade-in. “Perhaps for another Pagani,” Cygler says. Beyond it is the Zonda Monza. The Zonda Monza, a 1-of-1 motorsports specially built for an American collector, with a manual transmission and naturally-aspirated 7.3-liter V12. Is it for sale? Well, it is “on loan from a prominent Pagani collector,” Cygler says.

Source: RobbReport

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