Over 20 years of connecting car enthusiasts with their dreams
If you have been a reader of Spotlight on Business Magazine for some time then you will remember from David MacDonald’s feature on Gateway Classic Cars back in June of 2016, that Akbani is undoubtedly a man who sees a story in each and every vehicle that comes into his team’s care. “The historical cars we’ve had come in and out of our showrooms are the most memorable for me,” Akbani recalls when Gateway Classic Cars received and sold a 1932 Marmon saying, “The Marmon Motor Car Company built the car that won the first Indy 500 in 1911, that car was sold to a gentleman that is on Forbes’ Top 40.” We did not ask Akbani how much the car sold for but in the time that we spent with him for our recent interview, we can
tell you that we are confident that he would know the number along with any others related to the business.
Whenwe askedwhy people buy these types of vehicles, Akbani was quick to respond, “People who are buying a $50,000 Rolex are not buying them because they are concerned with keeping time, they are buying them because they can.” The same can be said about classic and exotic cars. “We started this business on February 8, 1999. Products and services were just beginning to come to market on the internet. We took the idea of selling classic cars, which was traditionally done through local
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