If you want to buy or sell a rare, ￡1m-plus supercar discreetly, James Banks can help. The ex-McLaren engineer tells Rachel Burgess how his LaSource operation works. You're an absurdly rich car enthusiast yet can't source the latest supercar of your dreams. What do you do? Some might join LaSource, an ultra-exclusive digital members club started by James Banks, previously a long-time McLaren engineer and later head of its bespoke operations. LaSource operates in the high-end world of brokering supercars. It relies on good contacts, discretion and confidentiality to run its business. It's a long game: the firm sells only a handful of cars a year and many deals take months to negotiate. The average transaction price is an eye-watering ￡3 million.
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