If you’re considering buying or selling a classic car through Gullwing Motor Cars, you’ve probably noticed the company shows up with strong ratings across several review platforms. Here’s an honest breakdown of what we found, based on publicly available customer feedback and business records — not a paid or sponsored placement.
Quick verdict
Based on the volume and consistency of customer feedback across independent platforms, Gullwing Motor Cars appears to be a legitimate, long-standing classic car dealership rather than a scam operation. As with any high-value purchase, we still recommend doing your own due diligence before committing (more on that below).
About Gullwing Motor Cars
Gullwing Motor Cars is a classic and collector car dealership based in Astoria / Long Island City, New York, run by Peter Kumar. The business has been operating for roughly three decades, buying and selling European marques (Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Ferrari, Jaguar, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Bugatti, and others) as well as American classics. Inventory ranges widely — from budget-friendly project cars to high-end pieces like vintage Ferraris, a Porsche 356 cabriolet, and an Aston Martin DB2/4.
What customer ratings show
We looked across multiple independent platforms rather than relying on just one source, since any single review site can give an incomplete picture:
- Trustpilot: rated “Excellent,” around 4.9 out of 5 across well over a thousand reviews — an unusually large and consistent sample size for a dealership of this size.
- Kelley Blue Book (KBB): dealer rating of roughly 4.6 out of 5.
- Yelp: smaller review volume, but generally positive.
- Better Business Bureau (BBB): not accredited and no BBB rating on file. This isn’t necessarily a red flag — BBB accreditation is a paid program many small and mid-sized businesses opt out of — but it does mean you won’t find a BBB complaint history to check.
Recurring themes in customer feedback
Across the platforms we reviewed, a few patterns come up repeatedly:
- Pricing and transparency — customers frequently mention receiving fair offers on cars they sold, with clear communication about a vehicle’s condition before purchase.
- Speed of transactions — several reviewers noted that once a deal was agreed, payment and pickup/delivery happened quickly.
- Low-pressure sales approach — buyers describe a showroom experience without aggressive upselling, with staff answering detailed questions about a car’s history and documentation.
We did not find a pattern of unresolved complaints or fraud allegations in the sources we checked. That said, review platforms can be incomplete, and individual experiences can vary — especially with classic cars, where condition and provenance issues are common industry-wide, not specific to any one dealer.
Things to check yourself before buying a classic car from any dealer
Regardless of how a dealer is rated online, these steps apply to any classic or collector car purchase:
- Get an independent, in-person (or third-party) inspection before wiring funds, especially for out-of-state purchases.
- Verify the title is clean and matches the seller’s name.
- Ask for documented service and ownership history where available.
- Confirm return/refund terms in writing before paying a deposit.
- For high-value vehicles, consider using an escrow service rather than direct wire transfer.
Bottom line
Gullwing Motor Cars has a long operating history and a large, consistent volume of positive feedback across independent platforms, which are reasonable signals of legitimacy. As always, treat online ratings as one input among several, and apply standard due diligence for any classic car purchase regardless of the dealer’s reputation.
Ratings and review counts referenced above reflect publicly available data at the time of writing and may have changed since publication.