US is world's biggest mkt for $150K+ cars....
Only mkts in US where guys routinely use limos are Manhattan and, to much lesser extent, BevHills....and Maybach was flop in US from Day 1 of launch some ?3yrs ago.....
In Manhattan, most hedge fund/PE titans are driven around in nondescript, scuffed-up blk/blk <$100K S550s.....
More image-conscious, IQ-challenged BevHills has a few more guys who choose S65 and driver to ferry them around Westside....
SiliconValley is almost exclusively a self-drive culture.....and most titans commute via CL63/SL55 (or some S/CL)...some tech/financial billionaires drive S65, but 65 is an uncommon choice among SiliconValley guys who can easily afford any car...but also have little to prove....
Culture of buying an expensive car w/archaic-tech (like Maybach/Bent/RR, etc.....or cars w/Luddite gearboxes or dubious safety engineering
) is largely a 3rd World/Podunk US/EU fascination.....and if unwashed masses' favorite US rappers are supposedly driving/being driven in whatever car, that brand/model may be aspirational car of choice in Podunk for some period.....