Wedding cars cause traffic chaos in China

china-wedding-car

As the eighth day of the Chinese Lunar Year, January 30th 2012 was deemed a very lucky day for brides and grooms to tie the knot. However the sheer volume of newlyweds on the roads on China’s east province of Zhejiang in their wedding cars caused a headache for other roads users causing gridlocked traffic as hoards of brides and grooms flocked to get their photographs taken at the nearby park.

It’s customary for newly married couples to drive a lap around the Taizhou government square in the east province of China, however due to the large number of couples getting married on this highly auspicious day, this caused major repercussions as wedding cars decorated with flowers and ribbons brought the rest of the traffic to a standstill due to the large volume of wedding cars all attempting to do the same thing.

Brides and grooms, along with their photographers, headed in their droves to the town hall and nearby park to pose for their wedding photographs, with many wedding cars simply being pulled up onto the side of the road as the occupants jumped out for their photo shoots.

The local traffic police say they plan to ban parking around the area the next time a lucky wedding date arrives, and also banning wedding cars from being decorated with ribbons, and using fire crackers will also be disallowed to prevent the vehicles from travelling at a slow rate and causing traffic tailbacks.

Limo Broker to create the world’s fastest limo, the Audi R8 V10 Limo

audi-r8-limo

Limo Broker unveiled their plans to create the world’s first Audi R8 stretch limousine at last weekend’s Transport Broker Awards at the Celtic Manor Resort. Plans for the secret project had been kept tightly under wraps until the big reveal on Saturday night in front of an invited audience of 250 including business leaders from the luxury transport industry.

Chris Wright from Carbonyte UK who were responsible for the creation of the world’s only Ferrari limo, was one of the guests of honour at the special event and gave a speech outlining the plans for new Audi R8 limo project. Carbonyte UK will work in conjunction with Limo Broker to create this never-seen-before limo which will become the signature car for the Limo Broker brand.

The announcement of the Audi R8 Limo project was accompanied by an exclusive rendered video giving a 3D outline of the concept behind the limo, and an impression of how the finished supercar will look. The video is currently available to view online so for a sneak preview of what to expect from Limo Broker’s Audi R8 limo, check it out now.

The Transport Broker Awards also hosted the final of the Miss Limo beauty pageant for the very first time on Saturday night, with the winner revealed as 21-year-old student, Gemma Roberts from the Vale of Glamorgan. As part of Gemma’s prize, the new Miss Limo 2012 will become the face of the new Audi R8 Limo once the supercar is completed.

Work has already begun on the creation of the one-of-a-kind white Audi R8 limo, with the finished limousine expected to be unveiled for the first time by the end of the summer 2012.

Rentaroller.co.uk pits the Rolls Royce Phantom against the Rolls Royce Ghost

RollsRoyceGhost

As experts in the provision of Rolls Royce hire, Rentaroller.co.uk have pitted two of their most highly sought after models against each other in a bid to find the ultimate Rolls Royce model.

While the Rolls Royce Phantom may seem to have a distinct advantage as the luxury car maker’s flagship model, the Rolls Royce Ghost more than holds its own in the luxury chauffeur driven car hire market appealing especially to busy executives and corporate clients due to its compact design.

The Rolls Royce made its official debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show and was marketed as a more “measured” and “realistic car” in comparison to the mighty Rolls Royce Phantom. The Ghost got its name as a nod to an earlier model, the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, which was first built by the company back in 1906.

The Rolls Royce Phantom was been around slightly longer having been first introduced by the luxury car manufacturer in 2003. The Phantom is available as a 4-door sedan and also a 2-door Drophead Phantom convertible model, both of which are available to hire through rentaroller.co.uk.

According to the Rolls Royce limo hire provider, the Phantom is often the first choice for couples looking for a stylish wedding car as the extended wheelbase provides extra onboard space which is often required for wedding day transportation either to transport extra member of the bridal party or to accommodate a bride with a large princess style dress. The Phantom also boasts a definite wow factor with an imposing and almost majestic presence which is especially fitting for a wedding.

What are your thoughts on the Rolls Royce Phantom versus the Rolls Royce Ghost? Is the Rolls Royce Phantom the ultimate modern wedding car while the Rolls Royce Ghost is the perfect chauffeur driven ride for airport transfers and corporate clients? Drop us a line in the comments box below and let us know what you think on the subject.

Bride runs to wedding after vintage Bentley gets stuck

bentley_wedding_limousine

A bride from York had to hot-foot it to her own wedding after the vintage car she’d hired to transport her on the big day got stuck turning around in the hotel car park.

Kirsty Beckett had arranged for her chauffeur driven Bentley wedding car to collect her from The Churchill Hotel in York on the morning of her wedding to transport her to the nearby church where she was due to marry fiancé Johnny Vintis.

However disaster struck when the chauffeur attempted to turn the classic wedding car around ready to whisk the bride off to the church as the vehicle became stuck. Despite several attempts to manoeuvre the Bentley out of its tight spot, the bride decided time was ticking away and if she left it any longer, the groom might think she was having second thoughts.

At this point bride Kirsty put her vanity to one side, hitched her wedding dress up and ran the short distance to the church in heels. The runaway bride also attracted lots of attention from passersby, many of whom stopped and stared as Kirsty ran down the street in her full bridal outfit.

The vicar and bridesmaids had assembled outside as they waited anxiously to see what the hold-up was. Luckily, it is the bride’s prerogative to be late, and Kirsty certainly made the most of the tradition, arriving just over 20 minutes late for the ceremony. Despite the wedding car mishap, the Kirsty and Johnny made it down the aisle and the rest of the wedding went according to plan.

Prince William’s wedding car mishap

Newlywed Royals Leave Wedding Reception

We’ve all seen the photographs, but one thing the pictures showing Prince William and his new bride the Duchess of Cambridge as they sped off down the mall following their wedding on April 29th is that the vintage wedding car had got off to a faltering start as the driver and groom forgot to take the handbrake off.

The newlywed probably thought he’d got away with his basic driving mishap, however his blunder was revealed to the public when The Sun’s Royal photographer, Arthur Edwards, relayed the story on a recent appearance on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs.

The 41-year-old classic Aston Martin was decked out with ribbons and balloons especially for the occasion and the newlyweds were pictured waving to passersby as they drove to Clarence House after their reception at Buckingham Palace, oblivious to the fact that they’d left the handbrake on in all the excitement.    

The rare Aston Martin DB6 Volante MKll is believed to be one of only 38 ever made and was a gift from the Queen to Prince Charles on his 21st birthday. Prince William asked his father if he could use the 1969 classic car on his wedding day, and Prince Charles was happy to let his son borrow his much loved vehicle. However he later told the royal photographer about the handbrake mishap during a recent conversation, so the wedding day jaunt may have been William’s last!

Bride arrives in Porsche wedding car she hand-built herself

bride-porsche-wedding-car2

26-year-old Megan Ashton has always had a passion for cars, so when it came to choosing the right wedding car to transport her on her big day, she needed something extra special. So when her partner popped the question two years ago, Megan rolled up her sleeves and got stuck into building her own dream wedding car.

Having grown up around motors at her dad’s garage in Devon, tinkering with cars is second nature to the bride-to-be. The Royal Navy engineer had bought a clapped out Volkswagen Beetle 6 years ago with the plan of creating a Porsche replica, however it wasn’t until the wedding started to loom that the brunette began work in earnest on her restoration project.

Fitting her time around wedding planning, dress shopping, and work on her would-be wedding car proved challenging for Megan, not to mention costly. The 26-year-old even asked for her parents to buy her parts for her car in place of gifts every Christmas and birthday to help with her project.

However all of the hard work more than paid off as the blushing bride succeeded in transforming the wreck of a car into a gleaming Porsche replica estimated to be worth a massive £25,000. The silver sports car was decked out with ribbons especially for the big day in Wiltshire and proved to be one of the main focal points of the wedding day.

Range Rover wedding car donated for cash strapped bride’s big day

stretch-range-rover

A bride from Leicestershire was bowled over by the generosity of her local Range Rover dealership in Melton, Mowbray, after the sales executive supplied a wedding car for the big day free of charge.

39-year-old bride Helen Doughty, has resigned herself to travelling to her local church to marry her partner of 12 years, Paul Robinson, in a taxi after the couple’s wedding budget was all used up on their reception and transport for their guests. The couple laid on a reception for their wedding guests at The Market Tavern and even supplied transportation for their guests to travel to their celebration, however the expense meant they had no money left for a wedding car.

The bride to be had a lovely surprise on her special day when the sales executive from Range Rover Melton, David Vaughan, arranged for a state of the art white Range Rover to collect Helen and her bridesmaid and transport her to the church free of charge.

The blushing bride described the immaculate wedding car, which had been decked out in ribbons and a personalised number plate especially for the big day, as “stunning” and as the “icing on the cake”.

Range Rover wedding cars are a popular choice with brides and grooms in the UK according to leading luxury transport provider, Limo Broker. The chauffeur driven limo hire operator’s stretch Range rover limo is always in high demand for special events, including weddings and hen and stag parties.

Wedding car goes off course and crashes into shop window

wedding-car-crash

A vintage wedding car decked out with white ribbons especially for the occasion, ended up halfway through a shop window after the chauffeur lost control of the vehicle before ploughing into a shop front in County Armagh.

The accident happened last Saturday afternoon, moments after the bride and her father, who had been travelling onboard the wedding car, had stepped out of the vehicle. The chauffeur had just dropped the bridal party off at St Mark’s Parish Church in Portadown, Northern Ireland, when he decided to move the wedding car into a different position, ready for when the bride and groom emerged from the church.

However disaster struck as the chauffeur attempted to manoeuvre the wedding car into a different position as he suddenly lost control of the classic silver wedding car, darting through two parked cars and a line of traffic before smashing into a shop window. Luckily there were no pedestrians on the pavement, or traffic coming in the opposite direction when the wedding car crashed across the road and into the nearby building.

No injuries were reported following the accident, the only thing that was hurt was the chauffeur’s pride as one eyewitness described the driver as looking very embarrassed.

It’s not known if a replacement wedding car was sent to collect the bride and groom after their original wedding car was forced out of action.

Police track down stolen wedding car at scrap yard

ford-mustang

Police in Wokingham succeeded in tracking down a stolen wedding car, saving the day for a local couple who are planning to use the vintage vehicle to transport them on their big day next year.

Groom-to-be, Sean Allem, bought the classic Ford Mustang for £500 last year and has been working on restoring the vehicle in time for his wedding to Stacey Tagg next spring. The Ford Mustang has a special place in Sean’s heart as his father owned several of the classic vehicles as he was growing up, and it’s been his aim to own his own ever since.

However the couple’s dreams for driving to their wedding in their very own Mustang wedding car were seemingly dashed when they discovered the car had been stolen from council owned garages. The locks had been broken, and a low loader had presumably been used to remove the wedding car as it didn’t have an engine at the time.

The police were informed about the theft, and set about searching the area for the stolen wedding car. They struck gold when they visited a local scrap yard and found the Ford Mustang waiting to be turned into scrap metal. Luckily the owners of the yard had kept the vehicle to one side, realising it was a rare car.

Sean and Stacey will be reunited with their wedding car pending police enquiries. Mechanic Sean is anxious to get stick into fully restoring his much loved car in time for the couple’s big day next year.

The police are still searching for the two male strangers who took the Ford Mustang to the scrap yard, anyone with information is urged to get in touch.

Hummer limo hire for Liberty X singer’s TOWIE style hen party

liberty-x

Former Liberty X singer, Kelli Young, enjoyed an The Only Way is Essex style hen party this weekend complete with white hummer limo hire, pink feather boas and a trip to the Sugar Hut.

The groups of hens, which included Girls Aloud singer Kimberly Walsh and Kelli’s former band mate Michelle Heaton, all got into the TOWIE spirit by sporting garish pink and orange dresses and towering heels.

The hen do even visited the Sugar Hut night club in Brentwood Essex, made famous by its appearance in the show as the venue is managed by TOWIE favourite, Kirk Norcross. The party travelled in traditional hen party transportation, a white hummer limousine, with hen Kelli Young posing in front of the stretch limo before heading out on their Essex pub crawl.

Bride-to-be, Kelli Young, found fame back in 2001 when she auditioned for Popstars. Despite not making it into the winning group, Hear’say, Kelli and the other Popstars rejects set up their own band Liberty X, which went on to achieve a number of top 10 hits.

Since the Liberty X band mates went their separate ways in 2007, lead singer Kelly has been working as a cruise ship singer and also dance teacher. The 29-year-old is due to marry songwriter Iain James in the coming weeks.