Rolls Royce special edition sells out in 2 months

January 31, 2012 By Trudi Johnson
rolls-royce-year-of-the-dragon

The limited edition Rolls Royce Year of the Dragon Phantom has sold out in just two months.

The special edition Rolls Royce was priced at $1.2 million and created especially to commemorate the Chinese New Year of the Dragon, with the luxury Phantom proving to be a very popular choice amongst its Chinese customers despite its hefty price tag. The next year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese calendar, isn’t until 2024, which may have contributed to the rush on this particular special edition.

The top spec Phantom is sold in a unique shade of maroon and decorated with gold detailing including ornate dragons to tie in with the theme of the special edition. The vehicle has the option to be customised further to each individual customer’s requirements with personalised embroidery on the upholstery, drinks cabinets and even specialised picnic baskets.

According to the luxury car manufacturer, their range of highly bespoke vehicles are always strong sellers within the Chinese market as the car maker has found that the opportunity for personalisation is highly attractive to its customers in China.

While Rolls Royce predicts a successful year in 2012 with plans to open more dealerships in China to add to its current range of 14 showrooms in the country, the high end car manufacturer is unsure on whether they’ll be able to match the record breaking sales figures of 2011.

Filed Under: All News, Chauffeur News, Limo News, Transport News Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

David Beckham replacing his Roll Royce Phantom with a Ghost

January 30, 2012 By Trudi Johnson
david-beckham-rolls-royce-drophead-phantom

World famous footballer, David Beckham, is selling his limited edition black Rolls Royce Phantom in order to make way for another luxury vehicle, a Rolls Royce Ghost.

The former England skipper bought the Rolls Royce Drophead Phantom Coupé in 2008 paying £350,000 for the limited edition black vehicle and spending several thousand of pounds again having the state of the art convertible customised.

The footballer is believed to have overseen the entire customisation of the Phantom, adding blacked out tinted windows, 24 alloy wheels, wood decking, and even having the iconic symbol that rides on the bonnet of every Rolls Royce, the Spirit of Ecstasy, painted black to match the rest of the car, creating a truly unique vehicle. Due to the Phantom’s unmistakable look, the Rolls Royce became a famous car in Hollywood where the Beckham family currently live.

However it seems the Beckham clan are looking for their next Rolls Royce fix, with David reportedly on the waiting list for a brand new Rolls Royce Ghost.

Only last week, specialist Rolls Royce car rental provider, RentaRoller.co.uk reported a upturn in the fortunes of the Rolls Royce Ghost as the private hire firm had experienced an increase in the number of enquiries and bookings for the Ghost which lead RentaRoller.co.uk to predict that the Rolls Royce Ghost will become the wedding car of 2012.

Limo Broker also boasts a stunning range of Rolls Royce vehicles for hire in all parts of the UK; take your pick from the immaculate Rolls Royce Phantom, the Drophead Phantom and the Rolls Royce Ghost, all of which are available for hire for a range of occasions.

Filed Under: All News, Celebrity Watch, Chauffeur News, Limo News, Transport News Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Forklift truck wedding car has special meaning for couple in China

August 10, 2011 By Dez Rowley
forklift-truck-wedding

A bride and groom in China travelled to their wedding in the front basket of a forklift truck earlier this month as the couple wanted to commemorate the vehicle which brought them together.

Forklift truck driver, Kong Qing Yang met his now wife, Shen Likun, when he went to buy a forklift truck from her at the company where she worked as a salesperson. After the initial meeting at the forklift truck company, love blossomed between the pair and they decided to tie the knot.

Not wanting to forget the reason they got together in the first place, the groom left his home in the Hebei Province in North China at 8am onboard a specially decorated forklift truck. Kong collected his bride en route to the church, and the couple travelled through the village of Beiwangduan in their forklift truck, throwing lollies at the locals who lined the street to see them pass by.

The wedding motorcade comprised of eight forklift trucks in total, all of which were travelling at a top speed of just 8mph. Unsurprisingly, the wedding parade took several hours to arrive at ceremony venue, with the bride and groom finally exchanging vows just after 11:30am, some three and a half hours after the groom set off from his house.

Filed Under: All News, Car Hire News, Chauffeur News, Limo News, Transport News, Wedding News Tagged With: , , , , , , , , ,

Couple get dream wedding car after newspaper appeal

March 9, 2011 By Carl Wheeler
Bristol_400_Car

A couple from the West Midlands have had their wedding transport prayers answered after putting an appeal in the Express and Star newspaper for a specific model of wedding car.

Groom-to-be Robert Baker fell in love with the iconic Bristol sports cars as a 10-year-old and has always dreamed of owning one. However the £50,000 + price tag was beyond his reach, and so the self-employed builder is yet to own his own Bristol, although he still clung onto the dream of travelling in one on his wedding day.

Ahead of his wedding to fiancée Carole Geary this spring, Mr Baker placed an ad in the newspaper to appeal to anyone with a Bristol car to see if they would consider lending their vehicle to the couple for their big day.

The appeal paid off, as Robert Hathaway, the proud owner of a 1968 Bristol 410 model, got in touch and offered his vintage ride to the couple for their wedding day transport.

As well as the classic 1968 Bristol car, Mr Hathaway also owns a 1955 Bristol 404 which he bought 40 years ago.

This story comes at a sad time for the iconic Bristol car manufacturers as it was revealed this month that the company has gone into administration. Bristol has been hand making cars in the UK since 1946 and has a reputation for producing high quality luxury cars.

Despite the unhappy news about the Bristol car makers, the happy couple from Wall Heath are looking forward to arriving at their big day this month in their own chauffeur driven Bristol wedding car.

Filed Under: All News, Car Hire News, Transport News, Wedding News Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,

Limo Broker recruiting vintage wedding car hire companies throughout the UK

February 8, 2011 By Trudi Johnson
vintage-rolls-royce-wedding-car

Calling all vintage wedding car hire companies! The UK’s leading provider of luxurious chauffeur driven transportation, Limo Broker, is looking for vintage wedding car hire providers to join its national network of wedding transport operators.

Whether you’re a sole trader with a single wedding car, an established company with 20-years experience in the industry and a fleet of 15 classic wedding cars, or if you’ve just launched your own company offering chauffeur driven vintage wedding cars, Limo Broker wants to hear from you.

By becoming a Limo Broker approved agent, you’ll be joining forces with one of the fastest growing transport organisations in the country. Limo Broker has an extremely high web presence with its news website, main site, and also over 200 micro-websites which are location specific.

Limo Broker is always looking for new ways to enhance its profile and attract new customers and one way strategy the company is using now is viral videos. These professionally shot videos target specific markets, such as wedding car hire, and help to showcase the services, cars and experience Limo Broker can provide through their top class agents.

Location is not a hurdle to becoming a Limo Broker agent as the company operates throughout and the UK and in parts of Ireland so whether you’re a wedding car hire chauffeur based in London or Edinburgh, Cardiff or Norfolk, Brighton or Birmingham, Chester or Inverness, Dublin or Newcastle, Manchester or Cornwall, there is an opening for you at Limo Broker.

Vintage car hire for weddings is a growing market and Limo Broker has reported a surge in enquiries for classic wedding car hire ahead of the peak wedding season. With many of their current agents already fully booked for peak wedding dates during May, June, July, August and September, Limo Broker is keen to recruit new operators as soon as possible to cope with the demand.

For more information on getting onboard with Limo Broker as a classic wedding car hire agent, get in touch today.

Filed Under: All News, Car Hire News, Chauffeur News, Limo News, Transport News, Wedding News Tagged With: , , , , , , , , ,

Bride in tears as wedding car gets parking fine

February 8, 2011 By Carl Wheeler
parking_tickets

A bride from Dunstable was left in floods of tears on her wedding day after one of her wedding cars was slapped with a parking fine outside the local registry office.

The Black BMW wedding car had chauffeured a disabled family member to the ceremony and had a blue disabled badge parking permit on display at the time the ticket was issued, the bride claims.

39-year-old bride Rebecca Ridgway had even taken the time to check with the venue that it was acceptable to park the said wedding car outside, and was assured it was fine, as long as the blue disabled badge was clearly on display. But despite this, the wedding car was hit by a parking ticket as the bridal party waited outside the venue ahead of the ceremony.

As well as issuing the wedding car with a parking fine, bride-to-be Rebecca also alleges that the female traffic warden was “rude” and also “abusive” which the 39-year-old has detailed in her letter of complaint to the parking regulators and also the council.

The unpleasant incident marred what should have been the happiest day of this bride’s life as she described how her first words to groom Andrew Wilson were, “we’ve got a parking ticket” as she arrived at the ceremony for their wedding blessing.

The couple had married in a ceremony abroad a few months earlier, but the wedding blessing in Dunstable was supposed to be their celebration with their family and friends.

In their defence, the council say that vehicles parked in the area where the ticket was issued must display as parking permit as well as a blue disable badge. The matter is being investigated.

Filed Under: All News, Chauffeur News, Limo News, Transport News, Wedding News Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,

Wedding Car hire firm specialising in London cabs doing big business in Oz

February 4, 2011 By Carl Wheeler
london-wedding-cab

A wedding car hire company in Australia is doing big business thanks to their very British unique selling point.

Steven Olsen and Brian Hickey having been running London Taxi Wedding Services in Warribee for the last 17 years, and during that time, they estimate they’ve chauffer driven 1,246 brides and grooms on their wedding days in their original London cabs.

The businessmen say the majority of their bookings come from couples who have some kind of a connection to London and want to feature the city in their big day. For some couples who may have met in London, have visited the city together, or one pair whom Steven recalls who actually met in a London cab, hiring such as vehicle for their wedding day transport makes perfect sense.

The wedding car hire company owns a total of 8 London cabs, which is especially impressive when you consider there’s only 38 original London cabs in Australia.

Novelty wedding cars are becoming increasing popular with couples tying the knot both in Australia and the UK with some wedding car hire providers such as Limo Broker reporting an increase in enquiries for unusual wedding cars. For more details on novelty wedding cars available to hire via Limo Broker, please visit their main website.

Filed Under: All News, Car Hire News, Chauffeur News, Limo News, Transport News, Wedding News Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Stranger rescues bride after wedding car breaks down

August 3, 2010 By Trudi Johnson
The 1955 Cadillac had to be towed part of the way to the wedding

The 1955 Cadillac had to be towed part of the way to the wedding

For bride Stephanie Douglas from Ludlow, the memory of the ride to her wedding ceremony will stay with her for many years. The 23-year-old was collected from her home in a stunning chauffeur driven 1955 white Cadillac to take her to her wedding at Ludlow Castle, however disaster struck 10 minutes into the journey when the vintage wedding car broke down.

The chauffeur tried frantically to get the wedding car up and running again but to no avail. Luckily a stranger driving a construction company truck came to the bride’s rescue and offered to tow the car to the Castle so the wedding could go ahead.

The father of the bride, Ken Williams, rang ahead to warn the registrar that they were running late, however the bridal party finally made it to the ceremony, a respectable 10 minutes behind schedule. The chauffeur had even managed to fire up the engine on the Cadillac so Stephanie was able to make the arrival she’d dreamed of.

Caught up in the drama of the moment, neither the bride nor her father got the name of the stranger with the truck who saved the wedding and got them to the castle on time. The bridal party would like to extend their thanks to their mystery hero for saving the day.

However, the 55-year-old classic car struggled on the return journey, and broke down taking the newlyweds to their reception at Mortimer’s Cross village hall.

Filed Under: All News, Chauffeur News, Limo News, Transport News, Wedding News Tagged With: , , , , ,

Fire fighter bride ditches the wedding car on her big day

April 26, 2010 By Trudi Johnson
Fire fighter couple opt for red fire engine on their big day

Fire fighter couple opt for red fire engine on their big day

A fire fighter bride from Connecticut, US, had a surprise ride to the church on Saturday after the luxury wedding car she had been expecting to collect her, turned out to be a fire engine.

Sonia Lombardi, a volunteer fire fighter, tied the knot with fellow fire fighter James Remotti over the weekend. The groom organised the surprise transport for the bride after getting the go-ahead from Windsor Lock Fire department’s boss Gary Ruggiero.

It is considered an honour for a fire crew member to be driven in a fire engine on their wedding day. The fire station boss was happy to grant the groom’s request describing the crew at the department as being like an “extended family.”

The fire engine ride was kept tightly under wraps until the big day and came as a big surprise to the bride herself.

After the ceremony the newlyweds posed for photographs next to the big red engine. The bride’s father thought the surprise wedding transportation was very apt, considering both the bride and groom are fire-fighters.

Many couples are ditching the traditional wedding limo in favour of something more alternative, although we’re not sure the fire engine wedding car will be a popular choice with everyone, but it certainly suited this couple from Connecticut.

Filed Under: All News, Limo News, Transport News, Wedding News Tagged With: , , , , ,

Wedding car with a special family connection

April 13, 2010 By Dez Rowley
A Jaguar Mark ll which had passed through 3 generations of the family was used as the wedding car

A Jaguar Mark ll which had passed through 3 generations of the family was used as the wedding car

A bride-to-be from Australia travelled to the ceremony on the big day in a wedding car which held some very dear memories for the man she was about to marry.

The 1960’s Jaguar, which transported bride Chantel Dielwart on her wedding day, was originally bought by the groom Quinton’s grandfather who lived in South Africa.

Sadly Quinton’s grandfather died in his 40’s and the car was passed down to his son, Quinton’s father, Marteen, who brought the Jaguar Mark ll over to Australia and spent 23 years restoring it. But another blow was about to strike the Dielwart family.  Marteen died 10 months ago, and never saw the car completed.

When it came to finding a wedding car for their big day, there was only ever one option for Chantel and Quinton. After the date was set the couple swung into action to get the Jaguar back to its best for the special occasion. The evening before the wedding day, the Jaguar was finally finished.

With so much history associated with the car, it was the perfect ride for the newlyweds and also marked the first time the Jaguar had been driven on the open road in 22 years.

Filed Under: All News, Car Hire News, Wedding News Tagged With: , , , , , ,
« Older Posts