Wedding cars cause traffic chaos in China

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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.

Best Luxury Car title awarded to Mercedes Benz S-Class

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The Mercedes Benz S-Class has been awarded the What Car? title of Best Luxury Car of Year for 2012 marking the seventh consecutive year the leading car model has won the award.

The Mercedes Benz S-Class has long since been an extremely popular choice of vehicle for private hire chauffeurs as the Merc is often sought after for wedding car hire services and also corporate hire including airport transfers and transport to business meetings and events.

The sumptuous and sophisticated interiors have helped the Mercedes Benz S-Class establish itself as the perfect chauffeur car offering a highly comfortable and relaxing ride for passengers, coupled with Mercedes’ commitment to introducing new technology and the very latest onboard entertainment features which makes travelling all the more enjoyable for the passenger.

The top of the range Mercedes Benz S-Class model boasts a 6.0 litre engine with capability to accelerate from 0-62mph in just 4.4 seconds while the most fuel efficient Mercedes in the range produces 45.6mpg making it an economical choice for many chauffeurs. A new addition to the S-Class model is the stop/ start technology which aids fuel efficiency and also helps to reduce CO2 emissions.

Mercedes Benz were thrilled to be named What Car? Best luxury Car of 2012, adding that as this year marks the seventh consecutive time the model has scooped the award, this “asserts S-Class as the pinnacle of luxurious motoring.”

Limo hire for £12 as part of Limo Broker’s 2012 New Year’s deal

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Leading chauffeur driven limousine hire provider, Limo Broker, are giving 20 customers the chance to walk away with a limo hire ride for just £12! Yes, that’s right, £12 limo hire bookings for 2012 so get your New Year off to a flying start with a chauffeur driven luxury limo ride in exchange for a handful of loose change.

Limo Broker operates throughout the UK so customers in all parts of the country can take advantage of this one-off deal for the start of 2012. So if you’re searching for limo hire for a special occasion in London or Glasgow, Cardiff or Brighton, Birmingham or Kings Lynn, Carlisle or Hull, Chester or Liverpool, Scarborough or Manchester, act now to bag yourself one of the 20 limo hire bookings available for the ridiculously cheap price of £12.

As specialists in the provision of chauffeur driven limo hire for special occasions, Limo Broker have the expertise to deliver luxury transportation for a whole host of occasions including birthday parties, hen and stag dos, weddings, anniversary celebrations, corporate functions and limo travel to sports events including rugby and football matches and days at the races.

The offer applies across Limo Broker’s entire fleet of pristine limos including Lincoln Town cars and Chrysler limos, hummer limos, party buses and smart chauffeur cars such as the Rolls Royce Phantom Bentley Arnage and classic wedding cars such as the open top Beauford and 1930’s Plymouth.

However Limo Broker are only giving 20 customers the chance to hire a limo for £12 and once all 20 deals are gone, they’re gone, so there’s no time to delay – get in touch with Limo Broker today and quote the exclusive 2012 special offer for your chance to walk away with a chauffeur driven limo hire experience for just £12

Prince William’s wedding car mishap

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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!

Limo Broker launches online limousine hire pricing system

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Limo Broker have launched an ambitious new online pricing system which will allow customers across the country the opportunity to obtain accurate quotes for their chosen limo hire trip in real time.

As a national limo hire broker, offering an online pricing facility in real time is no easy task as Limo Broker offers thousands of different limousines, chauffeur cars and party buses for hire in all parts of the UK so any combination of limo and location could arise, which means the systems has to be prepared for any eventuality.

For a single limo hire operator, offering an online pricing service is straight forward as they only cover a limited area and have a handful of limousines to manage, thereby reducing the potential journey options available.

The new Limo Broker service will take all of the hassle out of tracking down a competitive deal on chauffeur driven limo hire as customers can obtain a quote quickly and efficiently. The whole process takes minutes, just fill in the basic information for your desired limo hire trip, and a cost effective quote will be generated in seconds.

Not ones to rest on their laurels, Limo Broker have already set their sights on their latest project to offer their customers the very best deal on chauffeur driven limo hire. The leading limousine hire provider is currently in the process of developing discount voucher codes which will be redeemable against all limo hire booking made with the national operator.

Forklift truck wedding car has special meaning for couple in China

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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.

Fleet of Rolls Royce wedding cars hired for Kim Kardashian’s big day

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Reality TV star and American socialite, Kim Kardashian, has reportedly hired a fleet of matching Rolls Royce and Maybach cars to chauffeur her family, and the family of her husband-to-be, to their wedding next month.

The 30-year-old has reportedly struck a deal with luxury transport provider, Platinum Motorsports LA, to provide the wedding cars on her big day. The TV is said to have very specific requirements for her wedding day transportation and has requested a fleet of Rolls Royce and Maybach cars in white to chauffeur her family members and fiancé Kris Humphries’s family to the wedding on August 20th.

Kim Kardashian and basketball player Kris Humphries got engaged after a whirlwind romance when the sports man got down on one knee in May after just 5 months of dating. The Kardashians are renowned for their extravagant lifestyle and that certainly extended to the engagement ring which is a 20.5 carat diamond, estimated to have cost $2 million.

With such lavish wedding cars being hired to transport the guests to Kim Kardashian’s wedding, the vehicle being lined up to transport the bride come the big day is likely to be insanely elaborate. However like much of the wedding, the finer details are being kept firmly under wraps.

The big day is reportedly being filmed for the family’s reality TV show so fans will be get a behind the scenes peak of everything that happens, including an up close view of the luxury wedding cars.

A look back at the royal wedding cars

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The best of British motoring was showcased on Friday as a fleet of luxury weddings cars chauffeured the royal family and the Middletons to Westminster Abbey to witness the wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton.

The bride and her father arrived in a 1977 Rolls Royce Phantom belonging to the Queen. The vintage Phantom VI was gifted to Queen by the British Auto Industry on her Silver Jubilee which marked her 25th year on the throne.

The same Rolls Royce hit the headlines before Christmas after it was targeted by a mob of protesters in London as Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall travelled to the Royal Variety Performance. The vintage limo was repaired following the attack in time for the royal nuptials.

The Queen and Prince Phillip and Prince William and Prince Harry arrived at the ceremony in a pair of custom made Bentleys while Prince Charles and Camilla travelled in the oldest car amongst the royal wedding day fleet, a Rolls Royce Phantom lV built in 1950.

After the wedding reception at Buckingham Palace, the newlyweds sped off to Clarence House with Prince William behind the wheel of his father’s classic 1969 Aston Martin sports car. The rare Aston Martin DB6 Volante MKll is believed to be one of only 38 ever made and was a gift to Prince Charles from the Queen on his 21st birthday.

The vintage sports car was decked out with L plates, balloons and red white and blue ribbons especially for the newlywed’s ride through London following the royal nuptials.

Buy limo hire at a fixed rate with brand new website limohire.co

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Finding a cheap deal on chauffeur driven limousine hire just got easier thanks to the launch of the brand new website limohire.co

With links to the UK’s largest limo hire provider, Limo Broker, the newly launched website offers customers the chance to book limousine hire trips for specific locations and events with a guaranteed fixed rate price. The fixed hire rates are continually monitored and updated so as to ensure excellent value for money for limohire.co customers.

Limohire.co offers a range of package deals with fixed low cost rates so you can locate a chauffeur driven limo hire deal to match your budget requirements quickly and easily. Take a look at the new state of the art website now where you’ll find discounted deals on Ferrari limo hire for school proms in Essex, classic Beauford wedding car hire prices for weddings in North Wales, pink H3 hummer limo hire for shopping trips to London, and Black H2 hummer limo hire for stag parties in Blackpool plus many, many more.

All of the packages are broken down into hourly rates so you can hire a limo for anything from 1 or 2 hours to 12 hours, 24 hours or a whole weekend. The prices are displayed in hourly intervals for your convenience so you can locate the right deal for your occasion with the minimum amount of fuss.

With limohire.co’s connection to the UK’s leading luxury transport provider, Limo Broker, the new site has access to an extensive range of limousines, state of the art sports cars, and elegant weddings and funky party buses so there’s something to suit every style, taste, budget and occasion amongst limohire.co’s range of services and available vehicles.

Check out the newly designed website right now and see for yourself how competitive the limo hire rates are, and how easy it is to pick up cheap luxury transport hire.

Kate Middleton’s Rolls Royce wedding car revealed

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The car which will transport Kate Middleton to her wedding at Westminster Abbey on April 29th has been revealed as the Queen’s Rolls Royce Phantom. However the future princess will leave the ceremony with her new husband, Prince William, in a horse drawn carriage to symbolise her ascension from commoner to fully fledged member of the royal family.

It’s been reported that the £1 million Rolls Royce was chosen by Kate Middleton herself for its large windows so as to allow the onlookers a good view of the bride as she arrives at her wedding to Prince William.

The luxury limo was gifted to the Queen to mark her 1977 Silver Jubilee, and is the same car in which Charles and Camilla were travelling in when they were attacked by a mob during protests before Christmas. The Rolls Royce is currently undergoing repair work following the incident, however a spokesperson for the Palace confirmed that the car will be ready in time for the big day.

The newlyweds will travel from Westminster Abbey after the wedding ceremony to the reception at Buckingham Palace in a horse drawn carriage, the same carriage which transported Charles and Diana on their wedding day back in 1981. The 1902 State Landau carriage was originally made for the coronation of Edward VII.

Another four wedding carriages will follow the bridal party on the big day carrying the bridesmaids and pageboys, also The Queen and Prince Phillip, and Kate’s parents and Charles and Camilla.