Standards for qualifing car as 'limo'

TheRealBoss

Can anyone advise on what cars may pass the suitability test to be used as a limo - I'm not talking cadiliacs or limos here - something along the lines of the Mercedes Viano.

The regulator is a bit vague - for example -does it need leather seats, timted windows, etc ?

Thanks.

Pablo Sanchez

I doubt a Viano woule be suitable, the regs specifically mention that the vehicle needs to be prestigious. It dosnt mention anything about leather seats or tinted windows. But your right, its vague enough. Google Limo suitability and a link to the PDF should pop up for you.

Terrontress

Pablo Sanchez wrote: »

I doubt a Viano woule be suitable, the regs specifically mention that the vehicle needs to be prestigious. It dosnt mention anything about leather seats or tinted windows. But your right, its vague enough. Google Limo suitability and a link to the PDF should pop up for you.

to be honest, I think the Viano is the most prestigious vehicle there is. Certainly in Europe any way.

So-called celebrities don't travel in a stretched white Hummer in Europe. They tend to rock up in black Vianos with really heavily tinted back windows. Rihanna was in one with all that news coverage in Belfast.

If you watch X Factor you see them used when the contestants go back to their old school etc.

TheRealBoss

Thanks for that link Pablo.

Yes - the Viano could pass the test - I know one that has passed it - but it's just outside my price range.

I was looking at a 2007 Chrysler Grand Voyager which seems to tick all the boxes ..... but I'm fecked if I buy it and then it dosen't pass the test.

Pablo Sanchez

TheRealBoss wrote: »

Thanks for that link Pablo.
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Sorry about that, it didnt come up in a form i could link to.

Whoops!
And all these years i thought that prestige motors were more like A8's, S classes, old Rollers etc

Im still not sure many would choose a Viano as a wedding car though

Losty Dublin

Pablo Sanchez wrote: »

And all these years i thought that prestige motors were more like A8's, S classes, old Rollers etc

Im still not sure many would choose a Viano as a wedding car though

A lot of the embassies worldwide would use that sort of a vehicle to shift VIP's and not so VIP's around as they can move 7/8 souls and lots of luggage etc. They'd be well dickied up inside, leathers and CC and the like and well up to the task. Defo not a wedding car but they are popular enough at te high end market.

Terrontress

There is definitely a difference between a wedding car and a VIP car. A wedding car is ostentatious and screams for people to look at it And its occupants. VIPs tend to want to go unnoticed hence the Vianos.

A Viano would not be suitable to bring a bride to a church. Bono would not be too keen travelling through Dublin in a white Daimler with untinted glass.

I suppose how the owner gets the vehicle classified depends on what sort of work they intend to use it for.

Victor

I was going to suggest that you talk to Mercedes, but they'd just says you'll need everything to make it a limo, but I suppose you could say "I can't afford that".

Spot the price list http://www.mercedes-benz.ie/content/ireland/mpc/mpc_ireland_website/enng/home_mpc/mpv_and_camper_van/home/new_mpvs_and_camper_vans/models/mpvs/viano_639/price_list.html

Run_to_da_hills

Anything that is stretched and customised could qualify as a limo.

Losty Dublin

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Anything that is stretched and customised could qualify as a limo.

Can they now?

Going Forward

TheRealBoss wrote: »

Can anyone advise on what cars may pass the suitability test to be used as a limo - I'm not talking cadiliacs or limos here - something along the lines of the Mercedes Viano.

The regulator is a bit vague - for example -does it need leather seats, timted windows, etc ?

Thanks.

AFAIK, it used to be a large car, around 2litre engine and capable of carrying 5 adult passengers.

usually something acknowledged as being a bit "posh'!

No need for leather or walnut dash or tinted windows either.

Does not have to be stretch or have a division between driver and passengers.

one your looking at should be ok IMO.