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What is quite new is a stretched Challenger SRT8. You read it right. There is now a stretched limousine based on the Challenger. The extraordinary muscle-car-cum-limousine was done by LA Custom Coach following the guidance and vision of its topman Philip Eiselin. The president of the firm was attracted by the design of the wheels of the Challenger so he started from there and built the concept so we can see the muscle car converted to a limousine.

After some concept images done on the computer, the first Challenger SRT8 limo was born. In order to have an easy entry and exit, the Challenger gets four doors and somehow this design added complexity to the work. Per Eiselin relates that the Challenger limo is quite a head turner when it is parked and outshines luxury rides like a Rolls-Royce or a Bentley.

The car interior features black finish with red trims but no traces of chrome. There is also the swirling skylight which adds some effect and drama to the Challenger limo. Of course it also comes with some mood lighting and a full bar.

We wonder if the Challenger SRT8 can do some amazing burnouts but you might have to give a big tip to your chauffeur in order to convince him to risk the rubbers and his job.

For now, the limo is a very unique ride but LA Custom Coach is working on the second unit of a stretched Challenger SRT8 plus some more on the pipeline for the future.

Limo Broker, a brokerage of limousine service based in the UK disclosed recently their plans of building the first stretch limousine that will use the Audi R8 and its very powerful V10 as its base. The Audi R8 Limo will be made in collaboration with the company Carbonyte UK which is the firm responsible for constructing the first Ferrari limo. The build has already begun on this unique form of transport.

The production unit of the stretch limo will depend on the monstrous potential of the 5.2L V10 engine. This powerplant is capable of producing a 525 horsepower and a torque of around 391 pound feet.

The added weight may slow the limousine a bit but the stock V10 can bring the R8 from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just 3.7 seconds and a few seconds more to its top speed of 194.4 miles per hour.

The Audi R8 limousine is expected to roll out by summer of 2012 donning its simple white finish. We do not know yet the tag price for this Audi limo but definitely you need to add to the already hefty sticker price of $149,000 of the stock version.

On a related news for limo fans, Castagna Milano, a limo builder based in Italy, also plans to have a limo by modifying the small Fiat 500. The coach builder plans to give two more meters in length. We might expect a slower ride if the standard issue 101 horsepower will be used for this conversion.

Check out the Audi R8 limousine on the video teaser below:

Fridinger who manages The Limo Lady service. She is amuse by how the pink limousine catches people’s attention and how it gets people to smile. She also uses the limousine to battle cancer, in honor of Janice Horner, her older sister, who succumbed to the disease a few years back.

The pink limousines has been rented for a lot of occasions like weddings, parties, proms, and other parties.

When you rent the pink limo, 10% of the proceeds is donated to the St. Joseph Medical Center, particularly to its Cancer Institute. This week, she is teaming up with a local bistro to do a fund raiser that will also benefit the same institute.

Fridinger worked as a teacher for fourteen years before deciding to do part time work for a limo service. The busy woman had a difficult time going home early for her family because of the demands of her work as an educator.

On her way to her first limo service job interview, Fridinger got lost but she was hired anyway. Struggling with directions as a limo driver, her husband would go home every night from work and take her thru the usual routes in the area. They also bought every map she will most likely be needing.

When things got a bit too much at that limo service (Fridinger who works as a driver, had to answer phone calls, and also do administrative work) she left and decided to start her own.

The family sold the old van and bought a used Lincoln. After a few months, they took out a loan to buy a stretch limo and later on added more units to the fleet as the business grew.

There we just shared the story of how the Pink Limo of The Limo Lady came about. Of tears and laughter. Of rides and fight against cancer.

ICB is planning to give the Nissan LEAF an additional 48 inches when they convert the green car into a green limousine. This job will not be an easy task since most of the electric equipment and battery system of the car are scattered on its body. Good thing though is that ICB is under the umbrella of the Electric Car Company Incorporated so availability of needed technology will not be an issue.

When the ICB completes the limo conversion, the Nissan LEAF will have additional space for more passengers at the back. The car builder has not yet released details of the layout but everyone is assuming that the rear seats will be facing each other.

The conversion of the Nissan Leaf will be the first for the electric car and of course it will also be producing the first true electric limousine.

There are questions in the air though for this conversion. First will be the extra length and how it will affect the performance of the electric car. Another possible issue will be the additional weight the will be put into the car and how it will affect the range of the LEAF now pegged at 100 miles.

The 2012 LEAF has a 107 horsepower electric motor that depends on lithium ion batteries. A fully charged Nissan LEAF can go as far as 100 miles and can reach 90 mph as its top speed. The tag price for the 2012 LEAF starts at $35,200.

The Rolls Royce Phantom V of John Lennon was a  bit to huge for the doors of the museum so the front doors of the building had to be removed first before it can get the limousine inside. The Beatles icon bought the Rolls Royce in stock black finish in 1965 when he got his driver’s license.

The Phantom V was then custom made to include a rear seat which can be converted into a double bed, a portable refrigerator, a television, a telephone, and a really nice sound system.

In 1967, the paint job and the exterior were remade. The custom painting was done by a gypsy artist who was a close friend of John Lennon. House paint was used to make the flower designs plus the vines and spirals of the wheel cover.

The car was rarely used by John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono even when it was shipped to the United States. The limousine was often lent to famous music icons for special occasions. Some of the names who rolled in the psychedelic Lennon limo were the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and Moody Blues.

The limousine was bartered by the couple to fix a huge tax problem back in 1977. It was later donated to a museum in New York City for a tax credit of $225,000.

It was auctioned in 1985 by the Sotheby’s where Jimmy Pattison, a B.C. millionaire acquired it for $2.3 million.  The owner later donated the car to the museum after being displayed in the 1986 international expo in Vancouver.

The whiz kids were treated by the faculty of the school with a chauffeured limo tour of Immokalee when they topped the standardized test for the county and the state which measured math, reading, and writing.

This Hummer limousine can accommodate about 25 people. The limo also features mirrored ceilings with scattered starlights, flat screen TVs with DVD, a bar area, VIP seating area, and other pretty bad luxury stuff.

The hummer limousine has a 330 horsepower powerplant under its hood that boasts off 370 lb-feet of torque. This figures will not have any problem handling the 40 feet long stretched Hummer chassis.

It really pays off being good in school! : ) Check out the pictures below.

Hummer limo: The party has arrived!

Red carpet treatment for the test topnotchers.

The whiz kids figuring out the radio inside the limo.

Off they go to lunch.

One of the kids enjoying the view.

Because it does not look good!  Whoever thought that yellow with grey looked good was on some serious drugs.  Not only does it not look good but what is up with all of those seats?  How many does this limousine fit?  It has to be a stretch.

Personally, I wonder exactly what the outside of this limousine looks like and if it is just as … nice.

This is actually a limousine motorcycle and that is just not the way that I want to ride.  First off, where exactly would you drive this thing to and just how many people does it actually fit?  Twelve?  It looks that way.

Would you really want the person driving to have the weight of twelve people there?  Come on – this is a bad idea people.

Now that we have touched on one of the most important occasions for a limousine, let’s go ahead and touch on another one and that is a funeral.  While you might not think that a funeral would be a good place for a limousine to be present, it is more of a status thing for the family, so that everyone knows that the family is in the limousine.

Having a limousine at some of these particular functions is a great idea just because of the status and it is a very important time in your life.  A limousine can actually enhance any occasion and can certainly set the tone for any type of occasion you are having.

Just remember that you would need to do your research before you commit to one company!

When it comes to limos, there are a ton of different occasions out there that could certainly use the services of a limousine company but what is appropriate?  Well, that is what we are going to talk about in the next few blogs – when you should get a limousine and what benefits having a limousine can have.

One occasion that comes to mind for a limousine is a wedding.  Weddings are fantastic to have a wedding at for they are certainly one of the specialist times in a woman and a man’s life.  Renting a limousine for this occasion is certainly a great idea.

More tips and tricks in the next blog along with some benefits of why having a limousine is a good idea!