Found this great article on Autoblog wanted to share this with the industry! By Brandon Turkus RSS feed Google+-Associate Editor Autoblog.com Lincoln has finally given its SUV a facelift after seven long years. Seven years is a long time. For the auto industry, though, seven years is an absolute eternity. Most vehicles receive clean-sheet redesigns within the span of seven years, usually getting a facelift of some sort after year three or four. Not Lincoln. Nope, believe it or not,...
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BY SUSAN ROSE It’s hard not to think about the Town Car when you hear the mention of Lincoln. We all loved the workhorse, and it sure wasn’t easy to give up, but it’s a new industry filled with new customers, potent automotive technology, and advanced safety features. Lincoln is banking on fresh lineup of vehicles to enhance your perception of the brand and to make you fall in love all over again. Lincoln is inextricably tied to chauffeured ground...
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Discover Business Internet Radio with townelivery on BlogTalkRadio Tonights Limo Show will briefly discuss the upcoming LCT East Show & Chauffeur Driven Show in Atlantic City New Jersey.This show will focus mainly on the effort to repeal sales tax on Limousine & Black Car services in the State of New York. To discuss this issue we invited a very special guest. Kevin Barwell from Giorgios Limousine & current President of the Limousine Bus Taxi Operators Of Upstate New York...
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PAT CHARLA AND JENNIFER WONG In the old days, limousine companies conducted 100 percent of their marketing offline. We had no choice; there was no such thing as “online.” If a company did engage in marketing its services, it generally followed the Yellow Pages advertising and local networking strategy to help build visibility in the marketplace. Some companies had brochures of varying sizes, some did postcard mailings, and others may have even done a trade show or two. Now the...
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ALBANY, N.Y. — The Limousine, Bus, and Taxi Operators of New York are encouraging operators to continue their efforts to repeal the sales tax on limousine services. In a meeting today led by David Bastian of Towne Livery, Bastian aimed to galvanize the message to operators that they should take the time now, while the Assembly Members and Senators have returned back to their districts, to reach out to them and let them know how the sales tax has hurt...
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I was recently loaned a brand new 2013 BMW 535i xDrive Gran Turismo from one of my coworkers for a week. I had seen the model on display at the GCLA Show and Expo on Sept. 25th, and was impressed with its sleek look right away. The vehicle handles with some bulk, but with the inline six-cylinder engine with 300 horsepower, the car moved effortlessly around the road. The interior is luxury all the way, with an advanced computer system...
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Today's post features an older version of the Limo Show presented by Towne Livery. This show focused on the technology the Lincoln MKT Town Car has available. We also discussed the 2.0 Liter 4 Cylinder Ecoboost engine that saves you about 15% in fuel cost savings over the V-6 AWD model . This show is very informative and will give you additional insight on the Fleet version of the Lincoln MKT Town Car. The Limo Show_- Discussing MKT Town Car...
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It's going to exciting to see what direction Lincoln Motor Company is heading with the Lincoln MKS! Will they be introducing a larger version of this vehicle? Is the Continental name coming back to the brand? What will this vehicle look like? I found this very interesting article & video online. Maybe we are getting at a "sneak peak" into Lincoln's future....we will see! Only time will tell...... Here are some excerpts from the Carscoops article & KGP Skyphotography's YouTube...
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I found this article on Autoblog.com that asks an interesting question regarding the future of Presidential Limousines. Enjoy! Posted Jul 25th 2013 2:00PM By John Neff Image Credit: Chris Doane Automotive Posted Jul 25th 2013 2:00PM With recent news that the Secret Service has begun soliciting proposals for a new armored limousine, we've been wondering what the next presidential limo might look like. The current machine, nicknamed "The Beast," has a design based on a car that's no longer sold:...
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Today’s show will focus on customer service and how it has evolved into a business strategy that helps separate your business from the rest of the competition, sustain profitability and thrive in any type of economy. Improving the customer experience has become a major strategic priority for all businesses regardless of the industry. According to a report by Forrester Research, The State of the Customer Experience, 2012. Of all the businesses surveyed, 93% identified the customer experience among their strategic...
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QVM & CMC: Spelling Out a Safe Stretch Limousine. Posted on July 22, 2013 by Martin Romjue martin@lctmag.com The U.S. limousine industry serves up two distinct classes of stretch limousines: 1) Those modified according to the standards of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM); 2) Those that are custom modified, based on the preferences of customers and coachbuilders.The two leading OEM programs in the industry — the Qualified Vehicle Modifiers program by Ford Motor Co./Lincoln Motor Company and the Cadillac Master...
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This is a great article about the Ford Transit that will be arriving in the Spring of 2014. I dont agree with the writer that the Econoline is wretched...but it is time to replace this model. Enjoy! Posted on 06.6.2013 13:00 by Tom Burkart There’s a big shakeup taking place in the full-size van and truck market as Ford prepares to replace its wretched Econoline with a far superior vehicle called the Transit. At first, the setup for the new...
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Here's a great article I found on the US News Best Cars website about the 2014 Hyundai Equus that will be arriving soon! Enjoy! By Jim Sharifi 02:53PM May 22, 2013 John Krafcik and the 2014 Hyundai Equus/Copyright USN Sixty-one heavily refreshed 2014 Hyundai Equus sedans are currently en-route to the U.S., but Hyundai Motor America President and CEO John Krafcik says that they’re not exactly where he’d like them to be. All of them are on the Morning Spruce,...
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Members of the Limousine Bus Taxi Operators of Upstate New York (LBTOUNY) say they are in the home stretch of getting sales tax on limo service repealed in their home state and are calling for a final effort before the current legislative session closes on June 20. “We have less than nine days to make this happen,” said David Bastian of Towne Livery and member of the LBTOUNY legislative committee. “It’s time to throw everything at this.” Assembly Bill...
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Building a Lincoln MKT Premiere Limousine. The full feature goes through the process of stretching a Lincoln MKT Town Car 120 inches to become a Lincoln MKT limousine. The video gives a detailed look into every step involved, from the cutting and stretching to the reupholstering and wiring. Video picks of the month like this one will be the theme of my new column for this page. My goal is to choose videos that provide helpful information to you and...
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