Distinguished travelers in Dallas and Fort Worth often rely on the timely use of a Dallas limousine service. Perhaps you are planning a wedding, and would like to transport the wedding party and relatives to the wedding site in a luxurious manner. Young people going to a big prom often enjoy traveling together in style in a Dallas Limousine. Business people need on time and reliable transportation to and from all of the Dallas and Fort Worth-area airports, and limousines provide excellent DFW Airport Transportation. There are many different types of Dallas limos that are suitable for every need. You can choose from sedans, stretch limousines, SUV limos, as well as limo buses, limo vans and limo mini-buses. Limousine providers want to offer you the best in luxury travel, and it all starts with the vehicles they purchase for use. There are a few variables that can affect the price of buying a limousine.

If you think about auto prices in general, you realize that vehicles vary wildly in price range. For example, very broadly speaking, a regular automobile that cost $20,000 new, if turned into a stretch limousine, would instead run between $60,000-$80,000. New vehicles would obviously cost more than used, but the drawback is that the older vehicles will require more maintenance.

The cheapest limousine in purchase price is not always the best buy. A vehicle that is put together with inferior parts might initially cost less but will break down more often, costing more in maintenance and upkeep in the long run. A vehicle that is broken down and in the shop is not being rented and earning its keep, which needs to be factored into the cost of buying a limousine.

A new Lincoln Federal Silverstone 120" limousine, which has a 4.6 liter V8 engine with automatic transmission will come in around $75,000. A Mini Cooper XXL Stretch limousine could run you between $66,000 and $90,000. But good things come in small packages, so this might be the investment vehicle for you. And it comes with a hot tub, no less.

A new Hummer H2 limousine might run between $165,000 to $220,000. This is luxury--driving in a vehicle that costs as much as a house! A 2007 BMW Stretch limousine, which is styled on the BMW 745i and includes a fax, not one but two phones, a laptop computer and a satellite receiver set for Internet access, will cost around $344,600 dollars. You will be happy to know that you get to select the color. At the outer limits, a 2007 Rolls-Royce Phantom Stretch limousine will take you for a whopping $1 million to $1.2 million.

In addition to the cost of the vehicles, limousine companies also must set aside funds for maintenance, insurance, payroll for employees, as well as procure a facility for storing the vehicles. All of this considered, it makes Dallas limo rental a bargain compared to owning and maintaining a limo of your own.