Step Back in Time

A look back at the designs of luxury cars reveals a certain class and style which you don’t often find in modern limousines and luxury vehicles. There is just something special about the European styling of the 1930s which can still turn heads today, even if it was sitting next to an eight wheeled Hummer H2.

In the 1930s the French were the leaders of automotive styling and while the Italian car manufacturers ran a close second, the classic French luxury vehicles have beautiful, graceful coach building aesthetics which typify the time. The French coach builders also made sure their vehicles were not only gorgeous, but also aerodynamic as the 1930s also bought the Art Deco movement which saw the unique blending of beauty and simplicity, lightness and solidity, not to mention the experimentation with new materials to achieve better and more reliable performance in their luxury vehicles.

The French luxury coach builders were of course influenced by fashion and were responsible for crafting some of the most beautiful vehicles of the pre-war era. Often built on the huge chassis of the Hispano-Suiza, Delage, Delahaye or the Bugatti, emerging from the Great depression the coachwork was both exciting and amazing for the luxury car industry.

Built on such large chassis, the French luxury cars were also able to out-class the other European creations at the time because not only were they beautiful and luxurious, they were also imposing at the time. Of course one part of limousine coach building has not changed in almost 80 years and that is the fact that these elegant and powerful French luxury cars attracted passengers who were rich, famous, royal and powerful themselves.

To experience the innovation, design, style and character of these limousines for yourself, contact Limo Hire Newcastle now.