Wedding cars in the UK have traditionally been Jaguar, Rolls Royce and Bentley models or similar posh status symbols. However, according to Studio434, one of the UK’s largest collections of classic cars available to hire, there is a growing trend towards renting older, less traditional cars for tying the knot.
The company says it has a collection of wedding cars representing motoring over the past nine decades. Many more of these cars are now being rented out for bride and groom transport to and from the church (of England?). In recent months, the company has supplied a unique Aston Martin Lagonda “Wedge” and a Jensen Interceptor S Type for weddings. This could be reverse snobbery, of course, since they are rare and not inexpensive vehicles.
“We are detecting a growing trend and an increasing number of requests for a different type of wedding car,” said Studio434, General Manager, Luis Santos. “I think that today’s bride and groom are shunning traditional Rolls Royce and Bentley models for more unusual transport. We are able, of course, to offer very late Rolls Royce and Bentley models, including the Wraith, but it seems that today’s modern, soon to be married couple, really like the idea of arriving and leaving the church in a different, more personal and unusual form of transport.”
“Also, in certain circumstances, we have supplied the bride to be with the appropriate luxury mode of transport,” said Santos. (Something old, something new, something rented not borrowed, something blue?) For the bridegroom, exotica such as a Ferrari or Maserati are available.
