Black Lincoln Town Car Stretch Limousine with Chauffeur in Paris

The black Lincoln Town Car: the classic American stretch limousine

The Lincoln Town Car is the car most people picture when they hear the word "limousine". Ours is finished in deep gloss black, the colour that reads equally well outside a wedding church, a Champs-Élysées hotel or a corporate reception. Long, low and unmistakably American, it turns heads on the boulevards without ever feeling flashy for its own sake. A uniformed chauffeur drives; you and your guests simply step in and enjoy Paris from the back.

Inside, the Town Car is built for occasions. Wrap-around black leather seating lets your group face one another and talk properly, rather than staring at the backs of headrests. Fibre-optic and LED lighting runs along the ceiling and around the bar, and you can shift the colour to match the mood, soft and warm for a wedding, brighter and livelier for a birthday or a night out. A sound system carries your own playlist through the cabin, and privacy glass separates you from the driver's compartment when you want the space to yourselves.

The chilled champagne bar is part of the appeal. An ice bin keeps a bottle cold, and glasses are on board, so the celebration begins the moment the doors close rather than when you reach the venue. Climate control keeps the cabin comfortable whatever the Paris weather is doing, from a July heatwave to a damp December evening.

Room for up to eight guests

The black Lincoln Town Car seats up to eight passengers plus the chauffeur. That capacity suits it to a bridal party, a group of friends heading out together, a family marking a milestone, or a small team of colleagues who would rather travel as one than split across separate cars. Everyone shares the same ride, the same conversation and the same first glass, which is often the point of hiring a limousine in the first place.

If your group is larger, our fleet also runs the Lincoln Navigator, the Hummer H2, the Chrysler 300C and the Mercedes V-Class van, so it is worth telling us the exact head count when you enquire and we will point you to the right vehicle.

Which Paris occasions suit it best

Weddings and celebrations

For a wedding, the Town Car handles the run from the bride's address to the town hall or church and on to the reception, whether that is a hôtel particulier in the 8th, a venue near the Bois de Boulogne or a château out in Île-de-France. The black bodywork photographs beautifully against pale stone, and the champagne is ready for the first toast between ceremony and dinner.

Paris by night and birthdays

An evening cruise past the lit-up landmarks is one of the most popular reasons people book. A typical loop takes in the Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro esplanade, the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Élysées, Place de la Concorde, the Opéra Garnier and the bridges of the Seine, with the driver pausing where the traffic allows for photographs. It works just as well as the arrival for a birthday dinner in the Marais or a club in the 8th.

Airport transfers

The Town Car is a comfortable way to arrive or leave. From Roissy–Charles de Gaulle, count on roughly forty minutes to central Paris in normal conditions, and from Orly closer to half an hour, though both can stretch at rush hour. Your chauffeur tracks the flight, meets your party and loads the luggage, which makes it a calm start or finish to a trip.

Corporate travel and proms

For business, it carries clients or a small team to a conference, a dinner or a roadshow with a discreet, professional driver at the wheel. For a prom or a graduation, it gives a group of students a proper entrance under adult supervision.

How booking with a chauffeur works

Every hire comes with a professional chauffeur; this is a driven service, not self-drive. The driver collects your party at the address you give, be it a home, a hotel, an office or an airport terminal, and returns you there or to wherever your evening ends. The service is all inclusive, covering the vehicle, the chauffeur, fuel and the champagne on board, with no surprises added afterwards.

Because every journey is different, we work on quote rather than a fixed rate. Tell us the date, the pick-up point, the occasion, the number of guests and a rough itinerary, and we will come back with a clear price for exactly what you have described. The more detail you give, the more accurate the quote.

A note on access for a long vehicle

A stretch limousine is a long car, and parts of Paris were laid out for horses, not for it. The narrow medieval lanes of the Marais, the Latin Quarter and much of Montmartre are difficult or impossible for a vehicle this size, and some are pedestrian-only. In practice your chauffeur works along the wide boulevards and the main axes, and picks sensible spots for photos and pick-ups, such as the Trocadéro or Pont Alexandre III. If your address sits on a tight one-way street, let us know in advance and we will agree a nearby pick-up point that keeps things smooth. Knowing the geography is exactly what an experienced Paris chauffeur is for.