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LOS ANGELES — Wilshire Limousine, based in Los Angeles, has been in business since 2007 but never owned a bus. The company’s fleet of luxury sedans, SUVs, stretch limousines and vans has handled most of the work, and they farmed out minibus / motorcoach requests. But with 14 hotel contracts and an upswing in group transportation demand, the company has reached a point where it makes economic sense to operate their own buses.
Wilshire Limousine’s vice president of operations, Michael S. Kushner, told LCT the company now farms out enough minibus work to justify the cost of owning a couple, and purchased two new black F550 27-passenger GM33s from Grech Motors. Rene Martinez, senior sales executive at Grech Motors, said Wilshire Limousine is the first Los Angeles operation to buy from the coachbuilder.
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The QVM-certified minibuses bring the company’s fleet to 58 vehicles. Notable amenities and features include:
In addition to serving hotels, the new Grech Motors minibuses will transport the company’s corporate groups and clients in need of high-capacity vehicles. “In our market, there are older Krystal and Tiffany buses with cloth interiors and we didn’t want that,” Kushner said. ““Our standards are much higher.”
Wilshire Limousine is a division of Midway Car Rental and operates a fleet that includes the MKT Town Car, Mercedes-Benz S550, BMW 750Li, Rolls-Royce Phantom, and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter.
When asked about the cost of the minibuses, Kushner told LCT, “I got them at a very good price.”
— Michael Campos, LCT associate editor
Related Topics: bus market, Grech Motors, group transportation, group travel, Los Angeles operators, mini-buses, new vehicles, shuttle buses
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Frank Abazi
| about 7 years agoMy name is Frank Abazi and I own Four Star Limousine out Milwaukee WI. I just purchased my first brand new limo bus from Grech Motors and Rene Martinez was mysales man. Rene was very helpful and answered all my questions that I had. I would defently recomand him to anyone.