Limos? So last inauguration. This time around, it's Lincoln Town Cars that will be taking over Washington streets.
From The Washington Post:
The Town Car suggests a kind of upper-crust restraint, a dignified and solemn display of bankroll. It's stolid, solid and black (or very dark blue), and it has what car people like to call "design continuity," which is a nice way of saying the Lincoln Town Car hasn't changed much since Ronald Reagan's first inauguration. Plus, it's got a driver in a dark suit, which adds just the right touch of class, or maybe just class consciousness, to your ride.
In any event, Barack Obama's inauguration figures to be a Town Car-a-palooza. Local "black car" companies (that's the industry term for car-for-hire firms) report that bookings are coming in from all their usual suspects -- TV networks, law firms, trade associations -- as well as from random out-of-towners who desire to sit in gridlock in professionally driven comfort. Plus, outside of charter buses and taxis, there may not be too many other motorized ways to get into and around the city, given the Secret Service's draconian restrictions on personal vehicles. (Taxis and limousines are permitted under the regulations.)