Features limousine rental in Manhattan. The first attempts to organize a unit offering rental and limousine hire been taken in Manhattan, about half a century ago. Then it was the office with a small fleet of old limousines, vague rules, a disproportionately high tariffs for services. Such organizations have existed for long. The second wave of market development Manhattan limo emerged in the early 90′s. Despite the potentially high demand and successful foreign experience, the process was rather slow, and the end of the century service rental limousines applies only to the five millionaire cities (Manhattan, Russia has been among them). The leading positions were occupied, mainly large foreign networks, such as Hertz, and the total number of companies, players in the Manhattan market barely a dozen. limousine Rental belonged to the category of VIP-services. The main clients were foreigners, and the most popular service enjoyed of limousine rental with driver. Finished this stage of the 1998 crisis, when the majority of small companies went bankrupt, and large foreign networks suffered heavy losses. The third stage of market development limo services began in 2001, and after a few years become an independent industry with growth rates of 25-30% per year.