For-hire transportation businesses would rather sell them on an SUV or a party bus, where passengers don't have to awkwardly crawl around in their formalwear. "None of us really own limos anymore.

The original Lexus model may be destined for the chopping block after more than 35 years in favour of a new hybrid, super-luxury SUV, a report has claimed.

The original Lexus – the full-size LS limousine – may be succeeded by a seven-seat hybrid SUV after fewer than 1500 examples of the sedan were sold its home market last year, according to a ...