Sedan vs SUV airport limo: what's the price difference?

The headline numbers, route by route

The cleanest way to see the sedan-SUV gap is on real fares from the current engine, each all-in — gratuity, 13% HST, card fee and the $15.27 airport pickup fee included.

On minimum-fare routes — Pearson pickups to Vaughan, Brampton, Richmond Hill, Scarborough, Milton, Mississauga — the sedan floor is $132.91 and the SUV floor $194.01: a $61.10 difference, or roughly 46%. Pearson to downtown Toronto pairs $134.81 with the same $194.01 SUV.

Distance stretches both figures but compresses the ratio: Burlington pairs $151.46 with $204.38 (about 35% more), Newmarket $162.76 with $220.16, Oshawa $198.53 with $270.11 (about 36% more), and the long Hamilton Airport-to-Toronto run $235.21 with $321.34. The percentage premium for the SUV actually shrinks as trips get longer.

• Minimum-fare routes: sedan $132.91 vs SUV $194.01 — $61.10 apart
• Pearson → Burlington: $151.46 vs $204.38 — $52.92 apart
• Pearson → Newmarket: $162.76 vs $220.16 — $57.40 apart
• Pearson → Oshawa: $198.53 vs $270.11 — $71.58 apart
• YHM → Toronto: $235.21 vs $321.34 — $86.13 apart

When the sedan is the right answer

For one to three travellers with standard luggage, the sedan is the value pick and there's no real debate: same chauffeur standard, same flat all-in quote, same tracked pickup, at the lowest price in the fleet.

Solo business travellers and couples are the natural fit — an executive sedan from Pearson to a downtown hotel or a 905 home covers the trip in comfort with nothing wasted. Split among three, the $132.91 floor works out to about $44 each.

The sedan's limit is physical, not financial: three passengers and their luggage is its honest capacity. The moment a fourth traveller or a luggage mountain enters the picture, the comparison changes.

When the SUV wins — and the per-person flip

Four or more travellers can't ride one sedan, which makes the real alternative to an SUV two sedans. That arithmetic is decisive: two sedans at the $132.91 floor cost $265.82, while one SUV carrying the same group costs $194.01 — a saving of $71.81, plus the group rides together.

Filled to its six seats, the SUV's per-person cost drops to roughly $32 on floor routes — cheaper per head than the sedan's three-way split. Families with car seats (installed free), golfers with bags, or anyone returning from two weeks abroad with the luggage to prove it will find the space is the point as much as the price.

Above the SUV, the fleet keeps scaling: a Premium SUV from $296.36 on floor routes for the executive finish, and a Sprinter Van from $512.13 for groups of up to eleven. The /fleet/ page lays out capacities; the same all-in quoting covers them all.

• Two sedans: $265.82 vs one SUV: $194.01 — SUV saves $71.81
• SUV at capacity: roughly $32 per person on floor routes
• Sedan at capacity: about $44 per person
• Premium SUV from $296.36; Sprinter Van from $512.13

How to choose in ten seconds

Count heads, then count bags. One to three travellers, standard luggage: sedan. Four to six, or three with heavy luggage: SUV. Seven or more, or a group that refuses to split: Sprinter Van. Occasions with an audience: the Stretch Limousine exists for a reason.

Whatever you pick, the pricing mechanics are identical — a flat quote at /ride/ with gratuity, HST, card fee and any airport pickup fee inside, locked at booking, immune to traffic and flight delays. The pickup is tracked to your actual landing either way.

And if you're genuinely between the two, quote both — it takes seconds, the numbers are exact for your route, and the $61.10 question answers itself against your own luggage pile.