Over this period, the company has acquired a unique awareness of the needs of its customers, in both the United Kingdom and in Eire. An attention to detail that finds expression in specifying both tyre pressure monitoring and parking sensors as standard on the current Binz E-Class line. Or the way that key air-conditioning controls are grouped under the control of the driver and of course the unique optically-clear curved side windows in our hearses which display floral tributes to the best advantage - a view for by-standers that's ripple-free and with no unwanted reflections.

A key feature of our product development has been the way that feedback from the real world of the limousine operator and the funeral professional becomes incorporated into each new generation of Binz vehicle.  It is an evolutionary process that has gone hand in hand with Binz UK's long-standing links with major car makers, and their original equipment manufacturing (OEM) partners.

Given the increasing pressures placed on the industry by emerging corporate liability, safety and emission legislation, we would now consider a relationship of this level essential for any coachbuilder considering making fundamental alterations to a vehicle structure. Even the most basic of budget hatchbacks is a far more sophisticated and complex product than its price would suggest. The issues are no longer merely ones of mechanical components or finish, high strength steels or environmentally-friendlier paints, but also of on board-electronics that dynamically enhance vehicle safety.

The process of lengthening the wheelbase and adding another row of seats, needs to be considered now in the light of the effects on torsional rigidity, NVH (noise, vibration, harshness), handling, braking and even climate control - because of the additional volume of air in the new cabin. Not to mention the predicted behaviour of the revised vehicle monococque under a frontal or side impact.

A natural progression to the Mercedes-Benz based products provided continuity of the Binz UK family ethos to provide the best quality, investment, and value for money funeral vehicles to the discerning funeral director. After all why should any customer have to pay around double the cost of the vehicle upon which the hearse or limousine is based and receive less quality and integrity in return - there are certainly commercial, moral and in the background legislative issues which support the Binz logic;