The three-pointed star,
with someone else driving.
From the E-Class that does the Schiphol run to the Maybach that waits outside the Conservatorium, AmstelCab’s fleet is built around Mercedes-Benz — the marque most of the world pictures when it hears the word chauffeur. Here is what that means in Amsterdam, class by class, and where the BMWs fit.
The chauffeur standard, for reasons you feel from the back seat.
Ask anyone who has spent a working life in the rear of a car why the trade settled on Mercedes-Benz and the answer is rarely about the badge: rear-seat space, the way the suspension takes the tram rails on the Rozengracht, the quiet at motorway speed on the A4, a chauffeur who stays fresh across a long day. Reputation followed; it did not lead.
That is why the AmstelCab fleet is Mercedes-led from the entry class up: the E-Class and the electric EQE in Business Class, the V-Class and EQV in Van Class, the S-Class and EQS in First Class, and the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class as the Ultra class. All black, all driven by hand-picked, English-speaking chauffeurs in a suit.
Which Mercedes for which day.
The car for the Zuidas commute, the airport run and the evening at the RAI. Up to three in the back, a boot for three bags, and the ride quality that put the E-Class on taxi ranks across Germany.
Silent from the first metre, no tailpipe inside the ring, the same fixed price as the E-Class. Most Amsterdam trips can be done in one without anyone noticing what is missing.
Seven seats, seven bags, captain chairs and the headroom to walk to your seat rather than fold into it. Families arriving at Schiphol, delegations, crews with cases.
Everything the V-Class carries, on an electric drivetrain. The obvious choice when a group is moving within the city or to Schiphol and quiet matters.
The rear seat every other saloon is measured against. For principals, for the client flying in, for the days when the arrival is part of the message.
The EQS is the S-Class idea on an electric platform; the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class is the long-wheelbase one with reclining rear seats and champagne flutes, by arrangement only.
Not everything in the fleet is a Mercedes-Benz.
The BMW 5 Series and the electric BMW i5 sit in Business Class, and the electric BMW i7 sits in First Class alongside the S-Class and EQS. They are there because they meet the same brief — black, premium, quiet, the rear seat first — and we would rather list them here than have you meet one at the kerb and wonder.
If the star on the bonnet matters — a brand launch, a guest who expects it, a photograph that will be taken — say so when you book and dispatch assigns a Mercedes-Benz. If it does not, you are booking a class, and any car in that class meets the same standard. A specific model is a request, not a default; dispatch confirms whether it can be held for your date.
What is not in the fleet, in case you are comparing: no stretched limousines, no coaches, nothing larger than the V-Class. For parties above seven we run more than one car. The electric half of the line-up has its own page: electric chauffeur service Amsterdam.
Fixed at the airport, per kilometre beyond.
Every Mercedes-Benz class has a published Schiphol fare and an hourly rate. Anything else is one all-in quote before you confirm.
Taxes included, per car. Point-to-point trips outside Schiphol ⇄ Amsterdam are priced per kilometre (Business €3.42, Van €4.44, First €6.79) and confirmed as one fixed amount at booking. Booking within twelve hours of pickup adds 10%.
The everyday workhorse: sedans for one to three passengers.
Room for groups, families and luggage, with up to seven seats.
Flagship saloons for executives and VIP arrivals.
The pinnacle: Mercedes-Maybach, by request only.
EQE, EQS, EQV and the BMW electrics — the quiet half of the fleet.
The Mercedes-Maybach S-Class: fixed Schiphol fares, everything else by arrangement.
A longer read on the car the trade measures everything against.
Airport, hourly, corporate and long-distance — the whole service in one place.
Yes — name it when you book or on WhatsApp. You are booking a class, so a specific model is a preference dispatch confirms against the schedule for your date. The Maybach is the exception: it is only ever booked as itself, by arrangement, never first-come.
For the passenger they are close: three seats, three bags, the same fixed price. The EQE is silent and has no tailpipe, which counts inside the ring and in the car parks under the Zuidas; the E-Class is indifferent to chargers on a multi-city day. State a preference if you have one; if not, you get whichever is on the schedule.
Up to seven passengers with seven bags. Captain chairs in the middle row, walk-in headroom, and a boot for suitcases rather than laps. Above seven we run more than one car; see group transfers Amsterdam.
Not quite. The Mercedes-Maybach S-Class has fixed Schiphol ⇄ Amsterdam fares — €225 to the airport, €250 from it — and every other trip is quoted individually on WhatsApp. It is never a first-come booking; dispatch confirms availability by hand. See Maybach chauffeur Amsterdam for the city and the Maybach across Europe for the long way.
A hand-picked, English-speaking chauffeur in a suit; water and chargers for iOS and Android on board; a fixed all-in price with no meter, no surge and no card surcharge; and at Schiphol the full airport standard — flight tracking, a name sign in arrivals, luggage help and sixty minutes of free waiting. Child and baby seats are €5 each on request.
Yes. The S-Class and the Maybach are the usual choices when the car will be photographed; the V-Class carries the party. Send the date, venue and hours on WhatsApp and dispatch returns one fixed price for the day. See wedding chauffeur service Amsterdam.