A limousine or simply limo is a manufactured luxury car. The body structure of Limousine can be extended by its manufacturer or the builder, known as stretched Limousine. This stretched Limousine is often in the combination of black and white. The features such as bulletproof glass and armoring are also considered in the Limousine beside luxury.

The vehicle Limousine is culturally associated with the wealth and power and remained the status symbol for businessman, politicians and bureaucrats. It is mostly driven by any professional chauffeurs and is considered as an eye catchy consumption. Limousine is also hired by the less wealthy and mediocre on special occasions such as weddings, funerals or other events.

Mostly, limousine are owned by the government for facilitate their seniors politicians or large companies for their executives but few people own it individually for their personal use. A limousine that is more stretched works as a pure luxury items and its builders buy a stock cars from the manufacturer and alter them. Most of them are in U.S or Europe and provide services mostly for the limousines companies. On the other hands, there are few stretched limousines that are sold to the private owners.

There are certain types of limousines such as

Traditional

A traditional limousine was just an extension of a large car. It consisted of a longer frame and wheelbase that let the back passenger section to have the typical forward facing passenger place but with a considerable amount of foot room.

Modern limousines

The modern limousines don’t have any division between the driver and passengers section and do not trait jump seats. They usually used to carry more than three passengers. Some of the examples of modern limousines are Rolls Royce Phantom,  Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Lincoln Town Car Edition , Audi A8L, Jaguar XJ, BMW 7-Series  and Bentley Continental Flying Spur.

Exotic limousines

These are the ultimate stretched limousines, providing features might not be practical but gives them an aesthetic look. Examples are BMW, Chrysler Ford, Jaguar, Lexus, and Daimler etc.

Novelty limousines

Number of vehicles has been converted in to novelty limousines and is used for rent on special occasions such as weddings. Their colors can be unique such as pink, purple, orange etc. A good example of novelty limousines is East German Trabant that was intended for a low developed.