What is a Limousine?

[Louis Balfour]

Desiderata said:

21st Century Man said:

boxedin said:

I think the cow ( Limousin ) has to be able to fit inside the car ( Limousine ).

Maybe, maybe not.

Cowhide interior?

I see what you did there. Very good.

[21st Century Man]

An udder pun please...

[Desiderata]

21st Century Man said:

An udder pun please...

No! Time to mooove along.

[goldor]

For me, the limo should have an additional section inserted. I didn't even know someone could consider large cars as limos.

[Louis Balfour]

goldor said:

For me, the limo should have an additional section inserted. I didn't even know someone could consider large cars as limos.

That’s a stretch limo. And you are welcome to them.

[Every day a journey]

This one was created by the guys I know at CCK Historic

[MustangGT]

This is a limousine:



It is even in the name, Daimler Limousine DS420.

[21st Century Man]

Thread resurrection!

[donkmeister]

Limousine cars are simply the functional successor to limousine carriages. Doesn't necessarily need to be slavish to the original features, unless you want it to st every few miles and run on oats.

The VW Phaeton, however... They might as well have called it the VW Sulky given how little it resembles a phaeton in use, size, comfort, presence of roof...

[Jordie Barretts sock]

Limousine.

As opposed to the estate which was a 'Kombi'.

[Bungleaio]

A limo should have a boomerang on the boot

[AmyRichardson]

I see no one has gone there:

It's the collective noun for pissed-up Northern birds.

A flock of birds.
A pack of wolves.
A limousine of...

[33q]

[Baldchap]

Oxford English Dictionary says...



At this point opinion is largely irrelevant...

[TIGA84]

This, to me anyway, is a Limousine.

[MarkwG]

Baldchap said:

Oxford English Dictionary says...



At this point opinion is largely irrelevant...

Maybe, except it's an adopted word from French, so perhaps we should look at that definition?

The word limousine is derived from the name of the region - a particular type of carriage hood or roof that physically resembled the raised hood of the cloak worn by the shepherds there.

[donkmeister]

Baldchap said:

Oxford English Dictionary says...



At this point opinion is largely irrelevant...

Seeing as the "Luxury" description is in parantheses, a taxi or even a Prius still wearing a COVID sheet of perspex would count. Still want to discount opinion?