Modern Limousines

Newer limousines such as the Maybach 62, Rolls Royce Phantom, Audi A8L, Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Jaguar XJ, BMW 760Li, Lincoln Town Car Edition, and the Cadillac DTS do not feature such seats since stretch limousines are usually used to transport more than three passengers, excluding the driver. In production American limousines however, the jump seats almost always faced forward. The last production limousine, by Cadillac, with forward facing jump seats was in 1987, the last Packard in 1954, and the last Lincoln in 1939, though Lincoln has offered limousines through their dealers as special order vehicles at times. Vehicles of this type in private use may contain expensive audio players, televisions, video players, and bars, often with refrigerators.

Maybach 62

It is simpler and more straightforward to determine the effects of altering a separate chassis than it is to determine the effects of altering a load-bearing unit body. For this reason, the automobile of choice for conversion into stretch limousines is the Lincoln Town Car, whose Panther platform is one of the last remaining automotive platforms using a separate load-bearing chassis.^{[citation needed]} However, coachbuilders have recently built many new models based on SUVs with separate load-bearing chassis, including Hummer H2s and H3s.

Rolls Royce Phantom

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