Technically speaking, it needn't be a longer-than-usual-wheelbase to be considered a limousine. (Though if strictly defining a limo, it should have a partition

Technically speaking, it needn't be a longer-than-usual-wheelbase to be considered a limousine. (Though if strictly defining a limo, it should have a partition between you and the chauffer.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limousine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limousine FWIW, stretch limos are really only appropriate for larger parties of more than 2, for conducting business. Not that anybody today should care, and I can't remember where I learned this, but effectively, a limo used to just mean "car". Business people and big execs would use limos so that they could continue working while in transit, and not have to deal with the distraction of having to talk to cabbies and whatnot. Stretch limos were employed to conduct business on the go with larger parties, again, so that business would not be interrupted despite the need for travel. It wasn't until hollywood and prom-goers decided that limousine effectively equated to stretch limousine and started using them 'inappropriately' that the connotation became what it is today.