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The word limousine has come from the name a French region named Limousine. The limousine (or limo) is an extension and moderation of a large Sedan. It is normally longer than a luxury car. Its chassis have been extended by the producer or the manufacturer or a couch builder. Usually, limo is white or black in color. It is generally driven by a chauffeur. Sometimes limo is used for special occasions for example weddings, festivals, parties, picnics and sight-seeing tours. The first limo was built in 1902. At first, it was designed so that the driver would sit outer side of the car under a covered compartment.

Now there is a divider which separates the chauffeur (driver) from the rear passenger compartment. The divider generally contains a sliding soundproof glass window so that conversations among the passengers in the rear compartment to keep secret from the driver. To communicate with the chauffeur (driver) is possible either by opening the glass of the window in the divider or by using intercom.

There is a longer frame with wheelbase give the rear passenger compartment to have the typical forward facing passenger seat with a large surface of foot room for the traveler. Generally two “jump seats” are mounted and facing rearward at the back the chauffeur. The jump seats fold up at the time not in use. Thus, up to five passengers can be sited in the aft compartment of the limo in comfort. On the other hand up to two extra passengers sited in the driver’s compartment. The seat plan, seven persons in addition to the driver, has now become very less popular in new limousines. There are many new limousines such as Hummer H2, Maybach 62, Audi A8L, Leyland Miracle, Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 760Li, and Lincoln Town Car. These limousines use for more than three persons except the driver. The limos provide bars with refrigerators, audio players, video players and televisions facilities. There are some companies which offer limousines through their users and dealers as special and individual order motor vehicles from time to time as their requirement.

Most of the limousines are owned by governments to transport high officials and senior politicians. Many large companies and organization use limo to transport their executives. A number of limos are owned by individual people. On the other hand, some limos run as lively vehicles to provide expensive contest to taxicab service.

Toyota Motor Corporation is the world’s second largest carmaker by sales. But Toyota has no ultra-low-cost vehicles in its line-up for become number one car seller. So it is now working on a totally different approach to car design, development and manufacturing in an attempt to come up with an ultra-low-cost car by radically cut costs across the entire chain of production to provide the general people a new car. Toyota’s efforts to reduce costs to capture the world’s largest car market U.S.A. as well as other market. It is going to introduce low-cost technology by changing everything from design to production methods such as ultra-low-cost way of designing, with ultra-low-cost materials; even it will develop new materials for the new model.

The aim of the Toyota is not only to come out with a economical and cheerful vehicle but also to review all step of production process to introduce lower costs for the new one and then to apply the new  technology across its line-up. The price of the new model even not fixed. But the company ensures that it will be at least lower than that of the Logan, Renault’s low-cost car. So that the price will help the general people to buy a new car for themselves and Toyota able to overtake General Motors as the world’s largest carmaker.