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[[File:Winton1915.jpg|thumb|right|[[Winton automobile|Winton]] Six Limousine, 1915, with driver in a compartment separate from the passengers, a distinctive limousine feature]]
 
The first automobile limousine, built in 1902, was designed so the driver sat outside under a covered compartment.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.stretching-it.com/LimoPages/origins.htm |title= The Origins|work= Stretching It: The Story of the Limousine |first=Michael L. |last=Bromley |year=2002 |accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref> The word ''limousine'' is derived from the name of the French region [[Limousin (region)|Limousin]], because this covered compartment physically resembled the raised hood of the cloak worn by the shepherds there. An alternate [[etymology]] has the chauffeur wearing a Limousin-style cloak in the open driver's compartment, for protection from the weather.<ref name="RamHousDef">{{cite book|title=The Random House College Dictionary |page=777 |publisher=Random House |isbn=0-394-43600-8 |quote= '''1.''' an automobile having a permanently enclosed compartment for from three to five persons, the roof of which projects forward over the driver's seat in front...[< F, special use of ''limousine'' long cloak, so called because worn by the shepherds of ''Limousin'', a former province in central France]}}</ref>
 
The first “stretch limousine” was created in [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]], around 1928 by a coach company named Armbruster. These cars were primarily used to transport famous “big band” leaders, such as [[Glenn Miller]] and [[Benny Goodman]], and their bands and equipment. These early stretch limousines were often called “big band buses”.
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Not a true limousine, but rather in its design and application is between a [[sedan (automobile)|sedan]] and a bus. While a bus will have a central interior aisle for access to seating, a stage has multiple doors that allow access to transverse forward-facing seats. Examples of the type were constructed not only from sedans (e.g., [[Chrysler New Yorker]], [[Cadillac DeVille]], [[Checker Aerobus]]), but also from [[station wagon]]s; many of the station wagon conversions sported a large rack, running the length of the roof, for carrying the passengers' baggage.<!--FYI, so did many of the sedan conversions.-->
 
This type of vehicle was once rather common in some locations. An example of its use was in the transport of travelers arriving by [[railroad]] at [[Merced, California]] to travel to [[Yosemite|Yosemite National Park]] in the first half of the 20th century and at other remote parks. In Yosemite, passengers would then stay in rustic platform tent camps or more expensive lodges and hike or rent bicycles for movement around the park.{{Citation needed|date=September 2014}} In [[Glacier National Park (U.S.)|Glacier National Park]], the stages were referred to as "Jammers" in reference to the nickname of their gear-jamming drivers.<ref>{{cite book |last= Mulvaney|first= Tom|year= 2010|title= Glacier National Park|url= {{Google books|HlC6JFI3FecC|Glacier National Park|page=75|plainurl=yes}}|location= |publisher= Arcadia Publishing |page= 75|isbn= 978-0-7385-8080-7|lccn= 2009943323|accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref>
Some [[funeral home]]s maintain six-door stages to carry the family of the deceased between the church and the cemetery.
 
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