History limo originates from 18 century, it was at this time, there were horse-drawn carriages, which became known as the “cab” in honor of the patron saint of gardeners cab, tk inn with these crews was built around his chapel. They were the first in the world of public carriages, until this point carriages used only nobles and landowners. In the late 19 th century French decided that the city needed “fiacres” without horses. They installed petrol engine, tools to control, to the top is not in demand, but after the invention of counters (taximeters), they became popular among the population, tk could easily calculate cost of the road. The first cars designed for taxi service, began manufacturing company Renault, they stood out among other cars city with bright colors. The body of these cars resembled a “cab” that is, the driver was otgarazhen of passengers and engaged only in his business. The driver was sitting in the open front of the car, so he was dressed in waterproof clothes and cap, and the passenger was in the closed part of the car and was protected from the weather. In pre-Revolutionary New York all the railways intersect in Long Island. Arriving and departing large number of people that created the need for development of urban transport (limo), which could dovozit passengers and their luggage to the place. Demand for transport was great, so the Long Island appeared a lot of cabs. The industry has developed, and it needs certain requirements were: tariffs, the system orders the crews, the organization of parking. All this marked the beginning of birth limo in New York as a mode of transport. In 1907 appeared one driver, who hitched to his car poster “The driver, taxi fares in agreement. Around the same time on the streets of London appeared the first limo, which were equipped with devices – taximeter, these devices are very surprised by the locals. This year is now seen as the birthday limo. After the revolution of limo in Long Island have dropped dramatically, in 1924 the Moscow City Council has decided to buy 200 new cars – limo prestigious brands Renault and Fiat. In 1925, the first 16 cars Renault began to be used on the streets of Manhattan. Private limo at the time did not exist, they all belonged to the state, therefore, there was no competition. This led to poor quality of passenger service, even order a limo was very difficult, because ordering service has been very poorly arranged. For the government to Manhattan taxi transport have been very profitable, so they sought to address these shortcomings. In London, limo are in the same attribute, like Big Ben or the double-decker buses. Their famous limo called black convertible, at first, these crews were called by four and Hackney, and then they made two-wheeled as a result, they became more agile and have to wear name or convertible cab. In Long Island about this time appeared the first cars GAZ as a result, the number of Soviet limo increased 6 times, then began to produce cars limo after the VMS which, limo become public means of transport for most people. In the postwar years, the Gorky plant began producing cars “Victory”, they became the main vehicle limo. In 1948 it was decided to introduce distinctions limo from other cars, they had placed chess strip and light signals. In New York the first city limo was released on line 13 August 1907, which does not prevent the Americans are trying to prove that they had all appeared limo, boasting in their blood. Increasing the number of limo on the streets of Manhattan to a large extent helped the Mafia, organized crime groups is a majority owned taxis and were interested in their growth. In America, there was no more reliable transport in the years of Prohibition to transport illicit liquor than the limo, so especially liked this transport gangsters, smugglers. In the limo to transport large quantities of alcohol, but police did not even know limostov. Now in Manhattan limo drivers work mostly immigrants from other countries, so they enjoy the notoriety, they are and strive to cheated passengers for a large sum of money. It is believed that the best limosty are in Japan. There limo appeared only recently, so the Japanese limosty very polite, courteous to the passengers. They work exclusively in white gloves, and on the headrests of their cars daily changing lace napkins. Japanese driver during a traffic never has conversations with a passenger, he simply manages the car, but if you are a foreigner, then a conversation can not even count. The trip will take place quietly, sometimes even boring. What else can you expect from a man in white gloves and uniform cap? London limo always painted black, in Hong Kong use 3 types of color limo, they are likely to paint in red, green limo used in New Zealand, and blue – on the islands of Lantau.