Cadillac’s stretch limousine entry is best understood as a coachbuilt specialty vehicle rather than a regular showroom model. In modern GM incomplete-vehicle documentation, the designation appears as a Cadillac stretch limousine body style used for limousine, funeral coach and armored-vehicle conversions, with official GM materials showing that wording in 2013 and later model-year guidance. Cadillac itself has a long limousine heritage dating back to early closed-body limousines and to factory-built luxury limousines such as the Series 75 era, but the contemporary stretch-limousine record is tied to the post-factory conversion market. As Cadillac’s full-size rear-drive limousine offerings disappeared, coachbuilders and commercial users continued to extend Cadillac sedans for livery and ceremonial duty, and GM’s incomplete-vehicle paperwork kept the stretch-limousine classification alive for those conversions. The result is a nameplate that reflects Cadillac’s enduring role in American chauffeur-driven luxury, even though the vehicles themselves are built through specialty upfitting rather than conventional mass production.
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