If you think a Hyundai can’t be any more luxurious than the new Equus sedan, allow us to introduce the new Equus Stretch Edition.
Designed for the Korean market, this factory-built limousine starts with the already-posh Equus, and adds an extra 11 inches to both the wheelbase and overall length. (For the record, a “base” Equus is already 7 inches longer than a Genesis sedan.) As a result, rear seat passengers gain an extra 14 inches of legroom (in this regard, the car trumps the Mercedes-Benz S500L and the BMW 750Li) while the car gains a thick B-pillar.
Hyundai says the Equus Stretch Edition is available with either a 3.8-liter V-6 or a new 5.0-liter form of the company’s Tau V-8 (thus far, we’ve only seen this engine displace 4.6 liters in both the Genesis Sedan and the Kia Borrego) good for approximately 400 hp.
Pricing for the long-wheelbase Equus will run the equivalent of $113,000 to $122,000, although the armored version -- developed in-house for heads of state -- will carry a premium. Hyundai isn’t commenting on the possibility of the LWB Equus arriving in the U.S., but we wouldn’t be completely surprised to see either the smoothed grille shown here or the 5.0-liter engine appear in the short-wheelbase cars destined to arrive here in 2011.
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