Trio of bulletproof presidential Hyundai Equus limos are first-ever armored stretches built in Korea
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/" rel="tag">Sedan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hyundai/" rel="tag">Hyundai</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/police-emergency/" rel="tag">Police/Emergency</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/special-limited-editions/" rel="tag">Specialty</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/hyundai-equus-limo/#9"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/equus-limo_webopt620.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>Hyundai Equus LV500 Limousine - Cick above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
<br /> By now, vehicles like the Genesis and Equus have convinced most of how far Hyundai's come from bring the purveyors of punchline hatchbacks. But in case that wasn't enough, Hyundai has dropped the bigger-than-the-average-bear <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/29/hyundai-develops-stretched-equus-limo-for-home-market-w-video/">Equus VL500 limousine</a> on the home market. Still not enough? How about presidential-grade armored versions, then?<br /> <br /> That's precisely what Hyundai has built for Cheong Wa Dae, the seat of the South Korean president. Three of them were built and handed over to the Korean Presidential Security Service, and they'll be used at the upcoming G20 summit scheduled to be held in South Korea next year. Few details have been released, but the trio of armored Hyundais are said to be capable of withstanding the blast of 15 kilograms of TNT, putting it around the sixth or seventh level of the police certification which Mercedes-Benz and BMW use for their armored vehicles. The armored Equus stretches may not measure up to <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/21/president-obama-takes-inaugural-ride-in-presidential-limousine/">President Obama's Cadillac</a>, but they are certainly a long way from the Getz, and they are apparently the nation's first-ever homebuilt armored limos.<br /> <br /> <div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/hyundai-equus-limo/low/">Hyundai Equus Limo</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/hyundai-equus-limo/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/160722_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/hyundai-equus-limo/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/160721_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/hyundai-equus-limo/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/160716_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/hyundai-equus-limo/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/160717_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/hyundai-equus-limo/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/160720_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br /> [Source: <a href="http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/09/29/2009092900552.html">The Chosun Ilbo</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/30/hyundai-builds-trio-of-bulletproof-equus-limos-for-korean-presid/">Trio of bulletproof presidential Hyundai Equus limos are first-ever armored stretches built in Korea</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/09/29/2009092900552.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/30/hyundai-builds-trio-of-bulletproof-equus-limos-for-korean-presid/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19177742/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/30/hyundai-builds-trio-of-bulletproof-equus-limos-for-korean-presid/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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