Luxury car alternatives for less

Prices for the Hyundai Equus Ultimate start about $66,000. Ordinarily speaking, that would sound like a lot -- it's more than some of the luxury cars in this gallery -- but it's really not for a car that offers this level of opulence. You can even get massaging rear seats that at least one of which will fully recline. (It even has a footrest.) While you're at it, you can also choose to get heated and cooled and back seats that can give you a massage and there's a refrigerator mounted between them.

You'll have to move fast, though. Those features will not be available on the 2014 Equus. On the plus side, Hyundai promises that, thanks to revised suspension, the new Equus will drive better and it will seat five people since that refrigerator's not there anymore.

As it is, the 2013 already drives pretty well, handling twisty turns with relative aplomb. No, it doesn't have Mulsanne's raw power and the Korean automaker does stoop to using plastic. But keep in mind you might be able to get a small fleet of these for the price one nicely equipped Mulsanne.

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