{"id":845931,"date":"2026-08-06T19:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/845931\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T19:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:30:30","slug":"five-biggest-cars-in-australia-wellington-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/845931\/","title":{"rendered":"Five biggest cars in Australia | Wellington Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FiveFive biggest cars in Australia<\/p>\n

In a world of monstrously big SUVs and terrifyingly giant utes, there still exists the super large saloons for those who prefer to maintain a powerful presence with class and sophistication.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We’re talking limos – not the party kind – we mean the luxurious transport for business executives or those who prefer to be driven rather than drive.<\/p>\n

We’ve put together the top 5 largest cars currently sold in Australia<\/p>\n

Read more<\/p>\n

5. Lotus Emeya\u00a0<\/p>\n

Length: 5139mm Width: 2241mm Height: 1464mm<\/p>\n

A Lotus<\/a> was not on my list of possible big-car candidates, but here we are with the fully electric<\/a> 5139mm long Emeya four-door lift back. The Emeya is the first of its kind from a brand that forged its iconic reputation by building tiny sportscars in a shed. Things have changed and Lotus is now owned by Chinese manufacturer Geely<\/a>, and the Emeya is built in China.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While not the longest car here, the Emeya is actually the widest with its wing mirrors out. Despite its enormous exterior dimensions the Emeya isn’t particularly voluminous on the inside, but there are four seats and a 509-litre boot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dual motors make 450kW and 710Nm, 0-100km\/h in 4.1 seconds. The starting price is $190K.<\/p>\n

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4. Lexus LS\u00a0<\/p>\n

Length: 5139mm Width: 1900mm Height: 1450mm<\/p>\n

Secretly loving that a Toyota<\/a>, sorry Lexus<\/a>, quietly slipped into this top 5 elite party. At 5235mm end-to-end the LS isn’t small, and nor is it short on luxury.<\/p>\n

Lexus positions itself as a Benz or BMW<\/a> on a budget, but with a starting price of $200,000 the LS isn’t all that cheap. The value is outstanding, however, compared to the others here, and while rolling up in a Lexus to meet business executives at the airport doesn’t have the same impact as a BMW 7 Series<\/a>, but as a car girl, I honestly think the LS is more opulent.<\/p>\n

Powered by a V6 hybrid<\/a> the LS is without a doubt the most reliable and cheapest to maintain limo here.<\/p>\n

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3. BMW 7 Series<\/p>\n

Length: 5391mm Width: 1950mm Height: 1544mm<\/p>\n

BMW’s 7 Series is seriously imposing, a cliff face on wheels<\/a>, with its gigantic grille and its sheer vertical drop, but it’s not just all front – this beast is 5.39m end to end. As a reference the Australian design rules state a car park space must be 5.4m long and 2.4m wide. So it’ll fit\u2026 just.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Updated for 2026\/27 with BMW’s next-gen Neue Klasse design the 7 Series looks even more menacing and futuristic, while the interior is sporty and hi-tech with screens everywhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As for powertrains you can burn fossil fuel with a 3.0-litre inline 294kW\/580Nm six-cylinder engine<\/a> on offer but the electric i7’s enormously powerful and torquey motors (making up to 400kW and 745Nm) and seamlessly brutal ability to get out of its own way suits the big BMW limo better.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 7 Series starts at a list price of $272,900.<\/p>\n

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2. Mercedes-Maybach S-Class\u00a0<\/p>\n

Length: 5469mm\u00a0 Width: 2109mm\u00a0 Height: 1510mm<\/p>\n

The Mercedes-Maybach S-Class is a super luxury version of the S-Class and it’s even longer than one too. A regular S-Class long wheelbase is 5289mm end to end while the Maybach version stretched 180mm at 5469mm in length.<\/p>\n

While more or less the same car as the S-Class the Maybach offers more legroom, more decadence and more engine – with a V12 offered on the higher grades.<\/p>\n

The Maybach is also more expensive – almost double the price of an S-Class LWB at about $630,000<\/p>\n

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1. Rolls-Royce Phantom Extended\u00a0<\/p>\n

Length: 5982mm, width: 2154mm Height: 1656mm<\/p>\n

Of course the biggest car sold in Australia is a Rolls-Royce<\/a> and it’s not just the Phantom Extended, it’s also the Ghost Extended at 5715mm and the Spectre Series II at 5453mm. But if we had included them, then the top 5 biggest cars would have all been Rollers.<\/p>\n

So we’ve gone for the largest Rolls-Royce car, the Phantom Extended, which at 5982mm is more a train than a car and 220mm longer than the standard wheelbase Phantom.<\/p>\n

While there are only four seats in a Phantom Extended they are the size of lounge chairs in a sumptuous hotel lobby and legroom is, well you can literally lie down back there because the seats become beds.<\/p>\n

In Australia the Phantom Extended starts at more than $1.1m but as with most Rolls-Royce’s the customers will want to personalise it with bespoke touches taking the final price much higher.<\/p>\n

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