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The long wheelbase also known as extended wheelbase is a variant of some of the
flagships or full size luxury sedans and some of the large
sport utility vehicles. Wikipedia describes the wheelbase of a vehicle as the horizontal distance between the center of the front wheel and the center of the rear wheel in automobiles. The longer vehicles such as sedans and sport utility vehicles would have a longer wheelbase than shorter vehicles such as coupes and roadsters. With this information you can conclude that a shorter wheelbase when combined with other factors will be sportier and performance oriented. So the long wheelbase version is derived from a vehicle with an already long wheelbase. This is done to increase the space (legroom and headroom) given to passengers in the rear seat. The length of the chassis is increased thereby increasing the distance between the front and rear wheels. This increase in length varies along with the different marques but the vehicle will be between four to ten inches longer than the original version.
The extended wheelbase versions of the sedans are usually the flagship of flagships and will ultimately be the most
expensive product of the marque except if the marque has supercars. The long wheelbase vehicles
are made with the largest engines provided, usually V-12 or
W-12 engines. Features that are optional on other versions of the same vehicle are standard on these vehicles. There are
some features on long wheelbase vehicles that are not even available as an option on other versions.
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