The much anticipated and talked about 2011 Hyundai Sonata made its North American premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The all-new mid-size sedan (although EPA classifies it as a large sedan) represents a dramatic departure from the previous generation Sonata models both in terms of design and technology.

Either a Hyundai executive in Dubai received an early example of the Korean firm’s all-new flagship limo that was revealed in Korea in mid-February, or the company plans to include the United Arab Emirates among the countries that will receive the new Equus sedan as these pictures from the folks over at “Gulf4Cars” suggest. According to an earlier statement from the company, there are no plans to export the Equus, which is heavily based on the rear-wheel drive Genesis sedan, to North American or European markets.