We like to think of the Hyundai Genesis as the Sarah Palin of luxury cars. On the surface, it's the anti-establishment establishment candidate, a luxury car with humble roots but big performance claims. Like the vice presidential candidate, the Genesis wants to outperform the old boys' club but also wouldn't mind joining it. The RIDES Genesis is kind of like Palin after her trip to Neiman Marcus, except the Hyundai stopped at the Apple Store instead.
RIDES took a break from installing hydraulics on Impalas and iPimped a stock Genesis with in-car WiFi, custom paint, Morel Hybrid Ovation speakers, and more Macs than a San Francisco-based Web 2.0 company. The two rear passengers have access to a MacBook Air, two Mac Minis, an iPod Touch, iPhone 3G, and two 8.4" VGA displays in the headrests -- all of which will be ripped out of the car by an unemployed mortgage broker desperate to sell the laptops to pay off his Pottery Barn credit card. More pics after the jump.
Though the concept is ostensibly aimed at business travelers, we question just how much technology a legitimate entrepreneur can use. When RIDES says the 20" Apple Cinema Display in the trunk is perfect for "impromptu parking lot meetings," we wonder just how much technology is necessary to sling dime bags behind a burned-out Shoney's.
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