Top 10 Best Luxury Cars to Buy in 2024 (2024)

The Audi A8 is the brand’s flagship luxury car. The build quality is brilliant and the soft touch plastics, chrome accents and swathes of leather all help the A8 feel worth its luxury car price. It’s also very quiet, supremely comfortable sat in the front or back and comes with lots of advanced technology, and there’s a long wheelbase version if you want to stretch out while your chauffeur drives. You can also have a PHEV A8 with an official electric range of 34 miles.

The Mercedes S-Class has a long history at the top of the luxury car game. It offers sleek looks inside and out – its bold, swooping interior is particularly spectacular. Of course, it also excels for quietness and comfort. There are sporty petrol AMG models if you’re keen to spend more time in the front rather than the back.

The Bentley Continental GT might have a reputation as footballer’s car, but it’s also a truly great coupe. Its engines are hugely powerful and its interior is one of the finest you’ll find in any car. There’s not much to fault the Bentley, but if you’re looking for subtlety in your next car, maybe this isn’t for you.

The BMW 7 Series has traditionally been the driver’s choice amongst big luxury cars, but at the expense of comfort. Not so with this latest 7 Series, which manages to feel agile yet extremely cosseting at the same time. It has a fancy carbon construction helping keep its weight down, and the best infotainment system currently on sale. Not everyone will love the styling though.

Porsche has proved it can make nimble luxury cars, with the Porsche Panamera. You have the choice of six or eight-cylinder power as well as a plug-in hybrid that’ll cruise silently on pure electric or keep up with supercars from the lights. Pair that with a stunning interior and lots of passenger space and you have a hugely impressive luxury car.

With the ‘G’ you get iconic exterior design, arguably the best off-road ability in class and one of the most impressive petrol V8 engines currently on sale. It’s difficult to ignore how many different abilities you get in one package.

The high-performance version of Merc’s electric limo is quite a car. You get startling acceleration to keep pace with V12 supercars, but with the luxury you’d expect of a Mercedes-Benz limousine. The AMG handles well, although you can feel the 2.6-tonne weight if you change direction in a hurry. It’s one of the best electric saloons, as well as one of the most expensive.

No one car can be all things to all people. Or can it? The Mercedes-AMG GT comes closer than most. Not only is it quick, practical, and luxurious, it’s also great fun to drive. On the other hand, it looks a bit too similar to the Mercedes CLS, and you wouldn’t want anyone thinking you’d bought the less expensive car, would you?

Money can’t buy taste. That’s the rather unkind conclusion you might draw from the BMW XM’s awkward looks and epic price tag. On the other hand, this huge petrol-electric SUV is practical and rapid. Does it deserve the ‘M’ badge, though? It’s not the pure-blood driving machine you’d expect from BMW’s M-division.

What’s the good of having a wonderful V10 engine if you can’t hear it properly? With the roof down, the R8 Spyder lets you enjoy the V10 soundtrack to the full. Not only is the R8 staggeringly quick, but it’s also surprisingly easy to live with. Perhaps a Ferrari or Lamborghini is even more special, but the R8 is still one of our favourite supercars.