The best luxury car to buy in 2025

Wednesday 20 August 2025 17:56

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Comfort, luxury, presence, performance, and the latest technology. These are just a few things we want, no expectluxury cars to be sent. It should be good to drive to be pushed.

However, the luxury car market changes. Once upon a time, a luxury car means a four -door sedan with a hectare of space behind and the most relaxed experience on this long weekend side on a luxury spa.

At present, luxury cars will most likely become an SUV, from Range Rover Sport to Cullin Rolls-Royce. If you prefer high riding, see the Motoring Research Guide for the Best Luxury SUV. We have even entered one suggestion here, among the ‘traditional’ luxury cars.

Audi A8

With a price of £ 85,000, Audi A8 is one of the ‘cheapest’ cars in our list. Not many A8 will leave the showroom at that price. The mainstay model ordered the price label of six digits, and that before you start reading the list of options.

You don’t need to sprinkle the pricier model. Even A8 Sport Entry-level displays the types of equipment and technology that will please the most demanding strange gadget. Gasoline hybrid and plug-in hybrids are available, along with V8 4.0-liter Twin-Turbocharged 571HP in S8 Sporty. Diesel options are still on the Audi price list, but who knows how long …

We said: ‘Audi A8 is a very impressive machine. This meets the demands for the luxury, space, and wise performance, and now has an appearance like a statesman that at least makes it the same rival-or alternative that is appropriate from Bentley Flying Spur. Whether all of this will be enough to attract more buyers into A8 folds, however, it still needs to be seen. ‘

Read our Audi A8 review

Bentley Flying Spur

Most of the most enjoyed luxury cars from the luxurious environment of the back seat. The advantage of Bentley is that it’s just as good to drive. Whether you choose a mulliner or flying spurs speed, you can decide to give a weekend holiday driver.

If you are driving, you will want speed, which is the fastest and fastest four -door bentley ever built. Thanks to the V8 Twin-Turbocharged with the Hybrid Tech plug-in, it presents 782HP and 737LB FT torque. Sprint 0-62MPH takes 3.5 seconds, with the highest speed of 177MPH.

We said: ‘This is very fast and full of responsive enthusiasm, but is always smooth and not exposed to the transition between resources or exchanging gears in an eight-speed double clutch transmission. Unlike in some of these caliber cars, it is also fun to change your teeth using rowing, turning V8 to enjoy its growl (authentic and not synchronized). ‘

Read our review of the speed of spur flying bentley

BMW 7 Series and i7

In battles between 7 series and S-Class, BMW has always been a chosen luxury car for sharp drivers. This is uncomfortable or luxurious like a large Mercedes-Benz, but handles corners such as smaller BMW sedans. However, that is not cheap, with the most affordable series 7 price – fully electricity i7 – starting from £ 105,000.

For this reason, you get a limousine that offers a distance of 387 miles if you choose the XDrive60 version, plus one of the richest interior of the technology available in 2025. If the front view of 14.9 inches is not enough, the rear seat passengers can be treated with an optional 31.3 -inch theater screen and Sky Lounge Panoramic. Oh, and the two I7 and 7 series are available in the guise of armored ‘protection’, if you are someone who has made several enemies.

Series 7 is a more traditional alternative for i7, although with a truly modern hybrid plug-in powertrain. Even the ‘entry-level’ 750E Xdrive will reach 62MPH in just 4.8 seconds, while the M760E XDrive manages the sprint in 4.3 seconds.

Remarkably, regardless of the weight of the car and luxury, the Hybrid plug-in offers up to 55 miles from the electricity range. If you remember to recharge the battery, that is.

Electric Genesis G80

Genesis is a luxurious hyundai division and has done a large work to muscular on the establishment of premium and luxury in South Korea and the US. It took longer to grow in the UK, but on evidence of cars like G80, Genesis deserves to succeed.

This is not the biggest luxury saloon of Korean brands-the G90 reliability is not available in the UK-but with a bentley-esque style and a quality level that is more than just suitable for Germany, this genesis is worthy of your short list. The G80 was previously available with a 2.5 liter gasoline engine, but now only electricity. The headline number is 370HP, 0-62MPH in 5.1 seconds and a full range of 354 miles.

We said: ‘As a line-in-san car, Genesis G80 is a good introduction to this new premium brand. There is a lot of work ahead, to attract people from BMW and Mercedes-Benz them-and to strengthen themselves as a successful alternative (Lexus), rather than failure that is of no use (Infiniti). ‘

Read our Genesis G80 review

Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Short entering a high world of Bentley or Rolls-Royce, there are no other four-door salons such as Mercedes-Benz S-Class. For several generations, it has been accepted as the ‘best car in the world’ and shop window for future technology.

S-Class is currently no exception. This is based on a platform that is all new and offers the next generation of infotainment and driver assistance technology. Prices start from around £ 98,000, with only a new wheelbase version available in 2025.

We said: ‘Are you relaxing behind or on the wheel, Mercedes-Benz S-Class is one of the most comfortable cars that are sold. Some vehicles offer a pleasant blend of quality, sophistication, and enchanting technology. ‘

Read our Mercedes-Benz S-Class review

Mercedes-AMG GT 4-door coupe

The days of AMG Shoehorning V8 Engine into every Mercedes-Benz product that is possible, unfortunately, now behind us. But Affalterbach still has several ways to use eight -cylinder shooting power.

The four-door coupe version of the performance of AMG GT 63 SE combines a hybrid motorbike with V8 4.0-liter Twin-Turbocharged, producing a total of 843HP. That makes it one of the most powerful AMG cars ever made, but still offers luxurious interiors, skin interiors and a large number of technology.

We said: ‘On paper, the results are enough. ‘This elongated four -door coupe’ (to use MB terminology) can explode up to 62MPH in 2.9 seconds and continue to go to 196MPH. On the road, Powertrain feels like the best of all the world: Easy with low speed, muscular that does not make sense at medium distance and very strong when the rotation rises. ‘

Read our review of the performance of Mercedes-AMG GT 63 SE

Porsche Panamera

With a price starting at £ 89,500, Porsche Panamera is one of the cheapest choices in our best luxury car list. But that was just the beginning, because Maxes’s main e-hybrid was around £ 175,000.

Yes, Panamera is a hatchback, but this is as luxurious as Porsche can get – equivalent to chili SUVs. Some versions as fast as 911 Turbo, while others offer sufficient electricity range to handle daily trips.

Reviewing the middle class GTS Panamera, we call it a sports car in a saloon car settings’, adding that it ‘attacks a deft balance between luxury and performance’. We added ‘This is not a hooligan of cigarettes’, praising ‘its improvement and the extent of the ability that makes Panamera easy to live’.

Read our Porsche Panamera GTS review

Porsche Taycan

Can a sporty and luxurious car? It could be at that time was Porsche Taycan. Did you choose a standard saloon or Turismo Sport and Cross Turismo Estate models that are more practical (and cooler?

Select Taycan rear wheel drive with a 105kWh performance battery that is now standard and you can look forward to a distance of 421 miles officially between the accusations. But even the high -performance version knocked on the 350 mile door. For maximum performance, Taycan Turbo GT extreme produces more than 1,100HP, and has made several round records worldwide.

From Taycan Entry-Level, we say: ‘Zero to 62MPH in 4.8 seconds is the hot highhold region in 2025, but Taycan 435HP must feel faster. Maybe that – literally – an electric throttle response or its smooth way of speeding up speed, but my impression is the right Porsche performance. ‘

Read our review of Porsche Taycan and Taycan Turbo GT

Range Rover

Considering how the new car market continues to shift to SUVs, iconic Range Rover tends to be an original alternative to many long and luxurious salons listed here.

Pushed further to the upper class, the latest generation of Range Rover is one of the best luxury SUVs around. The interior design and quality is more than just suitable for any rival, and it comes with additional ability to explore off-road-if you need.

We said: ‘How to drive? Oh, like Range Rover: flawless. Calm and a sense of prosperity are very included. This is not quiet, like an electric car, but the buzzing of the background of the Super-Halus engine seems to improve experience. A little like a car vibration free noise in the film, when they drive on a green screen. ‘

Read our review of Range Rover

Rolls-Royce Phantom

Rolls-Royce Phantom brings luxury to a higher aircraft and not only talking about executive jet which is likely to form one of the stable transportation options of the owner.

As before, the power sourced from the 6.75 liter V12 engine, but the difference here is that tenacity is more likely to be enjoyed by the driver. For those who prefer to enjoy riding their rolls-Royce, the smaller (slightly) Ghost II Series (a little) badge gives extraordinary strength with greater involvement.

We said: ‘Buying your right brogue in Lambswool in and V12 wakes up with a muted growl, offered the 2,685kg Leviathan to 62 mph in 5.5 seconds. Phantom is more nimble than you expect, assisted by the rear wheel which tightens the circle turn in the city and helps stability at speed. ‘

Read our review of Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II

Spectre Rolls-Royce

We can enter the Rolls-Royce ghost as our last luxury car, but with a ghost that takes care of the four-door assignment, why not slip into something more elegant? In addition, Spectre is the company’s first electric car, so it is a future vision.

This is not your distinctive practical coupe; This is 432mm longer than the Range Rover with enough space for four people. The 102kWh battery produces 329 miles from the range, which is arguably the most underwhelming part of the car. In all other ways, Specter gives an extraordinary sense of events in close range.

We say: ‘The Specter offers the comfort and expertise of traditional rolls-royce, but with electricity. Unlike most coupes, scourge can accommodate four adults comfortably, even if you sit behind someone tall. From behind the wheel, there is a few who suggest this is EV: Only a mixture that is familiar from handicraft veneers, tactical analog controls and infotainment inherited from BMW. ‘

Read our Rolls-Royce Spectre review

The PITT team wrote for motorized research