Accelerating Luxury
Comfort, looks, and great performance define 2025’s top end, even as automotive categories blur. Some luxury cars seem surprisingly affordable, while some luxury SUVs are almost as nimble as smaller counterparts. Here’s a look at some of these stylish jewels of the fast lane.
2025 Aston Martin DB12
The DB12 adds major racing vibes to predecessor DB11, with a twin-turbocharged V8 that growls its way down the road and offers steering and braking that push rapid response over languid luxury. Available as a coupe or roomier convertible, the DB12 starts at $245,000.
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2025 Aston Martin DBX 707
Combining ultimate luxury and ultimate performance, this exquisite SUV offers elegance, power, and speed, getting you and your entourage to your destination in good time and in great style. Prices start around $256,000, though save some money for gas, as mileage is just 17 mpg.
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2025 Aston Martin Vantage
Respecting its heritage and welcoming the finer touches of modernity, this stylish sports car offers a twin-turbo V8 paired with aesthetics and technology to comfort and delight you as you drive down a racetrack or country lane. Prices start at $194,000, with a mileage of 18 mpg.
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2025 Audi A8 / S8
Although the starting price of an A8 falls short of $100,000, you can boost your outlay by springing for an infotainment system complete with tablet. If you want still more, switching to the S8 replaces a turbocharged V6 with a twin-turbo V8. The A8’s bargain luxury starts at $93,000.
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2025 Bentley Bentayga
This luxury SUV starts at $207,000, but in the event it’s time to truly indulge yourself, you may opt to pay an extra $160,000 to install a Breitling Tourbillon timepiece on your dashboard. Then choose a twin-turbo V8 or a V6 plug-in hybrid and start enjoying sedan luxury writ large.
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2025 Bentley Continental GT
Starting at $305,000, the Bentley magic continues with the Continental GT, with 771 hp on offer through its plug-in hybrid drivetrain, twin-turbo V8 engine, and all-wheel drive. The spacious sedan offers speedy acceleration, yet the GT fully respects its “Grand Touring” designation.
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2025 Bentley Flying Spur
If you’re looking for a bit of savings, you can fork out $270,000 for the base Bentley Flying Spur, offering that same 771 hp through a plug-in hybrid powertrain. Your heartbeat can race as fast as the Flying Spur can fly, offering an acceleration of 0-60 mph in a reported 3.3 seconds.
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2025 BMW 7-Series / i7
Starting below $100,000, available upgrades include boosting its 18-speaker audio system to 36 speakers, and substituting cashmere upholstery for the standard leather. Powertrains on offer include an inline-six, twin-turbo V8, or plug-in hybrid. The similar i7 is an all-electric alternative.
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2025 BMW Alpina XB7
Take a BMW 7-Series and turn it into an SUV, and you have something like the Alpina XB7, starting at $153,000. You get the luxury of BMW’s top-line sedan, and the lofty view and added space of an SUV. And the entire package is powered by a very respectable 630 hp V8 engine.
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2025 Cadillac Celestiq
Cadillac is challenging European makers with this high-end luxury electric vehicle, complete with shining leather bucket seats and a super-widescreen digital dashboard, moving elegantly along thanks to a 655 hp all-wheel-drive powertrain. Special orders only, starting at $340,000.
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2025 Cadillac Escalade / Escalade IQ
The high-end Escalade also gets a superwide digital dashboard. The Escalade launched Detroit’s luxury SUV market, and stays on top here. Its standard 420 hp can be upgraded to a 682 hp supercharged V8, while the electric IQ offers 750 hp. Prices start around $90,300.
2025 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray
This hybrid sports car melds 655 hp, all-wheel drive, and breathtaking acceleration. It’s a bit of a gas guzzler, with performance outbidding fuel economy. There’s also a stealth mode that goes all electric, if you need to tone it down in your own neighborhood. Prices start around $109,000.
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2025 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
Starting around $117,000, the Z06 offers impressive performance, accelerating to 60 mph in 2.6 seconds, but it’s a sports car perfectly suited for everyday driving. The engine is a 670 hp 5.5 L V8 fitted into a sleek speed machine, especially on Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R ZP race tires.
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2025 Ferrari 12Cilindri
Ferrari celebrates its 12-cylinder history with this appropriately named model, with engine in the front and drive in the back. Offered as a coupe or convertible, this brand-new offering produces 818 hp and enough force to get you to 60 mph in 2.8 seconds. Starts at around $425,000.
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2025 Ferrari Purosangue
Ferrari gives its first SUV a striking sports car appearance, excellent handling, and powerful 715 hp V12 engine with all-wheel drive. Despite its large size, the four-door Purosangue handles like a dream, helping you forget about the $433,000 or more you paid for this intriguing vehicle.
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2025 Ferrari Roma
If the 12Cilindri seems like overkill, you can fork over $243,000 (a bit more for the convertible) to get an “entry-level” luxury GT that rumbles, with a turbo V8 engine that is no silent partner. And this sensuous supercar comes standard with adaptive cruise control and other safety features.
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2025 Genesis G90
Despite starting around $91,000, this upstart G90 from South Korea more than qualifies as a luxury sedan, with stylish cabin, eye-catching exterior, and a fingerprint scanner to make sure your travels start just a little bit sooner. Standard V6 offers 375 hp, with optional boost to 409.
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2025 Lamborghini Urus / Urus Hybrid
For 2025, Lamborghini added a plug-in-hybrid powertrain, with a peak of 789 hp coming out of its twin-turbo V8 gas engine and 192 hp electric motor. As gas-only Urus models briskly take the exit ramp, enjoy this SUV’s smooth handling and fierce acceleration for as little as $242,000.
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2025 Lincoln Navigator
Another pioneer in the luxury SUV sector, the Navigator might turn heads as it dashes down the street but inside, subtlety reigns. You can even go the Black Label route if you’d like more control over the interior aesthetic. And Navigator L offers even more space. It starts at $102,000.
2025 Maserati GranCabrio Folgore
This Maserati convertible starts at $182,000, and offers 818 hp and a smooth ride by torque vectoring three electric motors. Braking is superior to most EVs, and handling is great. With its lightweight fabric roof, the GranCabrio Folgore is the only electric convertible on sale brand new.
2025 Maserati GranTurismo Folgore
A bit cheaper than the convertible, the GranTurismo Folgore starts at $174,000, and also has an 818 hp electric powertrain. The four-seater offers great acceleration, smooth steering, and suspension modes from laid back to aggressive. But listen in vain for any gas-powered growl.
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2025 Maserati MC20
Starting at $243,000, this Maserati “supercar” enlarges the GranTurismo while trying not to get too overbearing in the process. Actually a range of models, the MC20 group includes the GT2 Stradale, taking the GT2 race car and making it street legal. There’s also a convertible Cielo.
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2025 McLaren Artura
The futuristic-looking Artura is a low-end supercar available for the economical price of $254,100. A Spider convertible model has joined the coupe in the Artura lineup, retracting within 11 seconds even while traveling 30 mph. And the V6 hybrid powertrain propels it all at 690 hp.
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2025 McLaren GTS
The GTS smooths out the McLaren GT’s ride at more leisurely speeds, with a powertrain boost and ignition timing that’s a bit more efficient. The interior has been revamped to keep the upscale feel on the cutting edge, but workaday driving is still a major priority here. Starts around $244,000.
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2025 Mercedes-AMG G63
With roots as an unpretentious right-angled off-road vehicle for the military, the G63 has become an audacious status symbol that can turn heads of man and beast as needed. It’s all-terrain meeting all-wheel drive and a 577 hp twin-turbo V8 in this powerful $187,000 boxy behemoth.
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2025 Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe
Starting at $107,000, the GT Coupe lineup consists of various models, starting with a four-cylinder GT43, going all the way up to a GT63 SE V8 hybrid version. All but the GT43s come with all-wheel drive, with rear-wheel steering helping all models get out of tight situations.
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2025 Mercedes-AMG SL-Class
This line of soft-top convertibles rides on an adaptive suspension seamlessly supporting that rush of adrenaline while luxuriously cruising. Starting at $113,000 with the SL43’s turbocharged four-cylinder, you can advance way up to an SL63 SE V8 hybrid if you like the sound of 805 hp.
2025 Mercedes-Benz G550
A steal at a mere $149,000, the G-Class lets you slice through the bracing wilds from the comfort of a luxuriant interior, though its all-terrain capabilities make a banal commute a tad forceful. If you’re feeling a bit underserved, you can even move up to the G Professional.
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2025 Mercedes-Benz G580 With EQ Technology
Four electric motors, one per wheel, provide 579 horsepower as you enjoy the thrills of exploring remote terrain—hopefully within range of a charging station. At $162,500, it will even let you do a G-turn, as the independent motors do a 360° spin around the vehicle’s central axis.
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2025 Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV
This EV spinoff of the petrol-loving Mercedes-Benz GLS-class includes the EQS580, which makes an SUV proud by reaching 60 mph in a flat four seconds. The rear-drive EQS450+ offers the best range on a single charge at 323 miles (520 km), with a price range starting at $181,000.
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2025 Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600
For a little under $180,000 you get a subtly aggressive interior and lots of legroom thanks to a movable second row of seats. Down side is there’s no room for persons number five and six. But if it’s luxury you’re looking for, quality beats quantity apparently, at least in the seating department.
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2025 Mercedes-Maybach S-Class
The S 580 is ready and willing to take your $204,000 for a special coating of class, complete with a sumptuous interior and a two-tone chrome-dabbed exterior. And if a standard twin-turbo V8 just won’t do, go for broke and turn to a V12 option with the S 680—for $240,000 or so.
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2025 Porsche 911
A steal at $122,000 to $188,000, the economical models under the 911 banner include a T-hybrid powertrain that underpins the GTS. The Carrera T is lighter, offering a standard transmission and nimbly straddling the world of the racetrack and the luxurious long haul.
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2025 Porsche 911 GT3 / GT3 Touring / GT3 RS
But if you covet leveling up and making sure everyone knows it, look to the GT3 trio, starting at $245,000. It gets the most that can be gotten out of a 4L flat-six, pushing past 500 hp and making sure the whole block hears your rarefied ride reverberate. It’ll truly make the heart race.
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2025 Porsche 911 Turbo / Turbo S
Eager to reach 60 mph in 2.2 seconds? Then the 640 hp Turbo S might be for you. At the upper end of $199,000 to $263,000, this supercar features a superfast automatic transmission and heavenly handling. And if you’re slumming it, the base Turbo still offers a respectable 572 hp.
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2025 Ram 1500 Tungsten 4x4 High Output
Guts. Glory. Luxury. After a hard day of driving cattle, what better way to drive back to the homestead than with a Ram 1500, featuring a power tailgate, a 23-speaker audio system, and front seats with 24-way power massage—quilted leather optional. Starts around $87,000.
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2025 Rolls-Royce Cullinan
Some $408,000 or so will get your kids to soccer practice with some gravitas. Although this high-end SUV isn’t focused on 0-60 times, it has a twin-turbo V12 engine and handles well. A Black Badge offers a street-cred boost with more horsepower and an even sterner exterior.
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2025 Rolls-Royce Ghost
You or your chauffeur should be happy with this smoothly drivable V12 luxury sedan featuring unparalleled amenities, starting at around $358,000. As with the Cullinan SUV, you have a Black Badge option for added presence. And you can go widescreen with an extended wheelbase.
2025 Rolls-Royce Phantom
The Phantom is built like the bank vault you just left with the $518,000 you needed to acquire this height of twin-turbo V12 automotive luxury. As you rush to meet Dick Tracy, enjoy a slick, smooth ride as you reach for the drinks chiller and power up that well-deserved seat massage.
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