Best used luxury car 2018

What kind of car tells your neighbours you’ve made it and is as cosy and relaxing as your living room?

Slip behind the wheel of a luxury car and feel your cares wash away. Because that's what the very best luxury vehicles do -- they pamper you, surround you with all your favourite multi-media entertainment and keep you safe and secure. Some even come with massaging seats, climate control systems with a setting for everyone and sophisticated noise suppression to block out the hurly-burly of the outside world.

For our inaugural running of the carsales.com.au Best Used Car Awards we've combined the collective grey matter of our expert vehicle reviewers and concrete market intelligence from RedBook.com.au to announce the winner in each of 10 categories.

And in 2018, the Carsales best used luxury car is the 2012...

The Range Rover scored 40 points out of 50 from RedBook and 39.5 points from the five judges for a total of 79.5 points. According to RedBook analysis, the 2012 Range Rover Vogue TDV8 should sell privately for between $49,200 and $54,100.

RedBook Data Services Director Ross Booth noted of the Range Rover: "Supremely comfortable, spacious interior, with great visibility, very safe."

You can read more about the Range Rover in our launch review. Reviewer Melissa McCormick wrote about the Range Rover TDV8: "Apart from turning economy that rivals passenger cars half its size and weight, the new diesel performs like a hefty petrol V8 and sounds like one too."

Find a used Range Rover Vogue now on carsales

Honourable mentions:

Mercedes-Benz S 500 BlueEfficiency sedan

Scored 32.9 points from RedBook and 38 points from the judges for a total of 70.9
Red Book value: $74,000 to $80,900

"The S-Class skates close to an optimal line through corners and feels not much larger than a C-Class once you get into the twisty bits." – Ken Gratton

Porsche 911 Targa 4 coupe

Scored 29.6 points from RedBook and 42.5 points from the judges for a total of 72.1
Red Book value: $139,700 to $151,600

"You'd happily settle for the two-wheel drive version, but the 4 models offer such control of the 911's ability, no-one could get it wrong." – Melissa McCormick, journalist

What makes a car eligible for Carsales Best Used Cars Awards?
• Less than six years old,
• Standard side-curtain airbags,
• Standard Bluetooth,
• Standard reversing camera for SUVs,

How did RedBook weight the categories for scoring?
• 10 per cent for resale,
• 10 per cent for ANCAP rating,
• 20 per cent for cost of ownership,
• Five per cent for service intervals,
• Five per cent for number of days for vehicle to sell

Read all about Carsales Best Used Cars for 2018 here.