If what you desire in a car is a sumptuous interior with plenty of space to lounge, as well as a soft and cosseting ride, all the performance and technology that money can buy and the sort of refinement that makes it possible to cross a continent in one day without reaching for the headache tablets, then what you need is a luxury car.

The trouble with most of them is that they cost an awful lot of money, but, if you wait for them to age a little, like a fine wine maybe, the very best of them can come within your reach for the price of a new SUV.

Here we’ve found ten of the very best luxury cars, and you can buy a good used example of each for a mere £25,000. Take a look at the cars we’ve picked and see if one of them tempts you into a life of luxury...