Every Major Luxury Car Brand Ranked Worst To Best

As one of the world’s most celebrated luxury car brands, Bayerische Motoren Wersche GmbH, or BMW as it’s better known, rose phoenix-like from a financially-stricken mid-20th century Europe to become a watchword in quality and elegance. Its fleet of luxury sedans and SUVs is shipped worldwide, making it the largest automotive exporter for many successive years, and it has its largest production plant in South Carolina, USA. With that said, its largest importer is China, with 33 percent of sales in 2022, compared to 15 percent for the United States.

While BMW’s 5 Series and 7 Series have been popular fixtures of the luxury car market for decades, it has recently made a significant impact with its X3 and X5 luxury SUVs. As a manufacturer, it leaves no stone unturned, as it also produces performance coupes, motorcycles, and hatchbacks, to name a few. Maybe it’s just teething problems, but no automotive company has a squeaky clean record, and BMW has faced some complaints regarding the latest X5 and its hybrid variant, including drivetrain and transmission issues. There have been recalls in recent years relating to the “X” series involving child restraint seat anchors and an airbag inflator, but these have since been rectified.

In all, BMW is one of the world’s greatest automotive companies, revered worldwide. Despite a few shortcomings along its over 100-year history, it continues to be a stalwart of progressive and innovative design, as evidenced by its growing range of hybrids and EVs, including the new iX. Yet the Marque has been trailing in some recent reliability and quality polls; hence it ranks relatively low on this list.