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We're on a mission to find the Car of the Decade and we want your help. Vote for the best cars of the last 10 years and you'll be in to win $2500 for fuel or EV charging.
We've selected finalists in nine categories: Ute, Game Changer, Family SUV, Hybrid/EV, Aussie Big Six, Sports/Performance, Urban, Luxury and... Dud of the Decade.
If you want to read more about the finalists in any of those categories, click on the relevant blue words above. If you want to go straight to the voting page and have your say, you can do that here.
But right now, let's take a look at the contenders for Luxury Car of the Decade.
Rolls-Royce Spectre (2023-)
A Rolls-Royce in the running for a luxury car award: who’d have thought? But the Spectre is significant way beyond just being very posh and crazy-expensive.
R-R’s first-ever pure-electric vehicle is a milestone. The fact it’s been executed so flawlessly is another. As it should be of course, given a million dollars is a pretty normal spend for one of these, post-personalisation. But it really does set new standards for luxury.
Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W213, 2016-24)
The Mercedes-Benz E-Class has always been a quiet achiever. The W213 (M-B people love their model codes, roll with it) was a revelation at launch in 2016, with a return to softer classic-Mercedes styling, superb quality and advanced active safety features, like automated lane-changing and the ability to self-steer to avoid an impact.
The next (current) W214 version picks up where this one left off. Keeping it old-school in a very high-tech way.
Land Rover Defender (L663, 2020-)
Yep, it’s a hard-core 4x4 vehicle. But one of the amazing things this new-generation Defender (the first fresh design in 70 years) has done is keep the rock-hopping, mud-plugging authenticity and wrapping it up in an SUV package that’s also superb to drive on-road and can be dressed-up to stand proudly alongside high-end luxury cars.
Even the more modestly powered versions have a certain something. But you can take the Defender as far upmarket as you choose, including V8 versions and the very specialised (but still so fancy inside) Octa.