Finding the world's best luxury car - what's quietest and most comfortable?

[@sodazman]

I've driven many Bentleys, Merc S Classes and Rolls-Royces in my years as a mechanic. Honestly the most quiet car in the world was the Lexus LS400. It was literally "next-level" in quietness. You couldn't hear the engine or the even stepper motor when you adjusted the steering wheel. It was like being in your own bubble. It wasn't just having lots of sound proofing, it was engineered to be quiet from the ground up.

[@TermlessHGW]

Serious...? I've heard early 2000's Lexus is a great car but quieter, more refined than the big boys?

[@0HOON0]

LS430 perhaps even more so.

[@Mathew1985mathew]

Also hyuindai genesis is quieter than mb, bmw, audi

[@sodazman]

@@TermlessHGW Yes it's absolutely incredible what they managed to achieve back then.

[@jimj2683]

I call BS.

[@bernardsegouin6773]

Such Cuties 😍, I'll have to be financially stable in every sense before purchasing my first supercar. The best thing to do with your money is to invest rightly because money left saving will end up with no returns.

[@yvesderrick4348]

The best advice that i learned from Manny Koshbin is don't buy a Super or Hyper car until you have 10 times the price of it in your Bank account, when you purchase a Super car you add a car to your garage but u add also maintenance and unexpected damages that can happen in future

[@valeriejeanmathis874]

I understand Manny advice but that's overkill. If most people did that - they would never own one. The 10-15% rule is enough - especially if you make even more with multiple streams of income. My investment properties pay for my exotics cars. It's many different things you can do to afford easily and responsibly. You don't need a million cash to afford a cheap 100k car, My first exotic was 100k put down 20k- financed 80k. Then traded up to more expensive cars. Now I have an Aventador, so it's not hard at all, Especially if you are making 20-25k plus a month with little to no debt with multiple streams and assets that produce income.

[@chirstianpeyre5530]

If you have that much money sitting in your bank account, that means that you are not investing your money properly. Money sitting in the bank doesn't really do anything for you because interest rates are so slow. It's better to have $1 million in a place where it can make you 5% on returns rather than having that $1 million sitting in your bank account making you 0.5% returns.

[@gabrielbruhnr]

If you got 10x the price sitting in your bank account... you already making bad financial decision imao.

[@gabrielbruhnr]

You need to get a financial planner or expert on investments to aid diversify your portfolio to commodities index funds, digital assets etc, to provide illumination and guidance in the financial markets.

[@Piketom1]

Absolutely agreed about the visibility you get out of older cars. It’s so much better than newer ones.

[@sevensixtysteve8662]

Amazing db readings from Rolls - it's hard to see how the Spectre could improve on that. Also, the Silver Cloud is a thing of genuine beauty. I am not sure I could say the same about any of the others with the possible exception of the Range Rover which I think conceptually gets closest to restrained elegance that I think defines a true luxury car.

[@dimitrisbastas739]

I don't know which is the best here, but the most beautiful is the silver cloud 3, by far...

[@Vaticancameos2]

Love this video, but can you guys PLEASE work on the sound mixing? Constantly have to change the volume when it cuts from music to pieces to camera.

[@hassanalihashmi5134]

Why has the Mercedes Maybach or S class not part of this test

[@johnjoel8204]

in my opinion it was wrong to bring that specific range rover to that test. the right range rover would be the sv autobiography long wheel base. that is the correct trim to compare against these cars. otherwise your bringing a lower spec car to a very high spec luxury comparison test.

[@symmetry08]

Best vehicle or platform for Luxury car is van actually, for city driving and for overall packaging. But most people are traditionalist when it comes to shape.

[@MikeWooshy]

The huge thud at 26:04, says the BMW isn't as cosseted as the competetion,

[@kevinburke8152]

My fav too. But it is the best alrounder. One the latest until the Septre came along. The BB has bigger brakes stiffer (larger dia.) Anti roll bars & Driver Assist Pack 3. Have you see the Onyx Conversion?

[@davidmulligan42]

How many times can you say "sort of" in 29 minutes? Good reviews, though. Where I live, I like a quiet, luxury car that leaves me feeling a lot less stressed after a commute. Given my choice, I'd take the Phantom.

[@nucky4094]

how tall is matt? are the suspensions supposed to be so good that he can’t hit his head on a bad bump?

[@StephenJohnson-jb7xe]

I think being in the back seat of the Range Rover would drive me nuts, the top of the window was lower than eye level.

[@markmawer]

The Roller was so quiet it made the exterior look like greenscreen!

[@markbennett9787]

I’m going to finish watching this video, it’s stultifying stuff, the guy in the back seems to be unable to let go of the grab handle and they’re doing all of 50mph. I started reading « Autocar »magazine 70 years ago and still have cuttings from those days stuck in a well thumbed scrapbook. I used to love reading the constructive road tests and would sometimes even read the same reports in « Motor » for comparison but this production is dreadful and I also agree with the people who are questioning why you haven’t included a Mercedes. Plato, Butler-Henderson, Needell, Rory Reid , Chris Harris, Clarkson et al and even dear old ( like me) Quentin Willson where are you ?

[@paradad999]

Using the I7 spoiled the test for me. It would have been better to use one with a V12.

[@willardr100]

Very entertaining, thanks! For the magazine, I don’t know why the photographers or editors edit the photos to be so overtly stylised, the filters really ruin the realism and quality of the shots. They should have greater confidence in the original quality of their images. Leave the filters to instagram wannabes

[@gonncalomariamonteiro4176]

Wonder how a Citroen C6 would stack up with this bunch...

[@santana9537]

Range Rover Autobiography and M760 ideal 2 car luxury garage for every purpose

[@gaycha6589]

S Class?

[@jonothanhayman2932]

Weird how Matt hardly ever let go of the grab handle in the back of the RR.

[@jaromor8808]

The number "322.7mpg" is completely useless. Why even showing that crap?

[@AlvaroMRocha]

Where's the clas-S reference?!!!

[@aurorajones8481]

14:30 What fools. They put a digital cluster for the gauges to replicate real gauges. Im sorry have you seen rich ppl collect watches? The real watches with real mechanical hardware. Thats missing here. Instead of a beautifully stunning guauge pack built by one of the worlds finest watch makers they give us a game boy screen. What garbage. As a luxury owner i don't want a screen. Screens to me are cheap, plastic and frankly will depixilate delaminate and fail. Rubbish.

[@jeffjeffthomas]

Why wouldn’t you put a Mercedes S-Class in there or even an Audi A8. The A8 may not have the kudos of the other brands but it’s a more comfortable car in the back than the BMW and some of the others in your limited test.

[@lets.summarize]

Why didn't you take the SV 4 Seater version of the Range Rover??? It is the most luxurious vehicle JLR offers! The one which you have chosen isn't even an LWB version of a Range Rover!!!

[@rajkohli81]

Range Rover should have been the LWB, at the very least

[@mazboengineer]

21:01 green banner text 😂😂😂

[@vincentjoly9312]

The dude in the back obviously never gets driven around as his idea of comfort is to eb able to see what’s coming. I am driven around a fair bit, normally in Mercedes, and I never look in the front. Whether I work, or I sleep… else, I just fucking drive. That’s the whole point!

[@wajahat78]

Why is the Mercedes S class missing from this comparison?

[@BugattiONE666]

Rolls, Bentley and EVEN BLOODY FERRARI all felt the need to make a Range-Rover... Says it all... Apart form the S-Class, obviously Annnnnnnnnd here come the americans arguing that a Caddilac made of plastic can compete...

[@gonncalomariamonteiro4176]

...hummm I wonder what the "S" on the Mercedes GLS stands for. Better still, why was it even built, if not to "make a Range Rover".

[@BugattiONE666]

@@gonncalomariamonteiro4176 no no agree was just focusing on the ones presented, and the obvious one missing

[@martinaston1715]

Don’t think a class is missing but maybe Maybach if it is still built?

[@yogimoninc]

I'd be very interested in how the electric Rolls compares to this group.

[@JBOsurf]

ls500? And how can you do this test without an S Class?

[@vicwu1660]

The passenger too tall ls500 won’t fit😂

[@stefanbakker164]

What about the RR Spectre ⚡️😉👍

[@mziwendukuntsele671]

Where's the Audi A8 Horch, Genesis G90, Mercedes-Maybach & Lexus LS?

[@byzaha1238]

Exactly

[@jedrzejgorski5437]

Hooch is in China. Maybach is the default winner of this comparison even without being present. And lexus what...? Who buys LS anymore?

[@stuartkennedy4570]

Where is the merc?

[@moisenkusu5894]

The RR SV Autobiography could be the best

[@motlatsikhomari7254]

Couldn’t finish the video...Sound quality too poor....

[@daroob]

It’s on your end.

[@ahd8780]

Mate while reviewing luxury cars, first this to note is to sit behind the passenger seat so you can recline fully and enjoy the most legroom. Also where's the S Class Maybach or the Maybach GLS in all of this ?? Also the most luxurious version of the Range Rover is the SV with only 2 seats at the back and the fold out tables etc.

[@svenskenh644]

The both journalists dont fit in one picture

[@pomik111]

RR and bentley are next level to that plastic bmw 7

[@juhaheljakka6642]

You should try Range Rover on rough surface: much more noise, especially low frequency noise.

[@billybob1511]

Agreed. Defender is the same. New RRS at very low speeds will actually vibrate parts of the interior. Too firm suspension and silly wheels.

[@andrewbagaayi584]

I don't know about this video. Seems like a pr thing for 'British' brands

[@markantonio1673]

The 400 grand Rolls is better than the 150 grand competitors. A shocking verdict!

[@TG-pd3ft]

9:20 you have the FFRR at 322.7 mpg. Guys, you have zero integrity to let that filth go unchallenged

[@bulumkotozo6282]

7 series is featured without A8, S-Class or Maybach? Maybe say best British luxury car

[@ijoseluis]

Sorry for my opinion out of the box, but for me all the options are exceedingly tedious, especially in the case of the Phantom. The pleasure of being driven, which is null in a taxi, reminds me of a silent coffin. No, thank you. I admit, however, that it might be splendid for people tired of doing rigorously nothing. Like all those who got the money without work, the only way to get lots of it. Please drive your own sterling pounds, gentlemen...

[@davidhuysmans67]

Testing comfortable cars and not including a Mercedes S-class ? 🤣

[@gouthamr7682]

No maybach and it can't be comparison.... Very disappointing from autocar

[@MrAlpinab7]

why is there an appliance on a car show?

[@seansiew5629]

Are you mad that the S class wasn’t there? Yeah because the S class is garbage AF

[@xxxavvv]

Somewhat devoid of charisma these two

[@dickturpin3115]

Still sooner have the old Rolls Royce rather than the modern tat.

[@arabbrian]

A Mercedes S class is surely missing here

[@marquex3272]

Yes, where is the Mercedes Maybach ?

[@davekennedy6315]

​@@marquex3272that is far too FUGLY! Maybachs are truly HIDEOUS, maybe they're trying the save our collective eyes from such ugliness?

[@farhaanwilliams2012]

A Maybach would be interesting

[@kenneth61]

Or EQS.

[@Jacob-wv3nj]

No

[@flacjacket]

Correction: the rear tablet in the Bentley is not fixed, it pops out.

[@jmartini2387]

The selection of vehicles was... interesting. As Bentley now pitches the Bentayga EWB as their Mulsanne replacement, you'd think that would be chosen. The Range Rover is the wrong configuration (powertrain and wheelbase). No Maybach option, either.

[@justaguyfromeurope]

Yeah, a bit of an under-cooked video idea...

[@niki7040]

What a joke to channel. They will try out the world's most luxurious cars and will not bring an S-class. Impressive.

[@stamy74]

Nothing can come close to Rolls Royce Phantom when luxury and isolation from the outside world are concerned.

[@hansmaulwurf3831]

Maybach

[@user0055]

Wow we live in a time where the Bentley is the best looking car

[@eroche913]

The Range Rover is the best looking. But not the best car, by miles.

[@user0055]

It's a good looking car as well, second place for me personally. @@eroche913

[@briankim6148]

@@eroche913 well styling is subjective and I think bentley looks the best but the range rover does look super nice

[@jaspaltoor2061]

​@@eroche913 All Range Rover look like cars 4 year old draw. Basically big boxes, hardly the best looking.

[@shogunero3.6]

@@jaspaltoor2061 they are the most elegant and classy looking suvs.

[@Nemoticon]

The RR Sliver Cloud would be my pick. Obviously it is very old and very slow, but it has the most character and is arguable the most interesting of the bunch.

[@Uns46]

Same but no safety features tho

[@Nemoticon]

@@Uns46 Then don't crash, lol. I drove an Austin Mini all over he country for 7yrs and my 'safety features' was simply being observant and aware of my surroundings. The no.1 resaon why people have accients now is because they're all on their phones, lol. I don't need or want to be wrapped in cotton wool to be and or feel safe.

[@deadmarch101]

@@Nemoticonyou sound like a 120 year old idiot.

[@epbrown01]

@@Uns46Truth. I had a 60s Rolls-Royce and at 60mph with no seat belts the wood, metal, and Bakelite go from luxurious to nerve-wracking. Old guy in a white van t-boned me in it running a red light, all the while saying it wasn’t his fault because the city had changed the timing of the lights and he used to make 3 lights in a row.

[@mytinplaterailway]

Does it need them?@@Uns46

[@dominicrusho]

The fact that they didn’t include the 2002 1.2 Fiat Stilo in this video is very disappointing

[@OpticalFetish]

A very nice car.

[@AMGrulz]

Can I just say...the person who decided that white text on yellow background was the way to go for the information blurbs needs to be sacked quicker than James May...

[@geoffk777]

SO, two BMWs, an Indian Tata and a Volkswagon. Oh, and one Classic, real Rolls-Royce. Which, by far, was the most beautiful, characterful, elegant and posh car here. So the Silver Cloud is the only one in the group that's worth owning. The Chinese and Arabs love the ghastly German models (special points to the I7 for being the ugliest car on the road--inside and out--a 7-Series tradition since the 2001 E65 model). But anyone who loves luxury cars--especially British Luxury cars--will have the Silver Cloud here or nothing.

[@seansiew5629]

So a unreliable S class is better? 😂 keep dreaming about that w220 remake aka w223

[@MassimoTava]

Was sunroof shade closed when doing measurements?

[@motorvatorv888]

Apparently not, you could hear the acoustics were a little different with the huge glass surface of the bmws roof being uncovered for example.

[@georgekoshyvaidyan7731]

Maybach is way more comfortable than 7 series

[@dane458]

You'd know?

[@seansiew5629]

Not when compared to Bentley and Rolls Royce

[@witton6475]

Somehow Matt Saunders makes the rear occupancy look less spacious.

[@JohnAdams-kc8wx]

At least he’s loading up the suspension more, which in theory should iron out more ripples….

[@pranjaligandhare4963]

Very interesting comparison... Amazing content!

[@mikealanzo]

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[@papagen00]

Most Comfy Ride = Lexus LS 600h

[@lukholosityebi4181]

For old luxury the Mercedes 600 is missing and it would show that rolls a thing or two. For new luxury the S maybach is missing as well.

[@jasminderbharij5861]

Rest assured the Brits don't want to embarass themselves. 😅

[@Madhusudhan2029]

I don't know how you guys can do this review without a Maybach. I would assume you couldn't get the car for this test. If not, it's a big miss

[@Tides-of-Time-and-Space]

Was thinking the same.

[@erionhodaErionhoda]

not only the maybach but also the mulsanne

[@pmwaffle9348]

​@@erionhodaErionhodathose have been out of production for years

[@erionhodaErionhoda]

@@pmwaffle9348 true but they drive way better and smoother than the flying spur.

[@longtailgt]

@@erionhodaErionhoda Just saying, the new Flying Spur is a replacement for the Mulsanne.

[@eugp4198]

Toyota Century:"hold my beer"..

[@ThetPaingSoeWin]

Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 3 is such a rare piece to withness but replacing it with Mercedes Benz S class full grade or Maybach S560, 680 would make this vid a thousand times better

[@aurorajones8481]

The 7 is just ugly AF. I cannot get over how ugly it is. The inside looks decent.

[@aurorajones8481]

Its not even handsom. Its brutalist, harsh and unapproachable in its exterior design. Very off putting.

[@Alexprim313]

Where is the Century SUV or at least Lexus Ls?

[@jedrzejgorski5437]

In Japan.

[@reinier_m]

I miss a Maybach.

[@jedrzejgorski5437]

it's a dedault choice and a huge seller. Surely beats them all. Boring.

[@1maico1]

@@jedrzejgorski5437 The old Maybach 1997-2013 was a dismal seller. In 2010 157 Maybachs were sold worldwide vs 2,711 Rolls-Royces

[@jedrzejgorski5437]

@@1maico1 The w240 is gradually becoming as legendary and collectible as w100 with 3221 w240s produced 2002-2013 compared with 2677 w100s produced 1963-1981. Phantoms are a trash compared with with w240 regardless of their better sales because that's not the point of w240 as far is autonomotive history is concerned. Yet, be informed that that your 2010 RR figure includes Ghost so perhaps on the merc side, you should as S class to compare apples to apples.

[@arpankar6609]

It's so sorrowful that Bentley stopped mulsanne! It's their best car! Hope they remake it....😞

[@ship1826]

toyota century is the best luxury car in the world

[@colinwalker436]

How do you quantify that?

[@Chris.Davies]

Real World Answer? Any and every Lexus LS400 ever made.

[@ralphgill9982]

In terms of ride comfort, the Silver Shadow would make an interesting comparison. Crewe licensed Citroën's hydropnuematic suspension to give it the best ride possible.

[@gregorygant4242]

Yes, it was so good RR used and perfected it so well for today's times.

[@malekbayoun1025]

You're missing Mercedes

[@wingcommanderdaltonwalton67]

Too much nasty plastic these days

[@jamiep61]

Why wasn’t Mercedes featured

[@CarsofGlasgow]

BMW is the voted best German car@@jamiep61

[@quentinfreeman7516]

​@@CarsofGlasgowBut there are 4 British cars there so that logic makes no sense.

[@aurorajones8481]

22:01 My 23 WRX is 75 decibels at 65, my LC500 is 62 at the same speed on the same road. Just saying.

[@aurorajones8481]

Measured from my iWatch in the driver seat.

[@tobiaslangstrom3689]

How on earth can you make a best luxury car contest without the Mercedes S-class or a Maybach?????

[@gazzebow]

Was that passenger seat in the Phantom bolted in properly? Wobbling all over the place!

[@ayushmankar4100]

Where are Mercedes Maybach S-class , Audi A8L , Lexus LS500h & Mercedes Maybach GLS600 ?

[@CarsofGlasgow]

Lexus LS as thats not German, the i7 is the voted German luxury car winner

[@ayushmankar4100]

@@CarsofGlasgow Bro ! Here the video is talking about world's best luxury car . It is not specific to Germany only .

[@CarsofGlasgow]

from their previous content the i7 won. I would agree the maybach merc s class could be in there but I guess they wanted an EV luxo saloon in the test and the Phantom was going to win regardless@@ayushmankar4100

[@eroche913]

Seems mad that Bentley haven't replaced the Mulsanne with a proper full size limo

[@jedrzejgorski5437]

Bentayga ewb. Just like Toyota century SUV.

[@shihabuddinahmed2588]

A Maybach a more popular and iconic Luxury car then BMW or Range Rover It should have been Compared

[@davidhayes4814]

I really liked the inclusion of the 60 year old Cloud. I remember reading that the Silver Shadow was quite an improvement in handling and internal space (but not in sheer style).

[@zakelwe]

I wonder how many electronics will be working on all the cars in 50 years time ? Forgetting the i7, its battery will be dead. The old phantom will still more than likely going ....

[@wolvolad25]

On my 7th ad and I’m only at the rolls review absolutely ridiculous. Is there any content

[@gordtulk]

Where would the Toyota Alphard rank in this group? (Is a minivan a car?)

[@jedrzejgorski5437]

Ecaxt where most expensive V class trim would fit in. Or some V class business conversion.

[@BMH1965]

You missed an opportunity to sit in the most comfortable car - the RR Silver Ghost (the one with the Citroen suspension).

[@epbrown01]

That was the Silver Shadow.

[@qwerty69600]

Phenomenal pronunciation of the word "Hermès" haha. JESUS.

[@siraff4461]

I Completely agree. Its not often I get to go in them these days but every time I get into a Phantom its special. Its so different from everything else. Its not just the measurable things like sound levels but the whole feel and ambiance of the thing - its all about luxury and hang the rest. Just as a true luxury car should be. The rest are still trying to play the sports game and be somewhat agile/etc - pointless in a barge anyway. If you want that get a GT car.

[@steved2008]

Why have you picked the biggest bloke you could find to try out the rear seats ?

[@justthevoicebackup280]

This is the first time I've heard anyone say the Rolls Royce Phantom lacks dampening... I wonder if the Ghost with it's double dampeners would be better?

[@mohammadkamran5862]

I don’t understand why no one wants to do something like this with regular people luxury cars. Such as Lexus, Acura, Infiniti, BMW SUV, or Mercedes GLC GLE etc. I’ve been trying to figure that out as to which vehicle I can buy for quietness.

[@stringer-ik1pc]

Stick with a camel Muhammed

[@spudmurphy764]

Great review, but, as a few others have commented, the sound quality was pretty poor - you need to get some decent microphones, chaps.

[@jedrzejgorski5437]

Put on headsets. It's all perfectly articulate even with one ear plugged in.

[@LewieMac]

So… where’s Maybach?

[@flyinghedgehog3833]

Nodding off....most boring journalist in the world!

[@mateuszklause9714]

Interesting comparison, but shouldn't you, check the noise in i7 with covered glass roof?

[@sutats]

Range Rover P440e Autobiography Economy: 322.7mpg. WOW!