# The 18 Best Luxury SUVs of All Time

> The off-roader that started it, the boxy icon that never changed, and the supercar badges that joined late. Size, status and the school run in one category.

*By YPB Team · Published October 2, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-18-best-luxury-suvs-of-all-time*

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1. **Lexus RX** — score 1000/1000
   The 1998 crossover that made the car-based luxury SUV a mainstream idea.
2. **Lexus LX** — score 943/1000
   The Land Cruiser's luxury twin, a favourite from Dubai to Moscow.
3. **Toyota Land Cruiser** — score 877/1000
   The indestructible off-roader that grew into a luxury SUV across seven decades.
4. **Porsche Cayenne** — score 840/1000
   The 2002 SUV purists hated and that went on to fund Porsche's sports cars.
5. **Range Rover** — score 771/1000
   Land Rover's 1970 original that invented the luxury off-roader.
6. **Lamborghini Urus** — score 692/1000
   Lamborghini's 2018 super-SUV, now the brand's best-selling model.
7. **Mercedes-Benz G-Class** — score 600/1000
   The boxy Geländewagen, built since 1979 and still almost unchanged in shape.
8. **Rivian R1S** — score 600/1000
   Rivian's electric three-row adventure SUV, launched in 2022.
9. **Lincoln Navigator** — score 600/1000
   Ford's 1997 full-size luxury SUV that beat the Escalade to market.
10. **Tesla Model X** — score 491/1000
   Tesla's electric SUV with falcon-wing rear doors.
11. **Rolls-Royce Cullinan** — score 491/1000
   Rolls-Royce's first SUV, launched in 2018 and named after the largest diamond ever found.
12. **Jeep Grand Wagoneer** — score 491/1000
   Jeep's wood-panelled 1984 luxury wagon, revived in 2021.
13. **Cadillac Escalade** — score 360/1000
   Cadillac's full-size SUV, launched in 1999 and a hip-hop status symbol ever since.
14. **Genesis GV80** — score 360/1000
   Hyundai's luxury brand's first SUV, launched in 2020.
15. **BMW X5** — score 360/1000
   BMW's 1999 'Sports Activity Vehicle', built in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
16. **Bentley Bentayga** — score 0/1000
   Bentley's 2015 SUV, briefly the fastest production SUV in the world.
17. **Volvo XC90** — score 0/1000
   Sweden's seven-seat family SUV, a safety benchmark since 2002.
18. **Audi Q7** — score 0/1000
   Audi's three-row luxury SUV, launched in 2005.

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