Auto enthusiasts have ample reasons to cheer with luxury car brands adding new models every year. Hereand#039;s a recap of the luxurious cars launched this year.

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pAuto enthusiasts have ample reasons to cheer with luxury car brands adding new models every year. Here's a recap of the luxurious cars launched this year./p
pbr /Until a decade or two ago, a luxury car for most people in India meant trotting around in the backseat of an ambassador, which had a barely functioning air conditioner. The opening up of economic restrictions in the early nineties paved the way for car manufacturers to tap into the massive Indian car market that was starved of cars and of choice. While high running costs and bad infrastructure meant Indians were still seduced by small, easy-to-maintain cars (read Maruti Suzuki and its Asian rivals), there was always space for luxury brands to come in. Mercedes-Benz saw this opportunity very early and set up shop in India as early as 1994 and offered the E220 to Indians who were willing to pay a premium for it. The rapid growth of the Indian economy, post millennium, saw the world take notice of the growing spending power of the Indian car buyer and ushered in a new era of luxury automobiles. Porsche entered India in 2004, followed closely by BMW in 2006, and Audi in 2007. These luxury car manufacturers slowly built up their portfolio of vehicles and now sell almost their entire range of cars in India. While manufacturers earlier updated the models eve...