The cheapest luxury SUVs you can buy from brands like BMW, Tesla, and Mercedes

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• Snatching up a luxury SUV from a brand like Mercedes, Lincoln, Tesla, or even Porsche may not be as out of reach as you think.
• Several upmarket brands — including BMW, Audi, Volvo, and Lexus — sell reasonably affordable SUVs that retail for less than the average new car in the US.
• The cheapest crossover from Tesla is the $53,000 Model Y, while the most affordable SUV from Porsche is the roughly $51,000 Macan.

Shoppers looking for a luxury-SUV bargain will most likely score the best deals on the secondhand market, since the average vehicle only retains 37% of its retail value after the first five years. But if you absolutely need to experience that new-car smell, there are plenty of upscale SUVs that won't break the bank — even brand new.

In fact, the most affordable SUVs from BMW, Mercedes, Cadillac, Volvo, Audi, and Lexus all can be had for less than the price of the average new car in the US, which Kelley Blue Book found to be nearly $39,000 in 2019.

Here are the 17 most affordable luxury SUVs from their respective brands, listed in order of MSRP.