Motoring awards - vote for the best luxury car - Telegraph Definitions notwithstanding, it's almost as confusing determining whether the market's doing well or not. Last autumn, Daimler and Porsche cut their 2013 forecasts and, with last year's EU sales down more than eight per cent, luxury car-makers BMW and Mercedes fell 1.8 per cent each. Even Audi's seemingly unstoppable European growth was pegged at just 3.1 per cent. Around the world, luxury car-makers are starting to hit head winds. Last month, Rolls-Royce, which set a huge total production record in 2011, announced that its 2012 production had staggered up just one per cent last year to a total of 3,575. The BMW-owned firm said it faced a number of challenges including global business uncertainty and political unrest. There's no doubt that the European luxury market has slowed and that world markets are facing turbulent times, but the UK, while equally financially embattled, is seeming to defy the trends, for some at least. While Maserati and Aston Martin had a dismal 2012 in the UK with sales down 20.3 and 8.9 per cent respectively, Bentley was up 22.2 per cent, Porsche was up 25.3 per cent and BMW, Mercedes and Audi were up 9.3, 12.2 and 8.6 per cent respectively. We do like our prestige badges in brand-aware Britain, and another thing about Britons is just how deeply we delve into the options list. So not only are our cars expensive to start with, but they are also loaded with costly extras - it's one of the factors that makes Britain such an attractive destination for car thieves. Vague and nebulous the terms of the luxury and executive markets might be, but we can predict some of this year's new entries with some certainty and a good many of them will be British built. First on the list is the forthcoming two-door coupé version of the Rolls-Royce Ghost, which will debut at the Geneva motor show in March. It will be called the Wraith, a name Rolls-Royce first used in 1938 and, with more than 600bhp from its BMW-derived V12 engine, this will be one of the fastest accelerating R-R models ever made. It will cost about £200,000. Maserati unveiled a delectable new Quattroporte last month at the Detroit motor show, with all-new coachwork and the option of a Ferrari-built bi-turbo 523bhp V8 or a 407bhp V6. Don't be totally surprised if a diesel is offered, as well as a four-wheel-drive option. Prices will be north of £100,000. We're also expecting the new Ghibli saloon and, at the end of the year, the first look at the production Levante SUV. Aston Martin has a substantial revamp for the Rapide model on the stocks. It will be called the Rapide S and, along with some visual upgrades, it will benefit from a power boost to 550bhp and a top speed of 190mph. We're also expecting the new Mercedes-Benz S-class, the company's flagship technology carrier, by the end of the year and having seen and "virtually driven" some of the safety and lighting technology in this new car, the new S isn't going to disappoint. From Crewe will come Bentley's new Continental GT Speed cabriolet and the Flying Spur, the four-door saloon version of the Continental GT. This latter car will be especially important to the company looking for sales in China, where customers like to be driven, and in America where the movers and shakers use the Flying Spur as a company car. Coming down the price range there's a new Lexus IS, scheduled for this summer with a new hybrid petrol/electric model. Nissan's luxury brand Infiniti is set for a further assault on the UK market with the Q50, a replacement for the G37 saloon. As well as Nissan-sourced V6 petrol engines, we're also expecting a range of four-cylinder and V6 Mercedes turbodiesel units to be offered in this BMW 3-series sized car. There's a hatchback (Gran Turismo) version of the ubiquitous BMW 3-series on the way, as well as a 3-series coupé, which, confusingly, will carry the 4-series name. It'll have to do battle with the great looking A-class-based Mercedes CLA four-door coupé, which arrives in the summer. So, time for you to take part in the voting that will determine the winners of the Telegraph Motoring Awards. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders ranks luxury cars in a different sector to executive cars, which is understandable as these rare and expensive machines sell in much lower (albeit just as significant in their own way) numbers. That means you've got two votes here; the first in the Luxury class and the second in the Executive class. According to SMMT data, the 10 bestselling luxury cars in the UK 2012 were: Mercedes-Benz is a big-seller here, with the S-class and SL Built in Britain: Jaguar's XJ and the Rolls-Royce Ghost The BMW 7-series and Bentley Mulsanne Audi's A8 and the Mercedes-Benz CL Bentley's Continental GT and a luxury car from VW, the Phaeton Vote for the best luxury car by selecting one of the boxes below: