Are BMW and Mercedes luxurious car brands in Germany?

When I was over in Germany (granted, this was 25 years ago now), Mercedes-Benzes were the majority of taxicabs; and BMW"s were the predominant police cars. These are hardly high-class vehicles.
I don’t know how they regard Audis.
Porsches are regarded as rich men’s toys there, as they are any place.
Volkswagens ( the name means "people’s car") are the most affordable of the five you’ve named. Even they’re getting expensive these days.
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Yes they do count as luxery also many people think of people that drive mercedes snoobs but thats not meant siersly though..b
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I live in Berlin Germeny

I’d say it goes something like this:

Volkswagen – Audi – BMW/Mercedes – Porsche

VW also has expensive cars, but is not regarded as relying on that branch for most of its business. Audi has serviceable cars at a high medium price. There is not much difference between Mercedes and BMW in price nor in reputation. All of their models are regarded as high quality, though some of their models are also considered crazy expensive and unpractical. Rich peoples fun cars. Mercedes has the reputation to have very sturdy and durable motors, which is why they are used by many cap companies.
Porsche’s are – well, Porsche’s. Great to look at (unless it is the price tag you got in front of you), and only that. No normal person can afford a new one, though older used ones I hear come pretty cheap.

The German countries, who supply the cars for their police squads, always have deals with the local car manufacturers, so Bavarian police has a lot of BMW cars, Baden-Würtemberg police has a lot of Mercedes, and some Porsche’s (yeah! aren’t those guys lucky?) and also some VWs (because Porsche is the main stockholder of VW), Hessen has a lot of Opels, Niedersachsen has a lot of VWs…

Most inexpensive and reasonable, out of the choices you gave, would be a smaller VW, I guess.
But there are also a lot of foreign cars sold and driven in Germany. (think Japanese, French, Italian, USAmerican…)
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German native

That depends on the specific car model
A Mercedes A-Class is not a high-class luxury vehicle
Same with the BWM 1 or the Audi A3

But of course, the Mercedes S-Class, the BMW 7, the Audi A8 or the VW Phaeton are high luxury cars.

But when you take the average of cars, then Mercedes, BMW and Audi are pretty on the same level. VW is cheaper
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BMW and Mercedes are very good cars, but also expensive. Good quality, and looking great. Like most the German Cars.
Audi is the same, Porsche also. Volkswagen the prices starts 25.000 Euro and going up and up.
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I used to drive a Toyota and will maybe buy a (used) Volkswagen (or shortly VW, as we say) this summer. But many people I know drive BMWs and Mercedes. They’re considered good, high-quality cars, but not necessarily luxury. Except the Porsche (or still better, a Ferrari) which are status symbols only (and whose drivers usually have another car for ordinary weekday use), Germans have a rather rational approach towards buying a car. It should be a long-lasting, good-looking, high-quality one, and it should be fit to the tasks it has to fulfill. So many families have two or more cars: Daddy needs one to represent for his company (Mercedes), a family limousine for the weekend where all the kids & luggage fit in (Audi or something), and momma needs a small car for shopping during the week and bring the smaller kids to kindergarten (Seat, VW, a small Ford). Those who live in rural areas sometimes have SUVs or Landrovers to climb snowy or muddy hills in winter.

BMW and Mercedes are considered some kind of luxury in Germany, depending on the model. They have high-class expensive models as well as moderately priced ones which are bought by many people due to their reliability. If you were here, you’d soon learn to differentiate between a "standard BMW" and a "posh one".

Most Germans also stay true to the brands they first bought, so once a BMW, always a BMW, or once a Mercedes, always a Mercedes. — I think it’s a shame that Audi never was really recognized internationally as a good car. Most Audis are reliable workhorses. My brother-in-law owns a 14-year-old one which never had big repairs, although it was a family and transportation car.

Of the 5 brands you mentioned, here’s my ranking for "luxury" in the public opinion:
1. Porsche
2. Mercedes
3. BMW
4. Audi
5. Volkswagen

(btw, there is "Ford Germany" too. My first two cars were Fords, a Fiesta and an Escort. I still like Ford, but buying Japanese seemed, at one point in time, more reasonable to me.)
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Germans like them too, because they considers themselves the master race
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No we all drive around with them it is not considered luxury at all?
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