Personally not a fan of the EQS exterior, the concepts and publicity images looked insane but the production version honestly looks like a used bar of soap
One day manufacturers will change from the awful flat grill design they are all doing, I'd prefer a fake normal looking grill than the plastic-y flat ones
@@balintbesi8603 I don’t think the new s class is below average on looks for an s class. It’s just that we had an amazing design right before this current generation so it’s easy to get disappointed w what followed it (esp before they gave the older generation a facelift that thing looked awesome)
@@balintbesi8603 Actually none of them(yes even the EQS) don't look ugly. Just that the EQS looks weirder and uglier infront of the S-class, and yeah the last gen S-class look too outdated even for it's time.(I'm being honest).
@@johndavidson3424 Maybe it looked outdated but it still looks much better than both of these cars. I am sorry but the EQS is ugly, it's too single shape, like a Tesla, I get why but it looked so much better with the traditional three box saloon shape. It's amazing how breaking up and giving the proportions it's own distinct shape, helps to complete a design.
I installed the seats on the current generation of the S Class and the EQS. Every ninth car was assembled by me with a clear conscience in Sindelfingen, Germany.
It’s a functional design as electric cars don’t need a long bonnet and can have a long cabin instead. But it’s very difficult to get used to the way it looks.
@@Lerppunen it's not the lack of grills. Mercedes and BMW are making electric luxury eyesores while Asian companies are nailing the look on their electric cars.
EQS THE FUTURE. Gas cars around 100 years of evolution. Just think what EV’s will be like in another 10 years. I own 2 Tesla’s. I charge at home with solar panels. I fly when I travel. Save $400/month on gas and home electricity with panels. . My Model X has 46,000 miles. Never been to service center. Only maintenance were new tires at 30,000 miles.
I did the sums for you on how much energy was used by the two cars.... EQS: 351 megajoules energy for 213 miles.... S450: 1,768 megajoules for 222 miles! That's how efficient an elec motor is (inefficient an ICE is) And as for CO2 emissions: EQS: 0 tailpipe but 22.5kg CO2 from electricity consumed (if charged in 2019,will get lower as UK decarbonises). S450: 124.8 kg CO2 for 222 miles (or already10%of a fair ANNUAL slice of remaining 1.5 deg world budget) Workings below: EQS 213 miles (from dash) = 342.8km @28.5 kwh/100km (from dash) = 97.7 kwh consumed for trip, @ 3.6 MJ/kwh = 351 MJ energy reqd to move several tonnes of car 213 miles in the way you've driven it. 1kwh of domestic electricity produced in 2019 on UK grid had an emissions intensity of 0.23kg, so 97.7 kwh @0.23 = 22.5kg Co2. S450: 222 miles @ 19.4 mpg (per dash) = 11.443 imperial gallons @4.546 L/ga = 52.01L burned (S450 has an 80 L tank so about right if a bit over quarter tank left). 34MJ per L of petrol, so total 1768 MJ energy reqd to shift ICE (cause most of energy wasted through heat out the exhaust). 2.4 kg CO2 per L of petrol, so 124.8 Kg CO2 for 222 miles (or 119 if prorating apples with apples for 213 miles of EQS)
It still has a V12 on higher trims with hybrid and EV options too for this luxury sedan, and actually it doesn't matter at all. So I wonder how are you so surprised? (I hope it's not just because of the sake that you wanted to mention "Pickachu".)
As should be clear to everyone, the future is simply electric. I think it's good that they are making the engines smaller and smaller. That simplifies the switch to electric cars enormously.
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Carwow, please please please add the conversion from miles to kilometers. We the rest of the world want to know without pausing the video and looking it up everytime... we know you can do it
I feel like that eqs is gonna look like the more outdated one in the future cause those bezels r way too thick. The s class looks like it’s at the top of its game in terms of tech (Well almost cause it still does have thicker bezels it just hides them better) while the eqs looks like gen 1 tech (which it is so ig it’s understandable)
@@FlowKom I’m not against all the screens but i understand what you mean, The W222 S class interior were so perfect that Mercedes is having a hard time trying to outperform their own design.
I wouldn’t trust your verdict ever again after this video. You said The S class has better seats , better Interior and exterior design , feels more luxurious , and better range. And yet you chose the EQS over the S class.
EQS by a mile for me Outside might not be attractive but it‘s interior is waaay better than the pale S-Class and as a driver you will see the car from the inside 99% of the time anyways And it has way cooler features and Tech that adds up to the experience And S-Class Exterior also svcks. It‘s neither prestigious nor elegant, just a long stretched E/C/A Class Sedan
@@user-ik2zr1cx1u I mean you pay over 150k for a car and it sucks from the outside. At this price point you shouldn't have to take any compromises. For the interior its the S-Class for me, I'm not a fan of a dash fully out of plastic, compared to wood trims and elegant leather with a screen thats more than enough for everything. I can't watch TV while driving so why do you need it. It's useless to have just the Navigation running on a giant screen, the screens are so big its just a waist of space on them.
S class look like a car the estate owner has and the EQS looks like a car his son has. The s class of the future needs a facelift more than aerodynamics, or no classy rich man is buying it . 🤷♂️
A classy rich person would go for a Bentley Flying Spur or Rolls Royce Ghost / Phantom EQS is for people who want latest EV Tech and luxury I mean Model X also looks ugly but its a cool car
It depends where you charge it. The cheapest home tariffs are round about 5p per kwh, Teso are installing 400 chargers in their UK stores, and these will be free for anyone who wants to use them. Ikea, LDL and Sainbury's also offer free charging in some of their branches.... Charged at home, something like this Merc EQS could be around £12 for a full charge. Not bad for 400 miles.
At 5p per kwh = between £5-£6. Add 10% for charging losses and you get less than £7. My Tesla Model 3 costs me about £5 for a full charge on the 5p cheap overnight rate.
It won't work. Cars not designed for being electric from the go have to make some compromises that are hurt the desing. You get a subpar product as compared to something designed to be an electric car from the ground up.
@@zbyszanna they can figure out battery placement. Center tunnel, under back seats and behind seats, take trunk space, under hood, fuel tank space, there are a bunch of locations. look how they designed the battery pack for the new E-Performance GT63, same concept. anyways, i just dont like the EQS design, the tech is great, the ev part is awesome but the design language and interior tech is behind. other than that EVs are great for comfort luxury cars.
@@BIGGELATO You can't simply but a battery and some electric motors in an ICE car, you need to design the car from the start. The E Performance has a tiny 6 kWh battery, even the cheapest EV sold today has a battery more than 9 times bigger
@@Ignacio.Romero depends on the platforms they're based in with manufacturing modifications. Like Audi/VW platforms such as MEB, PPE, etc. Before making the PPE and MEB, they were based on Gas vehicle chassis, then modified to make EVs. You don't need a tunnel for the driveshaft, transmission, exhaust, then gas tank, and many other components. It gives more than enough room for battery packs. For example, some RU-vidrs took Tesla motors and batteries and retrofitted them in Gas cars with a bunch of fabrication work. But for manufacturers would are able to make changes with chassis and other engineering aspects, it can be done. Gas S63 AMG along with S63E which could be all electric. Compromises!!
It would lose like 100 miles of range if it would do that. The whole point of the design is to be as aerodynamic as possible, even beating Tesla in their own game.
watchgirls18. com One day manufacturers will change from the awful flat grill design they are all doing, I'd prefer a fake normal looking grill than the plastic-y flat ones
Really like the S-class but i like the screen's on the EQS. But when i did the configuration, the V8 S-class had 100K€ of emission taxes. Literally would you like to pay 100K€ taxes for a 200K€ car. The EQS was 200K€ also but it had 5000€ tax.
Truly awful design. Will wait and see what BMW’s i7 flagship looks like. For now I would “walk right past the EQS” and hope it’s image disappears as quickly.
So an EQS with a 15kwh battery, a fuel cell and a high pressure hydrogen tank. Sounds awful. Or pure electric and electric costs of around 1.5 to 2p a mile.
S Class is so much nicer. Funny that you did a range test of a awd vehicle vs two wheel drive EV. A bit cheating Carwow in making the EV look better than it is. EQS is so ugly! Wouldn't want to be seen in it
Tesla has forced everyone to think of a screen including Mec haha 😂 These legacy brands are now playing catch up.. They used to think things wont change....
The S Class outclasses all other luxury cars, including this Mercedes electric toaster. I can care less about energy, if I pay big money, I care about luxury.
Great car this EQS. I believe it has the executive EV market to its own. The Taycan is not a car to be chauffeured around in and the Model S is in not comparable brand and luxury wise. So the EQS is probably on the top of the ordering lists with the fleet managers for their corporate executives who more and more need to present themselves and the companies they work for as modern, forward thinking and sustainable. So this is basically every large company nowadays. We will see a lot these on the road in the near future for sure.
Yes exactly. Till Bentley and rolls Royce comes out with their own EVs, this is the king. Lucid seems to be promising, but they haven't delivered anything yet and nor do they have the brand value of Merc.
This post didn’t age well. Tesla’s Model S has been on wait list until recently and is setting selling records, while EQS is rusting on dealer lots across the US. 🤷🏻
I cant get over how the eqs design got approved. Its fkin ugly even compared to cheap cars pet alone a luxury flagship. What surprised me is no one is talking about it
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Dear Mercedes if you reading this give us the interior of the EQS with the exterior of the ICE S-Class and you have a wining formula. Hope to see the Maybach version of the EQS though tha'll be insane!
Wait a couple years when MB announced they stop making the S-Class or just rebranding the EQS as the S-Class As they wont build a petrol version anymore at some point
@@44Bigs Nah S class will always be around, they will eventually make it electric. S580 is a more comfortable ride than S500 because less engine vibration from the v8 versus v6. E-active body control still gives S class the edge too over EQS. EQS has better infotainment sure but everywhere else the S class wins on the interior especially sound system.
Idk why but I think the EQS looks more sporty? So I think it kinda does look better. Overall practicality in the long run, the EQS has the upper hand since it’s an electric car
Even if the S-Class had LESS miles left than the EQS, it's still BY FAR the better car for long distances, because of the GINORMOUS advantage it has in refuelling time! Doh!
Thats becoming less significant as development of EVs and chargers continue. The new Kia EV6 can charge over 70% in 18 minutes, basically works out to be for every 3 hours of driving you only need to stop for 20 min, which you should be doing anyway. Plus by the time you've hit a station, plugged in, ran to the loo and grabbed a drink you'll pretty much be there.
@@Stewiedude1 but you have to stop AT A FAST CHARGER every three hours. With a conventional car, I can stop for 5 minutes to refuel, and then go anywhere I like - I don't HAVE to be at a charging station. Of course I agree that things are improving though.
@@gregsullivan7408 absolutely its still not perfect yet but you'll only be charging like this on road trips when you'll be on a major road anyway. Rest of the time you'll charge at home and then its infinitely more convenient and cheaper than going to a fuel station.
@@gregsullivan7408 fair enough in your situation, hopefully other convenient methods will emerge that you can make use of. However 88% of the UK population does have a driveway and suitable access to electricity so the point is valid for almost 9 in 10 people.
Giving I really like electric cars (just as I do petrol cars), the only thing stopping me from loving EQS is it’s design. It looks like used soap. Kind of deformed
If I wouldn't have to care about long term maintenance, charging, short range etc. I'd probably take the electric version but for driving on my own I'd take a V12 NA petrol S-Class with subtle exhaust mods over any electric.
Nonsense. You obviously haven't read about the two guys who, in 2016, drove a Nissan Leaf from John O Groats to Lands End - and back again - in 48 hours. A distance of 1673 miles. Not long after, the same two guys drove a BMW i3 from Edinburgh to Monte Carlo in 30 hours. Obviously, EV misconceptions still abound..... Would the capability to cover 800 miles in a 24 hour period - including charging time - not be enough for you? And if you think I'm pulling your plonker, do a google search for Plug In Adventures. It's all on there. Oh, I forgot to mention they also entered the Mongolian Rally with a fully rally prepared Nissan Leaf.
I like both of these models, but I would go for the EQS :). It is more luxurious, looks better (maybe not with those wheels), and should be quite a bit faster :). Great content as usual :). Will you be making a video on the new Dacia Jogger? 😀 (James May would approve 🙂)
As a chauffeur, after seeing how much less room Matt had around him in the rear of the EQS, I consider the S-Class to be more "luxurious". Space is the no 1 thing for luxury, on my list.
You didn't mention the efficiency!!! The EQS did 28.5kwH/100km, the s-class did 19.5mpg. EQS in mpg (for those used to that measurement) is 78.5 mpg! That is 4x the efficiency!and it weighs 400kg more! Just imagine how it will be in 10 years, roughly when most new MB cars coming out will be electric. Might get to 90+mpge with newer power electronics, motors. And hopefully a bit lighter with better battery tech.
Personally, I think Mercedes will go 100% electric before the next 10 years. Solid state battery technology will considerably reduce both the size and weight of future battery packs, while offering increased range. Should be with us in 4 years or sooner. A reduction in charging times will be a further benefit too.
The S-Class wins on looks alone, inside and out. I’m not into all the screens in either of them tho, and I wish MB kept the scroll wheel along with the touch screen.
But only for the next few years, then ICE production ceases..... I don't think Merc have actually stipulated a cut-off point as yet, but Audi and VW have. Audi are ceasing ICE production for the European market in 2026, VW are looking at 2028/2030, but of course this could be revised, depending on EV sales. If the rise in EV sales escalates further, then VW will want to produce more of them, presumably at the cost of ICE production.
