Mercedes EQS SUV

[Raj28]

Couldn't see a thread for this.

Like the way it looks and am tempted, but heard it starts at £100k basic before options!?

[kambites]

Well the saloon starts at over £100k and I'd expect the SUV to be more expensive than the saloon.

[ucb]

There was a carwow YT summary of it yesterday.
Looks like a big electric car, nothing groundbreaking

[PBCD]

ucb said:

There was a carwow YT summary of it yesterday.

[Evercross]

ucb said:

Looks like a big Korean electric car, nothing groundbreaking.

FTFY.

The above isn't a criticism BTW, just an acceptance by the 'premium German marques' that the Koreans are making more appealing and better looking cars than them these days.....

[DaveGrohl]

I’m actually getting worried about myself. If there’s one make of car I was never ever gonna like/own it was Merc. I found myself watching a vid of the EQS SUV yesterday and thinking that would be rather nice for my wife and I’d like to drive it. WTF’s happened to me?!?

[ZesPak]

DaveGrohl said:

I’m actually getting worried about myself. If there’s one make of car I was never ever gonna like/own it was Merc. I found myself watching a vid of the EQS SUV yesterday and thinking that would be rather nice for my wife and I’d like to drive it. WTF’s happened to me?!?

What's wrong with Mercedes?

Raj28 said:

... but heard it starts at £100k basic before options!?

Were you expecting it to be cheaper than the GLS?

[TheDeuce]

ZesPak said:

DaveGrohl said:

I’m actually getting worried about myself. If there’s one make of car I was never ever gonna like/own it was Merc. I found myself watching a vid of the EQS SUV yesterday and thinking that would be rather nice for my wife and I’d like to drive it. WTF’s happened to me?!?

What's wrong with Mercedes?

Raj28 said:

... but heard it starts at £100k basic before options!?

Were you expecting it to be cheaper than the GLS?

It's an S-class SUV EV. £100k +++ is about on the money I reckon. In fact to get the same combined level of smoothness/power/quiet you previously had to go above S-class and head for Maybach. This is, in a way, quite good value I think.

And that's before comparing traditional S-class running costs to the EV variants we have now.

S-class + electric powertrain, perfect match. The only place it's even more perfect is Rolls Royce.

[SWoll]

Raj28 said:

Couldn't see a thread for this.

Like the way it looks and am tempted, but heard it starts at £100k basic before options!?

The EQA starts at £48k and the EQC £70k if you're looking for a cheaper alternative.

[DaveGrohl]

ZesPak said:

DaveGrohl said:

I’m actually getting worried about myself. If there’s one make of car I was never ever gonna like/own it was Merc. I found myself watching a vid of the EQS SUV yesterday and thinking that would be rather nice for my wife and I’d like to drive it. WTF’s happened to me?!?

What's wrong with Mercedes?

Raj28 said:

... but heard it starts at £100k basic before options!?

Were you expecting it to be cheaper than the GLS?

Dunno. Did I say there was anything wrong with them? Just never saw myself ever wanting one. Same with BMW.

Then again, I never liked Porsches. And I have a Boxster GTS.

[Murph7355]

I'm not a massive fan of modern Mercedes chintz, but this looks to have turned it down slightly...and is a 7-seat electric car.

We're big Volvo fans in our household for family duties...but this could well be a marker laid down, and a definite possibility.

I'm fully expecting the all electric XC90 to be over 100k. So will be interesting to see what they deliver. 350-400 miles range needs to be the minimum.

[SWoll]

Murph7355 said:

I'm not a massive fan of modern Mercedes chintz, but this looks to have turned it down slightly...and is a 7-seat electric car.

We're big Volvo fans in our household for family duties...but this could well be a marker laid down, and a definite possibility.

I'm fully expecting the all electric XC90 to be over 100k. So will be interesting to see what they deliver. 350-400 miles range needs to be the minimum.

For Volvo's sake I would hope not, the similarly sized BMW iX starts at £70k. Volvo's problem is they've overpriced the XC40 EV IMHO at £50-60k.

[EC2]

SWoll said:

Murph7355 said:

I'm not a massive fan of modern Mercedes chintz, but this looks to have turned it down slightly...and is a 7-seat electric car.

We're big Volvo fans in our household for family duties...but this could well be a marker laid down, and a definite possibility.

I'm fully expecting the all electric XC90 to be over 100k. So will be interesting to see what they deliver. 350-400 miles range needs to be the minimum.

For Volvo's sake I would hope not, the similarly sized BMW iX starts at £70k. Volvo's problem is they've overpriced the XC40 EV IMHO at £50-60k.

Fully agree. I’ve got an ICE XC90 and I will not be with Volvo for its replacement if that is the price they think they can charge. Korea here we come.

As for Mercs I’ve had a few SLs back in the day and when ever I sit in a modern Merc it does feel like a Merc anymore. As cheap and unpleasant as most other ‘quality cars’. The German cars are now just the Ford, Vauxhall of 20-40 years ago but with silly prices. Time to look elsewhere.

[Diderot]

SWoll said:

Murph7355 said:

I'm not a massive fan of modern Mercedes chintz, but this looks to have turned it down slightly...and is a 7-seat electric car.

We're big Volvo fans in our household for family duties...but this could well be a marker laid down, and a definite possibility.

I'm fully expecting the all electric XC90 to be over 100k. So will be interesting to see what they deliver. 350-400 miles range needs to be the minimum.

For Volvo's sake I would hope not, the similarly sized BMW iX starts at £70k. Volvo's problem is they've overpriced the XC40 EV IMHO at £50-60k.

Well, £42k ish for the single motor. The twin is £53k +, but then it does have 408 bhp. Reality is most people will look at the monthlies or like me stuff it through the Ltd on a lease. My company is paying about the same monthly as I was paying personally for my previous X3 35d.

[Murph7355]

SWoll said:

Murph7355 said:

I'm not a massive fan of modern Mercedes chintz, but this looks to have turned it down slightly...and is a 7-seat electric car.

We're big Volvo fans in our household for family duties...but this could well be a marker laid down, and a definite possibility.

I'm fully expecting the all electric XC90 to be over 100k. So will be interesting to see what they deliver. 350-400 miles range needs to be the minimum.

For Volvo's sake I would hope not, the similarly sized BMW iX starts at £70k. Volvo's problem is they've overpriced the XC40 EV IMHO at £50-60k.

Are XC40s selling them at that amount though? My in laws looked at one and bailed due to an extended wait time.

The hybrid XC90 is a chunk over 70k (just had a look, nicely spec'd it's 80k). If they up the quality ante again, I can easily see the all electric one being well over 80k and 100k would not surprise me (car prices these days are nuts. Or perhaps they were too low before...).

In their favour, I guess, is that the Merc will probably be nearer 150k in 4WD, nicely spec'd form.