Mercedes EQS - Is it the ultimate Chauffeur drive? | Fifth Gear
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
- S-Class Mercs over the decades have been renowned for ticking all the boxes, so can the all-electric version accomplish the same? We chauffeur one of the world’s most exacting businessmen, Theo Paphitis, for a day, to find out if this might be a replacement for his trusty Range Rover. And what will he think when he has a go?
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I like the idea of this format a lot. Get a person who is the target audience and let them say what you’re not allowed to say about a bad car.
So you'll be buying one now eh!
"This isn't a luxury car. This is a nice car", Theo Paphitis, 2023.
I couldn't have put it any better than that myself either, concerning the EQS.
Quite an interesting perspective. It's exactly how I felt after getting a chance to drive a P100D Tesla S at close to the same price point. Nice car ? Sure. £100k worth of car ? Absolutely not. Very fast, but the interior was minimalist to the point of boring. Very uninvolving driving experience. As Theo said, it felt like 100k's worth of gadgets, not 100k's worth of car. The EQS here has a far more luxurious and frankly interesting interior.
He is so right. And Mercedes should listen to their customers. Calling the EQS an electric S Class was the wrong move. The EQS doesn't have the main points of an S Class...that being the rear seating amenities for people who are chauffeured. BMW took a better approach by simply electrifying the normal 7 series thus not having any compromises to the rear space. Mercedes should've done the same for the EQS and leave this electric only platform for the EQE which is basically a short wheel base EQS anyway. The EQS is a nice car, but it isn't a luxury one. The S Class is.
Bingo. The EQS is an upbadged EQE, not an S-Class replacement as Mercedes wants people to believe.
Build an electric Maybach, and maybe they'll have a chance.
Love this with Theo and Vicki. They are both great and talk sense. Can he also be on fifth gear more.
I'd rather put him on the Gear shaft for this BS
I believe the ICE S-class is a better luxury car compared to the EQS. Mercedes is going through a techno overload phase where all their modern vehicles are crammed with tech most customers never asked for. Like a 4 cylinder hybrid in the C63.
Couldn't agree with you more
Maybe you should invent a time machine, then you can go back to the 1930s with a manual choke and ignition retarder on the steering wheel and a gear shifter on the outside of the car...you'll finally be happy then.
@@OneWayToPeaceOrthodoxygo look at some flowers and leave car talk for grown-ups ...
Great video...😊
Theo's a legend 😂
Brilliant... The EQS is a great car but NOT a luxury car...👍👍👍
really good opinions from a real life end user, like the format!
Get him an i7. He’ll fall in love
got one for half the msrp, love it
The front-end looks like its melted.🤣
Looks like a Honda in the front and a 97 mercury sable in the rear! 😂
He'd like it better at night with all the ambient lighting.
The EQS is an electric CLS, not an S-Class as Mercedes wants people to believe. It's pretty much an upbadged EQE.
Build an electric Maybach, and maybe they'll have a chance.
Let him try i7 next.
Nice video.
My Smart EQ is nearly four years old and is now on it's third 12V battery and it's third HV battery. Mercedes have not changed any management or running components Just Batteries.
I ❤ 5 gear in Oz 🏁🏁🇦🇺
None of the EQ range is blowing my frock up. I really hope they aren't the real replacement for the E and S.
I know it won’t make a huge difference to some people, but I feel like if they showed the EQS with the cream interior, it would be more appealing.
Looks like a Honda Insight😊
The EQS just looks rubbish, generic, no presence and too similar to the other EQ models.
a true petrolhead
Who ever is in charge at Mercedes has the wrong idea of what buyers want. They just need to make the new s class fully electric and can go faster then a Tesla p100 and lucid air sapphire..
100% agreed
❤ it 🏁🇦🇺
lets face it, not even near an S-class, this is a genZ gadget, nothing more than that
I would still rather buy a proper s class .90s mercs are still the best
This is the EQS sedan and not the SUV, right?
ofc
beyond the point whether it's electric or not, people are right in terms of price/comfort or rather what you pay and what you get of 😅 I agree that it does not compare to S class although I support it 100% because is electric 😅
If EQS is S-Class than Twizy is S-Class.
Not the best censoring at 2:36 😂
What is vicki wearing on her feet?
S65 then?
You’ve got to be nuts to choose this thing over an S Class! If you really want to go electric the BMW i7 is a much better bet!
The Emperor's New Clothes? He didn't feel compelled to embrace it because newer is better. Better is better, and the EQS just isn't.
Please make with BMW i7
UK has gone climate crazy
more plato not less
Jason Plato has let himself go .....
The new electric EQS, if it is to compete with the traditional S Class, needs the Standing Star on the hood! Full Stop.
I do love the tech but doesn't look all that futuristic
I think we can all agree that electric is not the way forward...in world where people die in mines everyday just so we can have the latest phone/TV/car ext...we don't have enough electricity to go around and the pollution in fabrication is off the scale...so my question is why?
bowfing
They could have used one with rear comfort seats. This car have zero options inside the car
life is too short for these evs. and driving a Mercedes does not give you priority over anyone else at the line up at the charging station. when 10 or 15 mins at the fuel pump gets you on your way with a longer range without anxiety not hating just stating.
looks nothing like a S class , more like a oversized Prius.
No
LOL @ "this car is not a luxury car". You can spec it to look nicer. Ridiculous comment.
BMW have got the solution right with a unified 7/i7 (ugly as it is). There should be no reason for the EQS and S-Class sedan to exist at the same time.
They should have done what BMW did and make an EV version of the REAL S Class. The S Class is a beautiful car unlike this. Who cares if its the absolute best drag efficient at this level
Oh god it looks awful
EV? Not interested.
Don't ever get Theo on again please, the man thinks the Maybach is a better looking car or that turning up to central London in a Range Rover impresses anyone. If I wanted to know if it was "cool" or not I'd ask a teenager, I'm interested in what this car does not why Theo won't get one.
Can't watch this video two off the most irritating people on the web
Typical electric CRAP along with all the other electric crap
It’s a bit absurd to declare all electric cars bad.
Performance wise they’re able to achieve great things on race tracks (not just a drag strip).
They’re actually innovating within the automotive industry. Not just the power system, they’re pushing tech and design in interesting ways.
For MOST people an electric car can make a lot of sense in terms of range.
Most of the electric cars on the market aren’t things I would buy with my own money, but that’s equally true for gas powered cars.
Charge times have improved dramatically with the latest generation of cars.
Realistically, in the next handful of years they’ll start using a different chemical composition with the batteries and range will improve further.
bellend
mercedes is the king just is