Quality is also extremely bad. Mercedes is degrading fast. Their EVs are not selling. New C-Class has also extremely bad quality. I live near Stuttgart and know a lot of people working there. A lot goes wrong since the new CEO came.
@@MrBigL100 It looks soo cool though that's the thing. I drive a B9 A4 and the interior on my car just looks so dead compared to the C Class. Like all the LEDS and swoopy lines. I was considering buying a GLC/C Class as my next car in a few years when they're a bit cheaper used.
I have that same volume slider control on my Mercedes. It sucks. It is very hard to turn the volume up or down by one little step, which is what I think people do most of the time. It jumps up or down too much unless you are extremely careful, and take your eyes off the road. A very bad UX choice IMO.
@@Kayneth93 You can, but the touch targets are very small, you have to look at them (no texture or any other touch affordance) and the entire touch bar moves when you press it. It's bad.
This car's rear seat amenities are pretty inexcusable for a $90k Mercedes. Even the Golf GTI these days has heated seats and a third auto climate control zone for the rear seat passengers.
Yeah, I can’t trust Doug anymore. On top of lying about the screen responsiveness, you can tell he doesn’t like it. With all the fame he’s gotten and the treatment he gets from manufacturers, he probably doesn’t want to say anything that will anger his corporate friends.
He gets paid by manufacturers to do these 'glowing' reviews! His videos now seem like commercials, theres very little honesty left in him! 5 years ago yes...now its all business and money...his getting boring now!
Aerodynamics trump looks when you're going for range. If it was an ICE I'd abhor the thing but I don't mind considering the circumstances of where EVs are at, at the moment
Well, given the recent drop off in consumer interest in EVs, Mercedes already publicly announcing that the EQ brand will disappear in favor of electrified replacements for their gas cars after this single generation, the almost certainly ridiculous lease terms on these depreciation factories, and the totally disposable nature of current EVs, I doubt they will ever be common, and they will certainly disappear quickly.
@@matthewbowen5841 it's crazy to me how many car companies are pushing fully electric cars despite the fact that we don't even have the infrastructure to support more and more ev's. Hybrid technology is pretty much proven at this point and I don't understand why we didn't go In that direction first
There's no excuse for rear climate controls being absent or heated/coold rear seats not being there. Can't belive Doug basically excused that stuff and even gave it an 8 in features when he wouldve gone so much harder on some other cars if they did anything like that
doug regularly praises cars where the entire dashboard is a garbage screen that causes people to crash by having to check that it actually responded to your touch so yeah, he's really lenient on those
It honestly annoys me how biased he is towards German cars. Especially Porsche and Mercedes. And he also thinks that just because a car as more screens, it's somehow superior in every way. Guarantee if this had a Honda badge on it, he'd be shitting all over it.
It's because a dealership gave it to him to review so he's going to be nice about it and for people saying he just likes Mercedes or German cars I remember him sucking off Acura for the NSX for shit that came out of a Civic all because a dealership gave it to him
I firmly believe that for Mercedes' EVs, their flat-surface wheels would be better served by harking back to the late 80s/early 90s AMG wheels and some of their rally works wheels that were nearly flat surfaced. It fits the heritage and is a fun note, while looking better than the hub-cap look they went with.
They could do that, or alternatively they could do some modern take on the wheels they used back in the 70s on the W123 and W116. The old AMG-style wheels could then be reserved for the current AMG versions
@yash.kapoor this. I think the eqe and eqs look terrible, and really to me they remind me heavily of a smoothed out corolla. I think they could stand to have a few nods to MBs heritage here.
The fact that Doug doesn't see any problem with a slider volume and things the EQS is attractive just took away about 10% of his credibility in my mind 😆
@@martinsvensson6884Yeah, it’s amazing how people are wow’d by a big ugly fucking IPad just pasted in the middle of the center console. To think people actually think an interior design like this is luxurious is quite sad.
@@mohammedrahman5255 soulless? Okay gramps. Just becuase they dont male noise? They drive amazingly and their acceleration is so satisfying. Love my EV
I think it's an attempt to keep in the MB dealer's good graces for future reviews. Good business decision, as not only do they give access to MBs, they may be part of a luxury car dealer group that provides access to many other brands, and the single dealer or group will be taking in many high doller trades and stocking high dollar inventory outside of the brand they sell.
My dealer group owns an MB store. They sent out a mass email to the entire organization about a special lease deal for the eqs and eqe for some fantastic deal giving them away. No one wants it 😂 they literally can not give them away
Sooo in dougs mind , the Toyota crown is a bad call on Toyotas part bc the sedan is a “dying segment” but bc this one is electric and German , he loves it. Yeah right. He got a fat check from Mercedes for this “review”
Genuinely thought the same thing while watching this. He keeps saying stuff that doesn't like up. "the screen is instant!" It isn't. "the 360 camera is amazing" shows a monster truck next to it. "the volume is sliders but they're great!" Volume isn't consistent. "it drives fine and is quiet!" Can easily hear road noise and everything else. Wtf was this review.
Dougs a sell out! These days he just gets paid from manufacturers to do reviews and boost them! Then gets paid by the views we give him! Its all business now... initially five years ago his reviews seems honest and unbiased. Would tell you pros and cons!
When you showed the photos of the S class and E class right after the EQ variants, we can see how much better the gas versions look. EQ models give off 2016 Honda Fit grille vibes.
Got the EQE two weeks ago as an employee company car. Can confirm it really is a baby-EQS. For european customers the 300 model with RWD and 249hp is the sweetspot imo. Has even more range and is plenty powerful. And who wants more can get the AMG 53 that‘s also out already in the US. Fun fact: the stars in the dashboard are backlit with the ambient light colors😉
Unless you're a Merc fanboy, it's quite hard to tell this apart from the EQS. Imagine paying significantly more for the EQS only to have the same status as someone with an EQE.
@@martinsvensson6884 Status is a part of it with these luxury cars- and if petrol heads have to split hairs imagine non car people. I wouldn't pay for the EQS given this class dilution problem.
You obviously haven’t seem them in person. The size difference is very significant and they’re clearly different vehicles. Of course for some people all cars look the same and they can’t tell apart Honda from Kia. However most people can tell the difference. Traditional S-class or current EQS buyer aren’t really looking to show off. These cars are usually company cars. At least in Europe. Maybe in the US people explicitly want to show off with their car? Sounds kinda tacky.
It seems to be a cheap plastic spring-loaded thing. I wonder if it locks with the doors like a 2011 Jetta S 2.slow's filler door or if they were too cheap for even that.
EQE just look so much cheaper than they actually are. If I didn't know better I'd say it looks like a 40k compact family car, and that goes for the EQS too.
What normal working American even making $100,000 a year can afford these cars if they're $70,000 to $80,000 for base model cars the car scene is a joke nowadays
I just can't get over how SILLY the 'wheels' look. They tricked me for a SECOND into thinking those were regular 5 spoke alloys, but as soon as I saw the 'spaces' between the spokes were actually 'solid' and just PAINTED black I couldn't stop laughing! They just look like aftermarket HUBCAPS that some kid would put on an old car to provide the appearance of having 'RIMS'! LOL
That and 0 frunk at all. Just so odd how so many can't figure out how to do EV's right and take advantage of the things they should. Charge ports should be near seamless (Tesla or Rivian), much less washer fluid surely shouldn't look like a port on body panels
Doug is the type of guy to talk about the quirks and features of the Mercedes EQE windshield washer fluid location in a separate 60 second Shorts video
@@CH-qt4hr I know everyone has their own scenarios, but having had a 3 and then a Y going on 4 years now, the frunk has been used all the time, sometimes even just to have stuff on me, without it taken up primary space. Spring to Summer I keep my mountain biking gear, in it as it can be dirty, stink, etc and thus nothing smelling up the cabin. But ready to go any moment with helmet, shoes, tools, glasses, towels, etc up there. That and some cleaners/etc can all be up there, and still have the car and trunk, etc empty looking. Which is also good to avoid theft. Or when on road trips for weekend or camping, it's crazy how much can fit in there, keeping the passenger area more clear. Also the 'deep trunk' area is similar as it's like bonus space to fit things in, yet not affect the day to day use of passenger area or even trunk space from looking empty. F150 of course has an amazing large frunk, and for anyone actually using it as a pickup for contracting work, you can store bunch of tools/etc in there and still have your bed and entire cabin clear, and avoid theft as most people don't even know it's a storage area, much less what is in it vs in cabin or pickup bed.
I've seen a few of these around. It's like a stubby little jelly bean of a car. The drag coefficient is impressive, yes, but I can't help but think that mercedes could be coming up with a more interesting design language.
I actually think the EQS looks better too. More elongated at least which helps. Neither is attractive to me, but this looks taller and stubbier than the EQS. It reminds me of cars like the 2nd gen (for the US) Honda Fit. While I actually really liked that car for what it is, the stubby, jellybean look does not work when the car is an $80-100,000 plus luxury sedan.
Doug: I think it looks better than the EQS Dougscore: EQE 5 styling, EQS 6 styling
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To be honest, visually I prefer the normal screen as opposed to the hyperscreen. I wonder if it even has any other benefit other than being more bling and having the passenger display.
I'll keep saying it. MB needs a new EQ design language. How they went from the sleek and desirable EQS Vision concept to the EQS and this, I can't understand.
I saw a black one in a parking lot yesterday. It was a good looking car with the exception of the front end. There were 3 different shades of black in the plastic components of the front end. Not an attractive look.
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Mercedes could make so much more money if they just stuck a battery pack on their ICE Versions of the car like what BMW did with the new(but extremely ugly) 7 series. The EQ line up looks really ugly overall, everything looks like an egg.
@@bderris that’s fair, but honestly there’s a lot of cars out there that don’t have an egg shape and still get incredible range. Take a look at the NIO ET7, looks hella nice, and gets like 620 miles of range. It does maintain decent looks while not sacrificing it all for range. This one is just outright bad design. They could’ve designed it better
That panel is terrible. Imagine how Doug would grill a car company like Honda for having such a crappy dash (envision a bunch of Honda logos on a flat weird shaped panel). This is one of the worst values in the industry.
"56 inch screen" No it isn't. It's 3 screens, with significant bezels between them. If that's a 56" screen, then a bin full of gameboys is a 200" screen.
Thank you! Cadillac and now Ford are playing the same silly game. GM is the worst in that a big part of the screen is a seperate screen devoted to light controls. What's the point? Its only useable for that one purpose, making it more screen-y than traditional light controls but not at all related to the actual screen in any way other than being a nearby screen. I have a 63" TV in the living room and 2 40 inch TVs in bedrooms. I can make them adjacent to each other. Does that mean I have a 143" TV?
General question. Shouldn’t all these electric cars actually be equipped with the least electric options like electric seats, seat heating, etc. in order to save battery power? 🤷🏼♂️
I've been watching your channel for a very long time, and its awesome to technically see one of my cars in your video. I bought that red E28 in your Cars & Bids ad at 0:54! Thanks Doug!
The star dash would annoy me for regular use and driving if it was simply blacked out then I’m sold on it. Definitely looks great without the 56 inch display
I try not to fault a current cars styling. In 10+ years it might look great. This is how I've always perceived cars. I am older and didn't really think the styling of the 93 Camaro was good, it was really ugly to me. Fast forward today and I quite like them.
Fun quirk: the stars on the outside have an slightly increased angle between the bottom two lines - because its not allowed to illuminate oem logos on the outside of a car. Fun quirk 2: the touch slider for the sunroof is super unresponsive with dry hands - the mercedes development engineer always brought wet hand wipes to moisturize :D
That "It has a big trunk, but a small opening" is exactly the problem I have with my Lincoln MKS. However, on my MKS I cannot fold down the back seats, at least on this you can.
Opening size - which is why recently I couldn't fit my mother's suitcase into the trunk of my girlfriends Prius C, but inexplicably I was able to put it in the trunk of my 2000 miata.
There's something stuck in the back of my mind when I see Doug's videos with Mercedes-Benz cars. Those buttons (home, forward, backward) and overall the bottom UI on the infotainment look so much like the ones on the Windows Media Player 11
Idk if its the exterior color, but from the side the gap dimensions look surprisingly off comparing the hood and doors. Not what you would expect from a Merc.
Can't get hard for this. It looks like a Honda Accord that got stung by a bee. It's also unfathomable that I could use this for any of my driving needs. This is a monument to (and chiefly intended for) credentialed urbanites who think food miraculously springs into being behind the double doors at Whole Foods. The type of people who can't imagine why anyone would want to be more than a hundred miles from a charging outlet for any length of time.
My dad has one, not by choice by the way. The thing drives like a mercedes sprinter van. Its heavy as shit, i can feel it dive over bumps and railroads because of the weight. On the other hand it has really accurate steering. No visibility all around, windshield is to slanted rear window is as big as a side window and the a pillar is always in the way.
Hehe, anyone else bugged that when Doug drives it, he left one of the rear seats down and now you can see all kinds of junk sliding around in the trunk? haha just a bit distracting :P
You know Doug's lost his objectivity when he excuses a screen based volume control. There's something to be said for tactile feel, Mercedes vehicles used to come with knurled aluminum rollers that were clicky and satisfying to use.
Personally feel like the design language works better on the EQS than on the EQE. The EQE looks like a bulbous egg on wheels. I do agree that they knocked it out of the park with the wheels - I was tricked and didn't think they were flats until Doug pointed it out.
The car just drives amazing. Work at Mercedes and had a lot of seat time in the new EQE. Our customers do achieve a range around the 500-550km from one full charge.
The regular E class looks SOOO much better
W213, W212, W211, W124 looks better, all Mercedes-Benz EQ models are boring and ugly.
Yes. And they STILL murdered the redesign of the regular E.
@@drivinginthedcbaarea I think they nailed it with the brand new E Class 🤷🏼♂️
Why would it look good? It’s got one of the lowest drag coefficients on the market
as an EQE43 owner I agree, but this particular specs do not do a favor. Thinking other colors and amg trim help a little.
Doug is the kind of guy to say he likes how it looks and then give it a low score for lack of styling
it's ugly af who cares what Doug says
It's not necessarily a contradiction, not at all. It was explained a while ago by either Doug himself or someone in the comments.
That's because hes a real man not a woMAn like u lol
MC_Master is the kind of guy who continues to use an old tired worn out joke which is way past it's 15 minutes.
@@TheCourtanderson It really is ugly all around. hideous 2/10 styling
This has to be one of the worst 70-90 grand you could ever spend
Should be half that
not to mention how ugly it is
Quality is also extremely bad. Mercedes is degrading fast. Their EVs are not selling.
New C-Class has also extremely bad quality.
I live near Stuttgart and know a lot of people working there. A lot goes wrong since the new CEO came.
@@MrBigL100 It looks soo cool though that's the thing. I drive a B9 A4 and the interior on my car just looks so dead compared to the C Class. Like all the LEDS and swoopy lines.
I was considering buying a GLC/C Class as my next car in a few years when they're a bit cheaper used.
@XeberhardtX this car started development under the old CEO
9:00 This 3D camera really is incredible. It shows the GLE Monstertruck very accurately🌚
Hahaha I thought the rendering looked too small...
Doug the kind of guy to tell an unconscious person to check out Cars and Bids, before giving them CPR.
LOL this comment made my day
XDDDD
definitely saving that persons life tho
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@Anders Fletcher
Eventually, after telling them the quirks and features of CPR
I have that same volume slider control on my Mercedes. It sucks. It is very hard to turn the volume up or down by one little step, which is what I think people do most of the time. It jumps up or down too much unless you are extremely careful, and take your eyes off the road. A very bad UX choice IMO.
Which is why everyone else abandoned capacitive touch a decade ago, especially for gradient-based inputs.
This is the kind of thing that will age so poorly. Fast forward 5 years and people will laugh.
Can you tap on the plus and minus sign on both side of the slide bar? Does it has such a function?
@@Kayneth93 You can, but the touch targets are very small, you have to look at them (no texture or any other touch affordance) and the entire touch bar moves when you press it. It's bad.
You know you live in a crazy world when freaking Hyundai can design better cars than Mercedes.
The Ioniq 6 also starts at 42000 Euro and max out at 63000 Euro with camera wing mirrors
Now it's not surprising. Korea is consistently beating Germany in car design and its not even close.
Audi and Bmw are leading the way in terms of quality.
@@akj2387 can't get used to the new bmw " face " the front grill looks like bunny or beaver teeth
Nah. The Benz is ugly but the Hyundais are down right God awful.
It's cool that Mercedes brought in design help from the fine folks at Jelly Belly.
😂😂😂
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the look can get by. the crap driving? no
This car's rear seat amenities are pretty inexcusable for a $90k Mercedes. Even the Golf GTI these days has heated seats and a third auto climate control zone for the rear seat passengers.
It's almost like they think their customers are idiots who only care about cheap slapped on screens and a logo on ugly overpriced cars.
My Kia Soul has heated rear seats with a high and low setting.
Everything about this vehicle is inexcusable. Just look at it compared to ANY other EV in its price range…
Ha! My 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe has heated rear seats.
@@iSOBigD yeah, imagine. Customers that only care about that logo. The 3 pointed swastika.
Every time Doug says entertainment system is very responsive he actually shows how it lags on every tap. 😅
Yeah it is so laggy for a brand new Mercedes car ... Can't believe quality department approved that
Exactly. Cringe.
If it isn’t on the level of your smartphone, it’s bad.
Yeah, I can’t trust Doug anymore. On top of lying about the screen responsiveness, you can tell he doesn’t like it. With all the fame he’s gotten and the treatment he gets from manufacturers, he probably doesn’t want to say anything that will anger his corporate friends.
He gets paid by manufacturers to do these 'glowing' reviews! His videos now seem like commercials, theres very little honesty left in him! 5 years ago yes...now its all business and money...his getting boring now!
How MB thinks that this is a good looking vehicle is beyond me.
Aerodynamics trump looks when you're going for range. If it was an ICE I'd abhor the thing but I don't mind considering the circumstances of where EVs are at, at the moment
It's unfortunate their design language doesn't translate well with EVs
It looks too basic 👎🏽
As a merc fan I agree.
It works for old people like Doug that like it..sigh
It's amazing how much I couldn't be bothered about the existence of this thing.
Same! Dreadful
Well, given the recent drop off in consumer interest in EVs, Mercedes already publicly announcing that the EQ brand will disappear in favor of electrified replacements for their gas cars after this single generation, the almost certainly ridiculous lease terms on these depreciation factories, and the totally disposable nature of current EVs, I doubt they will ever be common, and they will certainly disappear quickly.
@@matthewbowen5841 it's crazy to me how many car companies are pushing fully electric cars despite the fact that we don't even have the infrastructure to support more and more ev's. Hybrid technology is pretty much proven at this point and I don't understand why we didn't go In that direction first
@@JJ_5289 Hand in glove, baby.
The UI looks like if you asked people in 2005 what a futuristic UI would look like
It's giving Windows Vista
@@Chicken_4_Dayz god, yes exactly
Giving me a 2005 Ford Taurus
Reminds me of Windows Media Player. MB really should hire some proper designers.
2005? More like a 1992 Intrepid concept.
There's no excuse for rear climate controls being absent or heated/coold rear seats not being there. Can't belive Doug basically excused that stuff and even gave it an 8 in features when he wouldve gone so much harder on some other cars if they did anything like that
Doug will excuse anything from MB. We know he’s a MB fanboy and was called to review this ugly thing.
Prolly also doesn't want to risk his relationship with that dealership
doug regularly praises cars where the entire dashboard is a garbage screen that causes people to crash by having to check that it actually responded to your touch so yeah, he's really lenient on those
It honestly annoys me how biased he is towards German cars. Especially Porsche and Mercedes. And he also thinks that just because a car as more screens, it's somehow superior in every way. Guarantee if this had a Honda badge on it, he'd be shitting all over it.
It's because a dealership gave it to him to review so he's going to be nice about it and for people saying he just likes Mercedes or German cars I remember him sucking off Acura for the NSX for shit that came out of a Civic all because a dealership gave it to him
I firmly believe that for Mercedes' EVs, their flat-surface wheels would be better served by harking back to the late 80s/early 90s AMG wheels and some of their rally works wheels that were nearly flat surfaced. It fits the heritage and is a fun note, while looking better than the hub-cap look they went with.
They could do that, or alternatively they could do some modern take on the wheels they used back in the 70s on the W123 and W116. The old AMG-style wheels could then be reserved for the current AMG versions
Apparently the drag coefficient on some of those cars would also be industry leading today as well 😳
what part of any of this tragically disgusting design says "heritage" to you? I'm curious
@@untitled795 I guess they mean the heritage of MB as a whole, the EQE itself is quite ugly and does nothing to live up to old Mercs' heritage
@yash.kapoor this. I think the eqe and eqs look terrible, and really to me they remind me heavily of a smoothed out corolla. I think they could stand to have a few nods to MBs heritage here.
The fact that Doug doesn't see any problem with a slider volume and things the EQS is attractive just took away about 10% of his credibility in my mind 😆
Looked like Mercedes Benz sponsor video
He’s lost all credibility for me. It’s not the first time he’s overlooked and lied about stuff.
He gets paid to 'sell' these cars to you and me! He sold him self, his reviews are not honest...just commercials now for new cars!
it looks like a 30k$ car from 2013
This car doesn't scream luxury that is for sure.
what are you talking about that interior is amazing
@@mrducky179 Plastics and iPads. Nothing amazing about that.
@@mrducky179 definitely not amazing, their AMG GLE on the other hand…
@@martinsvensson6884Yeah, it’s amazing how people are wow’d by a big ugly fucking IPad just pasted in the middle of the center console. To think people actually think an interior design like this is luxurious is quite sad.
Years from now we'll look back at this time as the most depressing era of automotive design
I 100% agree... the EV craze has made cars look and feel souless...like cars have becomes Ipads and tablets! Hang on to your old cars guys!
@@mohammedrahman5255 soulless? Okay gramps. Just becuase they dont male noise? They drive amazingly and their acceleration is so satisfying. Love my EV
I think the average design is pretty good actually. Look at Cadillac, Opel, Volvo, Mazda, Peugeot, Genesis lineup etc. This one here is awful yeah
@@jdveloz7015 Calm down Tina
Unless it will be even more depressing
Doug must’ve gotten a ‘hidden’ sponsorship from Mercedes the way he’s presenting this car in a positive light LMAO
He has questionable taste at the best of times...
He's a Mercedes guy. He's owned a number of Mercedes-Benz vehicles and worked for Porsche so he's never given one a bad review.
I think it's an attempt to keep in the MB dealer's good graces for future reviews. Good business decision, as not only do they give access to MBs, they may be part of a luxury car dealer group that provides access to many other brands, and the single dealer or group will be taking in many high doller trades and stocking high dollar inventory outside of the brand they sell.
I imagine someone promised him a Black Series test drive as quid pro quo.
My dealer group owns an MB store. They sent out a mass email to the entire organization about a special lease deal for the eqs and eqe for some fantastic deal giving them away. No one wants it 😂 they literally can not give them away
7:21 "Theres no cheap plastics you touch"
*pans to plastic capacitive touch buttons*
“luxury car buyers will be happy with it”… not you (or me) :/
@mattchays6905 my 08 E class seems to be made with better materials and I got it for 6k lol
Sooo in dougs mind , the Toyota crown is a bad call on Toyotas part bc the sedan is a “dying segment” but bc this one is electric and German , he loves it.
Yeah right. He got a fat check from Mercedes for this “review”
Genuinely thought the same thing while watching this. He keeps saying stuff that doesn't like up. "the screen is instant!" It isn't. "the 360 camera is amazing" shows a monster truck next to it. "the volume is sliders but they're great!" Volume isn't consistent. "it drives fine and is quiet!" Can easily hear road noise and everything else.
Wtf was this review.
It really doesn't make sense.
It's very strange how glowing this review is.
Dougs a sell out! These days he just gets paid from manufacturers to do reviews and boost them! Then gets paid by the views we give him! Its all business now... initially five years ago his reviews seems honest and unbiased. Would tell you pros and cons!
This thing makes the Pontiac Aztek look good.
When you showed the photos of the S class and E class right after the EQ variants, we can see how much better the gas versions look. EQ models give off 2016 Honda Fit grille vibes.
At least the Honda Fit looks like a car. The EQX cars don't even look like anything at all.
Doug...the kind of guy who drives me crazy by not folding the seat back into place, and making us look into the trunk for the entire drive! lol
Umm you killed it
OMG, so much!
To me, the eqe kinda looks like a 2012-2015 Honda civic
True
Honda civic ahead of its time confirmed :)
Exactly what I see, good thing I'll never buy one of these mercs lol.
Yeah, it's all "round" like a civic of that era and smoothed over, kind of like a more bean like civic.
Same here. Also a bit like previous generation Honda CRV.
Got the EQE two weeks ago as an employee company car. Can confirm it really is a baby-EQS. For european customers the 300 model with RWD and 249hp is the sweetspot imo. Has even more range and is plenty powerful. And who wants more can get the AMG 53 that‘s also out already in the US.
Fun fact: the stars in the dashboard are backlit with the ambient light colors😉
The surround view at 9:02 is hilarious, it looks like a little toy car lmao
Fr why doesn’t it look so small
The panel gaps on that hood are insane. Then you remember that it isn't even meant to be opened..
Unless you're a Merc fanboy, it's quite hard to tell this apart from the EQS. Imagine paying significantly more for the EQS only to have the same status as someone with an EQE.
I dont think you pay for it too look different :)
@@martinsvensson6884 Status is a part of it with these luxury cars- and if petrol heads have to split hairs imagine non car people. I wouldn't pay for the EQS given this class dilution problem.
Just wait until the EQC comes out and it’s just an even smaller version of the EQS.
You obviously haven’t seem them in person. The size difference is very significant and they’re clearly different vehicles. Of course for some people all cars look the same and they can’t tell apart Honda from Kia. However most people can tell the difference.
Traditional S-class or current EQS buyer aren’t really looking to show off. These cars are usually company cars. At least in Europe. Maybe in the US people explicitly want to show off with their car? Sounds kinda tacky.
Chicken egg versus duck egg
The washer fluid filler is at perfect urinal height 😎
It seems to be a cheap plastic spring-loaded thing. I wonder if it locks with the doors like a 2011 Jetta S 2.slow's filler door or if they were too cheap for even that.
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6:15 i always joke that in the future people will be saying "what size screen do you drive"
And here it is.
Doug talking to the dealership people: "So, when ya comin out with a station wagon version of this?"
That washer fluid cup reminds me of were you put detergent in a washing machine....
I've given this whole marathon through the comments section just to see this one. I knew I would find it. 😂😂😂
"Design looks better on this scale"
Doug is high
For everyone who dreams about owning a giant Computer Mouse.
Where is that damn LoL emoji when you need it?!
Those EQ Mercedes models are going to age like fine milk
They had the chance to rename everything to something sensible like the KW of the battery or HP or the motor but no! We got the EQE 500 with 400hp
That's so true! I love how the numbers used to be an approximation of engine displacement. Now it's just some random bullshit.
Yes they could have rounded off the HP number and used that. Would make for familiar numbers to MB people also.
@@michaelfjmusic even Audi recently went from displacement to some shit like 55 tfsi for "more status"
@@michaelfjmusic Actually the numbers represent what size engine of naturally aspirated engine would be needed to develop the power on hand.
EQE just look so much cheaper than they actually are. If I didn't know better I'd say it looks like a 40k compact family car, and that goes for the EQS too.
What normal working American even making $100,000 a year can afford these cars if they're $70,000 to $80,000 for base model cars the car scene is a joke nowadays
Rich people virtue signaling transport pods.
Definitely should be making more than $100k to buy a car this experience.
I just can't get over how SILLY the 'wheels' look.
They tricked me for a SECOND into thinking those were regular 5 spoke alloys, but as soon as I saw the 'spaces' between the spokes were actually 'solid' and just PAINTED black I couldn't stop laughing!
They just look like aftermarket HUBCAPS that some kid would put on an old car to provide the appearance of having 'RIMS'! LOL
Very Amazon auto haha
I hadn't noticed until you pointed, but they really look ridiculous 🤣😂
I still can't believe the vaunted engineers at Mercedes couldn't come up with a better solution to fill the washer fluid. It's embarassing
That and 0 frunk at all. Just so odd how so many can't figure out how to do EV's right and take advantage of the things they should. Charge ports should be near seamless (Tesla or Rivian), much less washer fluid surely shouldn't look like a port on body panels
Doug is the type of guy to talk about the quirks and features of the Mercedes EQE windshield washer fluid location in a separate 60 second Shorts video
reminds me of a washing machine
@@CH-qt4hr I know everyone has their own scenarios, but having had a 3 and then a Y going on 4 years now, the frunk has been used all the time, sometimes even just to have stuff on me, without it taken up primary space. Spring to Summer I keep my mountain biking gear, in it as it can be dirty, stink, etc and thus nothing smelling up the cabin. But ready to go any moment with helmet, shoes, tools, glasses, towels, etc up there. That and some cleaners/etc can all be up there, and still have the car and trunk, etc empty looking. Which is also good to avoid theft. Or when on road trips for weekend or camping, it's crazy how much can fit in there, keeping the passenger area more clear. Also the 'deep trunk' area is similar as it's like bonus space to fit things in, yet not affect the day to day use of passenger area or even trunk space from looking empty. F150 of course has an amazing large frunk, and for anyone actually using it as a pickup for contracting work, you can store bunch of tools/etc in there and still have your bed and entire cabin clear, and avoid theft as most people don't even know it's a storage area, much less what is in it vs in cabin or pickup bed.
I've seen a few of these around. It's like a stubby little jelly bean of a car. The drag coefficient is impressive, yes, but I can't help but think that mercedes could be coming up with a more interesting design language.
Should've just converted the regular E and S to have electric versions like they did with the GLC and B
Would make for a really bad EV...
The reason they didn’t do that is because it makes sense. Remember, nowadays companies/people do things that DON’T make sense purposefully.
They stress over range so much, i rather have less range and a good looking car than this abomination
@Chett_Manly_ yes it really would lol
Try driving a GLB. Its a very clearly compromised vehicle since the platform isn’t made for EV
Yikes $80k? That’s base Model S money 😅 I know what I’d pick lol
I was thinking the EQS had weird proportions, EQE entered the chat. The profile of these cars remind me of the Chrysler Concorde/Intrepid.
I actually think the EQS looks better too. More elongated at least which helps. Neither is attractive to me, but this looks taller and stubbier than the EQS. It reminds me of cars like the 2nd gen (for the US) Honda Fit. While I actually really liked that car for what it is, the stubby, jellybean look does not work when the car is an $80-100,000 plus luxury sedan.
The LH cars at least had front and rear ends to balance the absurdly bloated middle. This is just bloat and stubs.
Doug: I think it looks better than the EQS
Dougscore: EQE 5 styling, EQS 6 styling
To be honest, visually I prefer the normal screen as opposed to the hyperscreen. I wonder if it even has any other benefit other than being more bling and having the passenger display.
Blaaaaand like unsalted oatmeal. That kind looks like 2nd generation Dodge Neon.
YES
My '09 VW GTI has the car emblem trunk opener. 14 years ago and Doug still loves it as if it's new. Keep up the good work Doug! Much love
I'll keep saying it. MB needs a new EQ design language. How they went from the sleek and desirable EQS Vision concept to the EQS and this, I can't understand.
Doug the type of guy to forget to put the rear seats back up when he goes on a drive
I saw a black one in a parking lot yesterday. It was a good looking car with the exception of the front end. There were 3 different shades of black in the plastic components of the front end. Not an attractive look.
You were in my neck of the woods I live in the area! Doug been watching your videos for the past decade lol
Doug: EQE is better looking then EQS. EQS styling score: 6. EQE styling score: 5. 🗿
crazy how the EQE costs as much as the gas S class now
The running costs should end up a whole lot different though, especially in Europe...
@@rkan2 still costs about twice what it should.
Check again lol
Doug is the type of guy to discover "Background Blur Filter" in 2023
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The EQE is the same price as the Lexus LS… I know which one I’d rather have.
Mercedes could make so much more money if they just stuck a battery pack on their ICE Versions of the car like what BMW did with the new(but extremely ugly) 7 series. The EQ line up looks really ugly overall, everything looks like an egg.
@pruhnav
I agree. However, they probably had to design this egg to make up for the otherwise pathetic mileage range.
@@bderris that’s fair, but honestly there’s a lot of cars out there that don’t have an egg shape and still get incredible range.
Take a look at the NIO ET7, looks hella nice, and gets like 620 miles of range. It does maintain decent looks while not sacrificing it all for range. This one is just outright bad design. They could’ve designed it better
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This starred instrument panel is like a huge blank switch for those who didn't have the "courage" to get the monster screen
That panel is terrible. Imagine how Doug would grill a car company like Honda for having such a crappy dash (envision a bunch of Honda logos on a flat weird shaped panel). This is one of the worst values in the industry.
"56 inch screen"
No it isn't. It's 3 screens, with significant bezels between them. If that's a 56" screen, then a bin full of gameboys is a 200" screen.
Thank you! Cadillac and now Ford are playing the same silly game. GM is the worst in that a big part of the screen is a seperate screen devoted to light controls. What's the point? Its only useable for that one purpose, making it more screen-y than traditional light controls but not at all related to the actual screen in any way other than being a nearby screen.
I have a 63" TV in the living room and 2 40 inch TVs in bedrooms. I can make them adjacent to each other. Does that mean I have a 143" TV?
General question. Shouldn’t all these electric cars actually be equipped with the least electric options like electric seats, seat heating, etc. in order to save battery power? 🤷🏼♂️
15:34 when that shot cuts over and you see Doug didn’t put the seats back 😮
this is exactly how you design the car when you want it to get discontinued, petrolheads’ job indeed 😂
Even Walter White wouldn't drive this car.
Have fun paying monthly for heated seats, and horsepower unlock 🤣
I checked out an EQE as well and found that it did not have the WOW factor, exactly as Doug described. Nice review!
He gets paid by manufactueres?
I've been watching your channel for a very long time, and its awesome to technically see one of my cars in your video.
I bought that red E28 in your Cars & Bids ad at 0:54! Thanks Doug!
Congrats! Enjoy the car
Nice one, son!
Idk why but when Doug said “ not too many people gonna get it” made me laugh😂😂😂😂😂
The new Toyota Prius looks very nice
No one:
Doug: this one being affordable priced at 87000
Not a fan of electric vehicles especially Mercedes electric lineup looking like blobs, I'm sticking with the S-Class
I feel like that giant piano black grill is going to age horribly and get tons of rock chips, bug splats etc over the years
Just wait until the sticker backing peels and the clear plastic yellows. I'm certain that's how they give it depth.
Depreciation is a real killer on the EQE
The star dash would annoy me for regular use and driving if it was simply blacked out then I’m sold on it. Definitely looks great without the 56 inch display
Doug is the type of guy to slip a stripper a note saying "hey, you don't have to do this"
huge fail on trying to be even a litte funny
"check out cars and bits instead"
Doug's the type of guy to criticize a stripper for the quality of her quirks and features.
@TwinTurbo Ray are you a stripper?
I try not to fault a current cars styling. In 10+ years it might look great. This is how I've always perceived cars. I am older and didn't really think the styling of the 93 Camaro was good, it was really ugly to me. Fast forward today and I quite like them.
It won't last 10 years
this thing looks like it's melted in the sun. also not a juke
Fun quirk: the stars on the outside have an slightly increased angle between the bottom two lines - because its not allowed to illuminate oem logos on the outside of a car.
Fun quirk 2: the touch slider for the sunroof is super unresponsive with dry hands - the mercedes development engineer always brought wet hand wipes to moisturize :D
That "It has a big trunk, but a small opening" is exactly the problem I have with my Lincoln MKS. However, on my MKS I cannot fold down the back seats, at least on this you can.
Opening size - which is why recently I couldn't fit my mother's suitcase into the trunk of my girlfriends Prius C, but inexplicably I was able to put it in the trunk of my 2000 miata.
There's something stuck in the back of my mind when I see Doug's videos with Mercedes-Benz cars. Those buttons (home, forward, backward) and overall the bottom UI on the infotainment look so much like the ones on the Windows Media Player 11
It looks like a melting 2000 Audi a6
Idk if its the exterior color, but from the side the gap dimensions look surprisingly off comparing the hood and doors. Not what you would expect from a Merc.
Can't get hard for this. It looks like a Honda Accord that got stung by a bee. It's also unfathomable that I could use this for any of my driving needs. This is a monument to (and chiefly intended for) credentialed urbanites who think food miraculously springs into being behind the double doors at Whole Foods. The type of people who can't imagine why anyone would want to be more than a hundred miles from a charging outlet for any length of time.
You know they’re in the infancy of EV’s when they use aerodynamics to maximize range. Best not to buy until these mature and become more capable 😊
Best to never buy evs with their horrendous battery life
My dad has one, not by choice by the way. The thing drives like a mercedes sprinter van. Its heavy as shit, i can feel it dive over bumps and railroads because of the weight. On the other hand it has really accurate steering. No visibility all around, windshield is to slanted rear window is as big as a side window and the a pillar is always in the way.
Every time a car manufacturer makes a change to a car that makes it look stupid: "Uh... ItS FoR AeRoDyNaMiCs!"
Around 90k specced in Belgium with only 2 years of warranty…good luck in two years.
Imagine the cost of battery replacement on an electric Mercedes 💀💀💀
@@michaelfjmusic Reports say for the new Lexus EV transportation solution it's around $48k. In a $65k vehicle.
The wheels look ok as long as they are clean. If you do not live in sunny California, or wash your car weekly, not so much.
Looks about as exciting as the Mitsubishi Mirage you reviewed in the video I see in the right-hand column.
Hehe, anyone else bugged that when Doug drives it, he left one of the rear seats down and now you can see all kinds of junk sliding around in the trunk? haha just a bit distracting :P
So that fingerprint is going to be sent to some database to be sold.
I seriously don't understand why people are complaining about the styling of this car. I honestly think it looks okay
You know Doug's lost his objectivity when he excuses a screen based volume control. There's something to be said for tactile feel, Mercedes vehicles used to come with knurled aluminum rollers that were clicky and satisfying to use.
My father drives a 2003 E class wagon and it has climate controls for the back passengers. Mercedes is really lacking these days
Warning to whoever buys this car: you will NOT be able to get up your driver profile, as Doug has already set his fingerprints in this video!
Screens in cars is ok with me. But for drivers gauges, I prefer analog .
The exterior makes it look like a VW to me
Especially how you open the trunk
Doug is the type of guy that hates sliders instead of buttons or dials, EXCEPT if it's a Mercedes
Personally feel like the design language works better on the EQS than on the EQE. The EQE looks like a bulbous egg on wheels. I do agree that they knocked it out of the park with the wheels - I was tricked and didn't think they were flats until Doug pointed it out.
I honestly didn't know the EQE and EQS were different models. I thought the EQE was just a lower trim.
The car just drives amazing. Work at Mercedes and had a lot of seat time in the new EQE. Our customers do achieve a range around the 500-550km from one full charge.
Then you all don’t have taste. It’s ugly as hell
Right
Too bad it looks like dog shit