[Lord]

EQE: Mercedes answer to the i4.
Or maybe not!
I read a few articles and they mentioned it like that.
But the EQE is 15 cm longer and with one motor more expensive.
Anyway here's carwow's article which I think correctly compares it with model S and not 3 like the i4:

https://www.carwow.co.uk/mercedes/news/4544/new-mercedes-eqe-electric-car-price-specs-release-date

 

[Lord]

Probably an answer to the upcoming (?) i5.

 

[jagMRY]

I've read lots of commentary about the EQE today, and folks are loving it. If I'm Tesla, this makes me nervous. If I'm Lucid, this makes me nervous. And, let's be frank, if I'm BMW, this makes me nervous. At the end of the day it may not get the 400 mile range they are claiming, but it will be within shouting distance. It's essentially as quick off the mark as the i4 40, and most are speculating that it will be priced in the general zone of the i4. Competition is good. Maybe this news will put a fire under BMW's butt to up its game.

 

[J78]

See Thomas review of the eqe here - he mentions around 5 min that the car was designed for the Chinese market. And he doesn’t like it which is something I believe never heard Thomas saying

 

[Kase]

Incredibly ugly IMO (just like the EQS). It wouldn’t tempt me away from the i4.

 

[Inception]

It's certainly not my cup of tea. I guess it's objectively nice, but it's very space-age and centered around a pod of tranquility that removes you from anything resembling an engaging drive. Maybe some environmentally friendly pensioners will enjoy it. Lots of piano black and capacitive buttons. Ugh.

 

[J78]

my thoughts exactly, the styling isn’t captivating and the proportions are awkward, specially in the front. They should have taken the CLS as a starting point.

What these cars bring is upper class refinement, such as air suspension, auto closing doors, rear axel steering, massage seats, 4 zone ac, and in this case the hyper screen. It’s a different type of car. And thus much more expensive than the i4.

Mercedes also launched the EQS AMG. Without the dynamic plus package has similar performance (0-60 mph in 3.8s) to the i4m50. But you could probably buy 2 or 3 m50 for the price of this Amg

I assume these EQE/EQS will have a hard time competing with Taycan and Etron GT - which both are miles away (better in design IMO and already have available lots of upper class extras inside.
Regards

 

[Lord]

I think it is ugly and unnecessary long too. Even more for the EQS.

As I wrote in another thread I am a fan of ambient lighting solutions, and I will certainly have that option in my i4. BUT...

...now that I have seen the EQS/EQE with the 3 screens (humorously, in my opinion, called ...Hyperscreen) and with the surreal addition of the ambient lights, including in the ...frame of the seats in those cars, I think Mercedes managed to convert a good idea to a gimmick.
I'm starting to doubt that it will be even "safe" to drive at night with all these interior "lights", from the, more than 1 meter, screens and the streams of light going back and forth when a car is approaching from behind or you change the climate of the car.

And to stay on the subject, which is always the i4, I prefer that cockpit-like dual screen combination, with the exception of putting the A/C button at the bottom of the second screen.

 

[lnaukkar]

I think the cabin looks lovely. But like others here already pointed out, nothing in or out spells driver engagement. Its a different type of car.

exterior looks just posh but totally uninteresting 😑 i cannot unsee how the tail and rear door area looks like squished EQS.

This is competing with i5 and i sincerely hope i5 doesnt take the same approach.

 

[Buford T. Justice]

I've read lots of commentary about the EQE today, and folks are loving it. If I'm Tesla, this makes me nervous.

I doubt it. This (and the i4) is a luxury brand, niche car. Tesla is going for the mass market. With their stock valuation they are damned to grow. If VW, Stellantis or Toyota would put out a serious contender to the M3 / MY, they should be worried.

 

[Rich9600]

This EQE may well be based on a Chinese ‘streatched‘ model thinking by the look of it. However, taking this approach allows for battery space between the wheels if not agility... But, rear wheel steering also...
I have read about the i4 ride height being high to accommodate the battery pack. The ground clearance is maintained but wheel gaps grow… With the i4 being adapted from a IC design maybe this is part of the trade off.
The EQE is a pure electric design and may be on a par with the M50 in later AWD configurations. However, in my experience the real price of a BMW is less than the equivalent Audi or Mercedes. Bigger discounts can be achieved with BMW and this has kept me driving BMW‘s.
The EQE as a pure electric platform may just have the range edge to swing over less performance orientated owners who want a long range motorway car, not a SUV… Long and low is low drag.

 

[Buford T. Justice]

Looks very interesting. If it had been available I would have considered it. Finally more offerings in the non SUV range

 

[Neal]

Incredibly ugly IMO (just like the EQS). It wouldn’t tempt me away from the i4.

I agree that the lines are not appealing. Had BMW duplicated almost exactly to the concept version and not had the I4 sport package and I50 a complete copy of the gas version they would have set themselves much higher. They could have also offered some better colors like bluestone grey metallic, champaign silver metallic and the light soft copper on the concept they could have improved the appearance. It would have been nice if they offered the same rims as the concept as well.

 

[PhilipA]

When ordering my I4 on the company car scheme the EQS was on the list. I didn’t really fancy one but thought I would get a quote out of interest. Price wise it was in a different league - at least 50% more. Closer to the model S Plaid or a very high spec Taycan. Of those 3, the latter would have been an easy choice.

I agree that the lines are not appealing. Had BMW duplicated almost exactly to the concept version and not had the I4 sport package and I50 a complete copy of the gas version they would have set themselves much higher. They could have also offered some better colors like bluestone grey metallic, champaign silver metallic and the light soft copper on the concept they could have improved the appearance. It would have been nice if they offered the same rims as the concept as well.

 

[MinhSATx]

Competition is always good for the consumer. Maybe the availability of this will dissuade some of our dealers from adding a "surcharge" on our i4s...
This being said, until I see reviews on how it drives through curves, and may be until AMG brings their own version, I'm staying with the i4 M50. To be honest, I kind of like the design of the EQE, much better suited than the EQS. Reminds me a bit when the original Audi 5000 (now A6) came out, it was so different from the angular cars at the time that it created a lot of opinion polarization.

 

[J_P]

I also don't like the body shape but I don't have to look at it when I'm driving . I do like the way the screens are built into the console rather than the i4's 'glued on after' style and I love that optional massive centre screen. As a lifelong IT nerd, I'm a firm believer that you can never have a screen that is too big!

What would annoy me though, every time I drove it, is the capacitive buttons. Who on earth thought these were a good idea? Yes, it makes the styling cleaner but why would I want to take my eyes off the road every time I wanted to use one? Maybe, after long enough, muscle memory would kick in but I'm not convinced even then it would accurate enough. Definitely a failure of form over function.

I did look at the EQE briefly (I'm currently an E class driver) but aside from the range, on paper, it didn't give me anything that the i4 M50 doesn't give me and a similarly specced model will be another significant hike in price. I can see its market but it isn't me.

 

[Ken7]

Although styling is obviously subjective, it still looks ugly to me, just like the EQS inside & out.

 

[JST1963]

The esthetics of Mercedes cars is not the same anymore as 20-30 years ago. In those days, you could tell from far away, "that's a Mercedes". Now you have to look very closely: "Is that a Japanese car, ...or something Korean, oh...I see, it's a Mercedes..."

 

[steffo]

I think this is a welcomed step for Mercedes - definitiely an evolution from the old and appreciated CLS design and now they finally have a modern good looking electric car with good range and faster charging.

Mercedes is positioned in the comfort category and will appeal to that demand.

At my stage of life - I still rank sportiness higher than pure comfort so I will stick to my 12 months waiting time for the less futuristic M50.

 

[El_Ucca]

Very very ugly and suprsingly unpractical. I mean that is one of the worst looking cars i have ever seen and it's a luxury car from the most respected brand. Is mercedes trolling people or do they have blind crazy people designing these nowdays.