EQS (V297) [Official] Mercedes-Benz EQS

[Merc1]

That big "EQS" plaque at the a-pillar area is tacky as hell. Is that really going to be on the production cars?

M

 

[RobbinYoHoodv2]

That big "EQS" plaque at the a-pillar area is tacky as hell. Is that really going to be on the production cars?

M

direct from a Chinese focus group, you'd expect to see that on a fake/imitation model, it just gets better and better.

 

[Pagani]

If the EQS design language is the future, I am out. I am all for electric, as a matter of fact I am quite sure my next new car will not have an engine. I just can’t sign off to drive an egg-looking vehicle.

 

[Robi777]

Well, obviously...

Traditionally, the grille has been the centerpiece of a car's DRG [Down-the-Road Graphic] and its most recognisable styling element from a distance. We all know that the grille was born out of a functional requirement - to provide a grate allowing air to flow to the radiator for cooling - but this necessity also led to the grille becoming stylised for the purposes of identity. Kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. Of course, this applies mainly to front-engined vehicles and we see that mid and rear-engined cars have much less prominent grilles - again a product of necessity - resulting in different identifiers from a distance.

In electric cars, a grille is much less of a necessity (definitely not for engine cooling) yet car most brands continue to employ a form of grille in an effort to maintain some form of down-the-road recognisability. A point of discussion is around the dogma of having to do so in an electric vehicle - Porsche's Taycan and Tesla's cars prove that you don't need a grille to be identifiable. If it's not functional then find a better way to do it.

From a personal standpoint, I have to question whether the EQ line's blob-nose was the most cohesive element they could come up with in order to achieve brand identity. I certainly understand the need for such things but then, for the sake of visual appeal, at least do it right. This criticism isn't solely aimed at the EQ line either, I have just as strong misgivings about BMW and Audi's grilles too.

I was talking about these. Can't see how blocked off fake vents will help cool the batteries?

The funny thing is they added a shroud around the fake vents. Like why? Shroud is an ugly detail added to make the intakes function more effective. But this is a fake intake. It is like push up bra for fake tits.

I don't about you guys, to me true luxury, is authenticity. Not this fake crap.

I might be late to the party of discussing fake vents, but this post got me wondering, how do fake, closed off vents affect the aerodynamics? Surely when carmakers take into account even the smallest of details, like rims, sides of the car, etc., a bunch of unnecessary cavities at the front seems like an illogical choice?

 

[Sonder]

 

[dalab]

Gross

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

I don't think two-tone does this car any favors whatsoever.

 

[dalab]

This guy Gordon speaks for the entire designer community as if he owns the truth.

Los coches eléctricos acabarán matando a las carrocerías de tres volúmenes, según el jefe de Diseño de Daimler

Daimler, al igual que el resto de fabricantes, no solo se ha visto abocado a sumergirse en el cambio e invertirlo todo en electrificación: también va a dejar...

www.motorpasion.com

 

[Merc1]

Bruno Sacco will come back if asked I’m sure. Time is running out tho.

M

 

[Sunny]

If the EQS design language is the future, I am out. I am all for electric, as a matter of fact I am quite sure my next new car will not have an engine. I just can’t sign off to drive an egg-looking vehicle.

Besides MB, I don't see many others going down the egg form factor. Audi, Porsche, Polestar, Tesla, Lucid, Kia/Hyundai all have come up with more attractive form factors for their EVs. It is just Wagner and team that is stuck on making EVs look like amorphous blobs.

I might be late to the party of discussing fake vents, but this post got me wondering, how do fake, closed off vents affect the aerodynamics? Surely when carmakers take into account even the smallest of details, like rims, sides of the car, etc., a bunch of unnecessary cavities at the front seems like an illogical choice?

Good point. I am no aerodynamicist, but I can't see the blanked out cavities helping vs a smooth flush surface. EQS concept had smooth surfaces instead, so good chance that is what original designers wanted? But guess someone wanted to please the peanut gallery with fake vents.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

I might be late to the party of discussing fake vents, but this post got me wondering, how do fake, closed off vents affect the aerodynamics? Surely when carmakers take into account even the smallest of details, like rims, sides of the car, etc., a bunch of unnecessary cavities at the front seems like an illogical choice?

That same fake vent can be seen on the W222 FL as a matter of fact. Though having an ICE, the vents are closed and functionless. Bizar.
PS all the air the engine needs comes through the grille.

 

[Deleted member 1071]

(sort of) side note trivia:

Following the presentation of the W124 in the fall of 1984, it didn't take long before aftermarket "tuners" began to offer aerokits for the car. In the most optimal of roadworthy, available configurations (lowered suspension, one rearview mirror, standard plastic hubcaps), 0,26 cW was achieved. I can't recall which aerokit it was though (Kamei ?, Lorinser ?, Carlsson ?). Still quite impressive for such an upright, 3-Box 1980s' sedan.

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

(sort of) side note trivia:

Following the presentation of the W124 in the fall of 1984, it didn't take long before aftermarket "tuners" began to offer aerokits for the car. In the most optimal of roadworthy, available configurations (lowered suspension, one rearview mirror, standard plastic hubcaps), 0,26 cW was achieved. I can't recall which aerokit it was though (Kamei ?, Lorinser ?, Carlsson ?). Still quite impressive for such an upright, 3-Box 1980s' sedan.

Hella were also providing some descrete aerodinamic optimising components next to their lighting elements.

 

[leylandi]

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[Centurion]

I don't think two-tone does this car any favors whatsoever.

I think two tone breaks up the eggy body shape. My only pickle with two tone are the front wings/front bonnet. It doesn't look 100% right.

 

[Merc1]

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[Sonder]

Those 22 inch wheels are everything on this car. It looks totally different with other wheels.

 

[Merc1]

Get rid of that EQS plaque at the base the a-pillar and you've got something there because of the black paint hiding all the cracks/seams/gaps and the overall shape.

M

 

[Sonder]

?
Maybe now we understand the “crack” in the fender