EQE (V295) [Renders] 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQE

[Serpens]

The long wheelbase in this car makes it look so deceivingly small in pictures.

 

[Deleted member 57437]

The long wheelbase in this car makes it look so deceivingly small in pictures.

So true. It is certainly deceptive that the EQE gives the visual impression of being Audi A3 sedan-sized while, in reality, its exterior dimensions are very close to those of the A6.

 

[Levi68]

what it does look, is cheap.

 

[klugscheisser87]

Except Porsche, Germans need to hire italian car design studios.

 

[Sunny]

More pics here - https://www.motor1.com/news/542524/mercedes-amg-eqe-spy-shots/

I don't know why they so are fixated on Civic looking hood profile.

 

[Merc1]

And to add insult it looks like it's falling apart. I'm so triggered by seeing a Benz with shitty panel gaps in an area where panel fit is paramount. There had to be a better (read: more expensive) way to resolve that front section where the fender/bumper/A-pillar meet. It would have looked much better and likely fit together better. The EQE isn't as bad as the EQS, but I can't un-see that front section panel fit.

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[Deleted member 57437]

Except Porsche, Germans need to hire italian car design studios.

Valid point.

Or perhaps German manufacturers are feeling the exodus of some highly competent designers to non-German brands. Whatever the case may be, I also feel that German manufacturers have been presenting increasingly less visually appealing automobiles for quite some time. Save Porsche, which finds itself in that uncanny, iconic, exclusive and thus rather unassailable position. M-B and BMW appear to be a bit lost. I had hopes that Audi may reestablish itself as a brand for those possessing a particular affinity for "Bauhaus design", but more recent products are leaving me skeptical (the eTron GT, for example, is an example of "too many spices ruining what is a good dish"). I wonder whether the production versions of the A6 eTron and Grand Sphere will appease. The same will apply to the next-generation M-B BEV-platformed cars (MB.EA and AMG.EA toolkits). BMW ? I haven't a clue at this point.

This having been said, German manufacturers (save Porsche) have seldom been the vanguards of "style". Italdesign is a VAG subsidiary. Maybe that could be exploited a bit more committedly.

 

[dalab]

This car, what brand is it?

 

[SKY]

More pics here - https://www.motor1.com/news/542524/mercedes-amg-eqe-spy-shots/

I don't know why they so are fixated on Civic looking hood profile.

I can understand anyone disliking this car. But just curious, do you think this is any worse than a Model 3? Cause IMO this EQE appears to take inspiration from that very model.

This car, what brand is it?

Valid points as well. But how many brands pass this test nowadays. In fact, I have said the same thing about cars like the 2er GC, the 4er or the iX. If I recall well, you were totally against my points then.

 

[dalab]

I can understand anyone disliking this car. But just curious, do you think this is any worse than a Model 3? Cause IMO this EQE appears to take inspiration from that very model.

Exactly they are both very bland, no less successful because of that, but .......

Valid points as well. But how many brands pass this test nowadays. In fact, I have said the same thing about cars like the 2er GC, the 4er or the iX. If I recall well, you were totally against my points then.

I am not "totally" against your points.
If I would take out the 4er in all its versions, it is a BMW from five blocks away and from any angle.
The iX despite being a new design direction, as much as the EQ sedans, achieves in the shett metal to look even in profile as a recognizable BMW, maybe one that you have to look twice to know but there it is, much easier to digest than these are so generic and anti Mercedes in my view.

The 2 GC, perhaps is the one that most agrees with your valid assertion, it is the one that you have to get used to when seeing it on the street, even if we do a scale it is still easier than this EQE which is even more difficult than the EQS

 

[Sunny]

I can understand anyone disliking this car. But just curious, do you think this is any worse than a Model 3? Cause IMO this EQE appears to take inspiration from that very model.

Agee, that the one bow roofline is similar (but without the gazillion split windows), but the hood profile of the model 3 is relatively flat and conventional.

 

[martinbo]

Model 3 is much more pleasing on the eye compared with the fractured mess of lines on the EQE.
What is this? The era of Mercedes cracked egg design?

 

[Deleted member 57437]

Model 3 is much more pleasing on the eye compared with the fractured mess of lines on the EQE.
What is this? The era of Mercedes cracked egg design?

M-B designers scrambled to make corrections in fear that their ideas would be poached. In the end, the EQE is getting fried in design reviews.

 

[wagnechris]

Wondering, how people can compare spyshots with marketing pictures...
EQ Models looks great in reality.

 

[Antti]

Wondering, how people can compare spyshots with marketing pictures...
EQ Models looks great in reality.

I wouldn’t go that far having seen and driven the EQS in real life. It looked OK, not great. Looked like an oversized Honda Civic from 10-15 years ago. Might look better in a better spec though

 

[Eng.ahad]

Agee, that the one bow roofline is similar (but without the gazillion split windows), but the hood profile of the model 3 is relatively flat and conventional.

Model 3 is not a hansome car, but the side profile is much better than the EQE.

For me, the Model S and Tycan/GT etron are the most beutiful 4 doors EV cars till date.

 

[Deleted member 57437]

Model 3 is not a hansome car, but the side profile is much better than the EQE.

For me, the Model S and Tycan/GT etron are the most beutiful 4 doors EV cars till date.

I'm eagerly awaiting the Polestar 5 (production Precept) and production Audi A6 eTron.

But until that time comes, the Taycan simply takes the cake IMHO. Did I understand correctly that some 28,000 units have been registered world-wide during the first three quarters of this year ? Should that be accurate, it is an impressive number.

 

[dtd]

Model 3 is not a hansome car, but the side profile is much better than the EQE.

For me, the Model S and Tycan/GT etron are the most beutiful 4 doors EV cars till date.

I agree that the Model 3 side profile looks better, but the interior of the EQE is much better. Now, what is the cost? If the EQE starting price at $55K then I'm in , which I doubt very much. By the way, the BMW i4 has the price at $56K for the U.S.

 

[Antti]

I agree that the Model 3 side profile looks better, but the interior of the EQE is much better. Now, what is the cost? If the EQE starting price at $55K then I'm in , which I doubt very much. By the way, the BMW i4 has the price at $56K for the U.S.

My guess would be a starting price of $60k for the EQE in the US. If it’s €63k in Germany, so taking out 19% German tax and converting it to USD gives $60k.

 

[Serpens]

My guess would be a starting price of $60k for the EQE in the US. If it’s €63k in Germany, so taking out 19% German tax and converting it to USD gives $60k.

That’s never a good way of getting to the U.S. price. Expect Mercedes to price it on par with the E-class and close to the I4, so closer to $55k.