Mercedes EQE

I bought an a class hybrid pretty much fully specced a year ago which i love to drive when in electric only mode. Hybrid mode is fine too but I miss the silence and smoothness when the petrol engine kicks in.

Ill be keeping a close eye on this and hope to get one depending on the price of the 4 wheel drive version. Ill give the rwd version a go as well.

With regards looks, I'll wait to see it in the metal before giving a verdict but it's not something super important to me.

at least €70K

https://ev-database.org/car/1538/Mercedes-EQE-350

Just been told the Irish prices start at €88k for the 350

Add the 360 parking camera & adaptive cruise control/driver assist packages & you're well over €100,000 😮.

VRT on EVs here is very low too so we're into Paddy tax again.......celtic tiger boom times repeating again.

It's a German car. The lack of standard features is brutal, just like any €100k BMW or Porsche EV. Active cruise control and lane keep assist are not even standard on those cars either which is a disgrace and an embarrassment. It was standard on the €25k Hyundai econobox EV that I bought over 5 years ago.

I specced one up to €133k. It's insane money.

There's no USP here. It's just an e-class. It's not particularly fast, by EV standards & doesn't charge fast either. It's not 800v. Doesn't stand out in any way. Taycan = it's a Porsche! E-Tron GT = cool as f*uk. S-Class = pinnacle of Mercedes engineering/flagship & kudos. i4 M50 = it's a BMW & goes like stink.

E-class = relatively boring, middle of the road & bland, mile muncher.

At €100k+ & with DC fast charging hitting 50c/kWh+, diesels will still be the choice for business travellers/reps etc.

Not too long ago one could have had 4x new Ioniqs for less. They were very well specced, there was free & readily available DC charging & they charged faster (C rate).

TL;DR - I've just ordered one................................not!

The 86 k price version isn't the base model I understand.

There is a cheaper 300 version coming wheras the model at present is an EQE 350

And yes that 86 k is pre options but so is your e class example

Let us know how you get on please. Do you know what model you will be test driving?

My heart wants the "smaller" AMG model but my head says the EQE 500 is more than enough before adding that, in fact, my current hybrid A class is more than enough 😅 I will have to contact the local dealer to see what the fleet price reduction is for me. Hopefully there isn't one so that I can put the idea out of my head completely 😋

Keep us updated @AidenL. By all means it looks like the EQE is an excellent EV.

Out of the legacy automakers there's no doubt in my eyes that Merc are real dark horses.

Making the EQXX into a fully working car and not only proving its efficiency and range on real roads.

But letting journos drive it too - is a real statement of intent.

The EQS and EQE are pretty impressive on the EV side. Just need to work on getting the latter closer to normal E class pricing

€105K and Bob is in luv!

I test drove both EQE and EQS also. Surprisingly Merc garage offered more for my 5 series than the BMW garage did.