1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,899 a little while ago we checked out the Mercedes eqs and uh frankly it was 2 00:00:04,319 --> 00:00:13,259 terrible good thing though we have the eqe today and it is much improved let's 3 00:00:11,219 --> 00:00:18,359 check with little brother starting with the looks now it does still have the 4 00:00:15,420 --> 00:00:21,960 Bean or a shoe appearance of the eqs but the proportions overall are much better 5 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:26,400 and I like how they have these lines along the hood the little duckbill 6 00:00:23,939 --> 00:00:32,220 spoiler at the back and overall I think it just looks a lot better compared to 7 00:00:29,220 --> 00:00:33,600 the normal E-class uh yeah this is not 8 00:00:32,220 --> 00:00:38,340 the better looking one around the side we've got these 19-inch 9 00:00:36,180 --> 00:00:43,200 AMG rims that are wrapped in winter tires for some reason if you're 10 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:48,600 wondering uh I have not been thrashing this but there is still rubber all up 11 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:52,920 this side do not use winter tires when it's 30 degrees out the more you know 12 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:57,059 above that we've got our windshield washer Reservoir because Mercedes will 13 00:00:55,320 --> 00:01:01,440 not let you open the hood once again there are two little releases if you 14 00:00:59,039 --> 00:01:04,680 want to but uh guys please just give us a normal latch 15 00:01:02,699 --> 00:01:09,659 the drag coefficient of this thing is only 0.22 which is definitely helped by 16 00:01:07,439 --> 00:01:13,439 these door handles that pop out so you get them but uh they don't they don't 17 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:18,180 always pop out for me oh they did it right there but I have consistently had 18 00:01:15,780 --> 00:01:22,979 to go and unlock it using the key fob like a filthy animal around back a light 19 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:27,299 bar that goes all the way across and I think looks pretty good and a rear view 20 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:31,080 camera that's hidden behind the Mercedes logo that's also how you open up the 21 00:01:28,860 --> 00:01:36,479 trunk Works quite well in the trunk there isn't a whole load of space for a 22 00:01:33,420 --> 00:01:38,759 car of this size like LTT backpack takes 23 00:01:36,479 --> 00:01:42,900 up heaps of space in here unfortunately we do have a tiny little compartment for 24 00:01:40,860 --> 00:01:47,159 your first aid kit tire repair kit and of course an LTC water bottle 25 00:01:44,479 --> 00:01:52,500 ltdstore.com up here we've got our power close close unlock and also releases for 26 00:01:49,979 --> 00:01:55,439 both of the rear seats which is very nice to have they won't come back up 27 00:01:54,240 --> 00:02:00,960 though for charging we get to up to 170 28 00:01:58,140 --> 00:02:05,700 kilowatts DC although you won't be needing to charge as much as you might 29 00:02:02,939 --> 00:02:11,400 expect now Mercedes says this right here with its 90 kilowatt hour battery is 30 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:16,560 good for 418 kilometers of range but strangely I've been getting more like 31 00:02:13,319 --> 00:02:18,540 500 uh most of the time they overdo the 32 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:22,319 range but it's very strange that they've massively underdone it for this one it 33 00:02:20,700 --> 00:02:27,860 seems popping into the back seat we've got a 34 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:31,200 sort of enough space if my head's in the 35 00:02:27,860 --> 00:02:34,200 sunroof area otherwise I'm 36 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:36,360 I'm smacking it right there that said 37 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:40,739 leg room there is plenty of and these are very very comfortable seats also 38 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:46,019 have a nice little rear climate display and heating for the rear passengers 39 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:50,459 we've also got 200 watt usb type-c chargers which are an optional extra and 40 00:02:48,660 --> 00:02:54,660 a little armrest that has one of these confusing 41 00:02:51,980 --> 00:02:59,519 there are the cup holders hopping into the driver's seat this is a 42 00:02:57,300 --> 00:03:04,800 very comfortable spot to be we've got heaps of adjustments like adjustable 43 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:09,860 bolsters pneumatic lumbar massaging functions and of course it's all an 44 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:14,580 optional extra everything in here just you really need to get this thing out in 45 00:03:12,900 --> 00:03:19,879 order for it to be worth it this thing's like 40 Grand above starting that said 46 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:25,920 though everything in here is exceptionally well built like the 47 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:31,980 squishiness of the cushions here on both of the armrests oh man it is a relief 48 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:36,959 after the pole star there are some kind of chintzy bit like these capacitive 49 00:03:34,319 --> 00:03:40,620 touch buttons right here move around a bit more than I'd like same with the 50 00:03:38,580 --> 00:03:45,540 ones over for the heating and cooling of the driver's seat but overall it is 51 00:03:43,019 --> 00:03:50,819 pretty good that said Mercedes still doesn't have the ease of use for some of 52 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:55,620 this stuff that I might expect like uh the Z controls they're already over here 53 00:03:53,340 --> 00:04:01,920 minus uh a lot of of the other C controls that you want to have so you 54 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:04,200 have to go in here menu Comfort seat and 55 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:09,239 now you can adjust like the lumbar support or the side bolsters or the 56 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:14,220 heating settings which Strangely I cannot find a button for the steering 57 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:18,060 wheel heat so we can do the additional steering wheel heat and that means that 58 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:22,500 when I turn on the seat heating the steering wheel heat turns on but because 59 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:25,500 I am a very clammy boy I do not like that and I just I don't know there's no 60 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:32,340 button down here there's nothing like that oh wait I have an idea 61 00:04:28,460 --> 00:04:34,500 okay okay watch this watch this 62 00:04:32,340 --> 00:04:38,699 seat heat's on steering wheel Heats off hey Mercedes 63 00:04:36,419 --> 00:04:44,540 how can I help turn on the steering wheel heat okay I'm switching on the 64 00:04:41,639 --> 00:04:44,540 steering wheel Heating 65 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:53,639 how do I know it I can't believe there's no button for this anyway anyway let's 66 00:04:52,380 --> 00:04:58,199 get a couple more complaints out of the way while we're here first of all piano 67 00:04:55,620 --> 00:05:04,259 black it looks terrible this right here for the most part in the interior looks 68 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:05,820 very nice but no matter what you do you 69 00:05:04,259 --> 00:05:10,139 have to have piano black in the middle and it looks freaking disgusting all the 70 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:14,820 time that said we have a nice little bit of 71 00:05:12,300 --> 00:05:19,919 storage here nice little spot for your cups there wireless charger that's very 72 00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:25,199 hard to get to and wireless Android auto also on the steering wheel we have more 73 00:05:22,500 --> 00:05:30,120 crap tier capacitive buttons that they work fine enough it's pretty good but at 74 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:34,440 the same time What Mercedes had previously is just straight up better 75 00:05:32,100 --> 00:05:38,699 like guys please just bring back the little roller the couple of other things 76 00:05:36,300 --> 00:05:43,139 there's also no like next track button on here which is kind of disappointing 77 00:05:40,380 --> 00:05:48,479 given there's so many other controls it's just strange and poorly thought out 78 00:05:45,419 --> 00:05:51,360 as for the infotainment it is 79 00:05:48,479 --> 00:05:55,020 fine there's a lot of stuff on here that just isn't scaled quite properly like 80 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:59,100 you can tell that they know what the proper scale is because you go to like 81 00:05:56,759 --> 00:06:04,440 home you have these nice beautiful icons dragged down again nice great big icons 82 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:11,400 but then some of the stuff that you use constantly is not as easy like next 83 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:14,220 track previous track they're just a 84 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:16,860 little bit too small for my hands like it's fine to hit when we're just sitting 85 00:06:15,660 --> 00:06:22,319 here but when you're going down the road bouncing around and stuff it's just too 86 00:06:20,340 --> 00:06:27,360 small same with the Android auto icon why is it so small guys a lot of the 87 00:06:25,199 --> 00:06:30,180 time it's just like a nice big old button or something like that and it's 88 00:06:29,340 --> 00:06:35,039 just so weird that it's so small Mercedes 89 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:40,800 does get points for including Android auto and apple carplay both are Wireless 90 00:06:37,020 --> 00:06:42,960 fantastic but it isn't as something shut 91 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:46,380 up something's always wrong hey Mercedes I do have to commend Mercedes for at 92 00:06:44,699 --> 00:06:51,120 least just keeping Android auto and apple carplay on like GM and some others 93 00:06:49,199 --> 00:06:56,039 but that said it isn't as well integrated as I would like in some areas 94 00:06:53,639 --> 00:07:00,539 like we have this display up here and it has a beautiful map mode especially like 95 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:06,060 the heads-up display when you're using the Mercedes version of their navigation 96 00:07:03,060 --> 00:07:08,220 is absolutely exceptional now their root 97 00:07:06,060 --> 00:07:12,479 Guidance just simply is not as good as what Google has so the problem is you 98 00:07:10,319 --> 00:07:16,560 have to decide do you want a really nice heads-up display experience or do you 99 00:07:14,699 --> 00:07:23,639 want to actually arrive there on time I do feel like I've done a lot of nitpicking in here but I do have to say 100 00:07:20,099 --> 00:07:26,520 they have done just such a good job with 101 00:07:23,639 --> 00:07:30,720 so much of it like this is the best interior lighting that I have seen in a 102 00:07:28,620 --> 00:07:34,500 car the way that they have the use a little vents it doesn't feel the 103 00:07:32,699 --> 00:07:39,479 greatest but they look really really good RGB events guys and of course 104 00:07:37,319 --> 00:07:44,039 before we set off I just want to say Mercedes thank you so much for this area 105 00:07:41,940 --> 00:07:50,400 down here this right here is the absolute burrito holder 5000 they even 106 00:07:47,039 --> 00:07:51,900 have a strap not going anywhere unlike 107 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:56,580 me because I'm going to the Segway to our sponsor shut up Mercedes big thanks 108 00:07:54,780 --> 00:08:00,660 to Super Micro for sponsoring this video 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camera so this 119 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:50,880 is actually a very simple cart fit into even pretty small parking spots had no 120 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:56,160 trouble there all right let's do a little launchy 121 00:08:53,519 --> 00:09:04,260 launch here this thing has 402 horsepower and over 600 foot pounds of 122 00:08:59,820 --> 00:09:06,779 torque which gives us a 0-60 of 4.7 123 00:09:04,260 --> 00:09:14,399 seconds which uh for that amount of power seems pretty darn long and that's 124 00:09:10,380 --> 00:09:17,160 because this thing is 5200 pounds that 125 00:09:14,399 --> 00:09:23,160 said though we have a lot of mass stamping and very soft suspension so 126 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:25,800 this is an exceptionally comfortable car 127 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:31,440 how do I know well uh the road we're on right now is banned for a roll because 128 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:37,140 the camera right there is just unusable in most cars while we're driving over a 129 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:39,480 road that is this bumpy that said in the 130 00:09:37,140 --> 00:09:45,839 eqe this right here is just absorbing the bumps we're just drifting right down 131 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:47,880 at no problems at all it is quiet it is 132 00:09:45,839 --> 00:09:51,120 very comfortable oh 133 00:09:48,959 --> 00:09:57,000 there's the road where we normally start our a-roll now once you get over about 134 00:09:53,779 --> 00:09:59,399 120 the softness of the suspension can 135 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:04,980 become a problem there if you have like some big more rolly bumps because it's 136 00:10:02,399 --> 00:10:08,040 so soft if you're in the rebound of the shocks when you hit the next bump you 137 00:10:06,899 --> 00:10:12,360 can get just freaking launched straight into the air 138 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:16,860 whereas a stiffer car you just kind of be going over it one more small issue 139 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:21,899 with the highway driving is that this does have a little bit more road noise 140 00:10:18,899 --> 00:10:23,880 than I was expecting once you are going 141 00:10:21,899 --> 00:10:28,860 at highway speeds I don't know if that's an issue caused mostly because we have 142 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:33,959 winter tires on this still but it doesn't have the quietness that stuff 143 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:36,180 like the G80 or the Cadillac lyric have 144 00:10:33,959 --> 00:10:40,380 that have that active noise suppression that's going to get rid of those hums 145 00:10:38,459 --> 00:10:45,480 and stuff another thing though that makes this an exceptional Cruiser for 146 00:10:42,959 --> 00:10:52,019 lower speeds is that we have ourselves a proper sunroof up here heck freaking yes 147 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:57,200 this right here will be the best car for driving down like an ocean road if it 148 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:57,200 were not for one thing 149 00:10:57,420 --> 00:11:04,560 let's pull over because that was kind of loud sunroof opened Windows down this is 150 00:11:01,980 --> 00:11:08,880 such a great car for just comfortably cruising around town 151 00:11:06,540 --> 00:11:14,279 and it's kind of ruined by this right here we've got this super nice Alcantara 152 00:11:11,820 --> 00:11:18,420 sweetie sort of stuff but if you look the window just it 153 00:11:16,260 --> 00:11:23,420 by like what half inch something like that means it can't have your ARM out 154 00:11:20,399 --> 00:11:25,680 the window and just relax like this 155 00:11:23,420 --> 00:11:32,100 all right we've got some Corners let's torture these poor winter tires 156 00:11:28,079 --> 00:11:34,860 here we go chucking it in 157 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:40,380 heaps of body roll but that said the whole thing does feel very controlled 158 00:11:37,079 --> 00:11:43,079 and very composed especially for how 159 00:11:40,380 --> 00:11:47,820 much mass this thing has that said I do have some trouble properly balancing the 160 00:11:45,779 --> 00:11:53,700 car because the accelerator pedal has quite a bit of smoothing on it so if you 161 00:11:50,700 --> 00:11:56,220 want to like get into the gas get off 162 00:11:53,700 --> 00:12:02,940 the gas there's a lot more delay than I would like to see an electric car it a 163 00:12:00,180 --> 00:12:07,980 bit of a problem because well just kind of generally driving it I find difficult 164 00:12:05,220 --> 00:12:12,240 to do very smoothly I really wish they just gave us the option of having like a 165 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:17,940 chill and a not chill mode for the accelerator like Volvo and Tesla and 166 00:12:15,420 --> 00:12:23,700 lots of other makers that said if you're interested in not driving as much this 167 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:28,380 is a pretty good car to do that in the lane centering is excellent some of the 168 00:12:26,399 --> 00:12:32,940 best that I've ever seen the adaptive cruise is pretty good even if it is a 169 00:12:30,899 --> 00:12:36,959 little bit jerky at times especially if the person in front of you is not 170 00:12:34,500 --> 00:12:41,459 fantastic at driving I've left it on which is more than I can say about the 171 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:45,120 vast majority of cars that I've had and my only real complaint is that it gets 172 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:49,740 super mad at you to have your hands on the wheel even when you already have 173 00:12:47,279 --> 00:12:54,420 your hands on the wheel now probably our largest complaint about the eqs was the 174 00:12:52,079 --> 00:12:59,639 feel of the brakes and it was just God awful and here they have done an 175 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:03,360 excellent Improvement in the sort sort of sense that licking a nine volt 176 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:09,180 battery is better than looking at car battery it's still terrible now we're on 177 00:13:06,660 --> 00:13:14,100 flat ground right now so the stopping's going to be fine enough but I found that 178 00:13:11,399 --> 00:13:18,240 when I'm on any sort of an incline it grabs the brakes when you go to stop and 179 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:23,760 it can just be like it's honestly crazy that Mercedes wants 180 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:27,480 to go all-electric by 2030 when they can't even figure out how to make the 181 00:13:25,079 --> 00:13:32,820 break and the gas work correctly in one guys please fix that seriously what 182 00:13:30,779 --> 00:13:37,200 doesn't need fixing though is the sound system 183 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:42,000 play crab rave on title in here we've got the sound system from burmester and 184 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:46,560 this thing sounds so freaking good they've got the tweeters up pointed at 185 00:13:44,279 --> 00:13:53,040 the Windows which bounce off of them and you just get this insane surround sound 186 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:55,260 experience that is is unlike a lot of 187 00:13:53,040 --> 00:14:00,480 cars that we have now it doesn't have the low end extension it starts rolling 188 00:13:57,300 --> 00:14:02,070 off around about 40 Hertz but it does 189 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:07,240 sound darn good 190 00:14:09,060 --> 00:14:15,360 yeah see there it didn't like fully trail out like it does in the 191 00:14:13,019 --> 00:14:19,980 Volvo or you know my golf properly measuring the system was a little bit 192 00:14:17,579 --> 00:14:24,480 difficult because whatever they're doing for the 3D surround does some phase 193 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:28,200 changes which does also show up in the frequency response so we turned it in 194 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:35,579 their peer setting which sounds like trash but I just like leaving it as it is from 195 00:14:32,399 --> 00:14:38,519 the factory and she sounds darn good so 196 00:14:35,579 --> 00:14:43,740 the Mercedes eqe this one that we have right here was a hundred and twenty 197 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:45,540 thousand dollars Canadian and uh I think 198 00:14:43,740 --> 00:14:51,060 this right here is a really good spec for the car but that's a lot of freaking 199 00:14:48,060 --> 00:14:54,180 money now this does feel a lot more 200 00:14:51,060 --> 00:14:56,459 grounded as a car than the eqs did it's 201 00:14:54,180 --> 00:15:02,399 just as comfortable it has really all of the good things of that but it just 202 00:14:59,339 --> 00:15:05,339 feels better to drive in so it's sort of 203 00:15:02,399 --> 00:15:10,620 completely eliminates the eqs from you wanting to have it that said though 204 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:16,380 there are a lot of other cars that are quite a bit less money that I think are 205 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:20,160 just as good in many ways if you're in the market for a car like this I would 206 00:15:18,060 --> 00:15:25,139 strongly recommend looking into the G80 EV before pulling the trigger on this 207 00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:31,920 it's the one that I personally like more but if you want more of like the really 208 00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:34,680 fancy RGB the eqe 209 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:39,120 who could do verse so guys if you like this video hit like get subscribed and I 210 00:15:37,620 --> 00:15:47,279 promise we are going to have some cheaper EVS soon very very soon ah 211 00:15:43,980 --> 00:15:49,860 it's really oh my God Mercedes shut the 212 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:54,260 up I may not be perfect but I'm getting better every day I'll believe it 213 00:15:51,779 --> 00:15:54,260 when I see it