View Photographs of the 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV

Mercedes-Benz bought off to a daring begin within the EV phase, launching its EQ subbrand with the futuristic-looking EQS four-door. However in a world awash with utility autos, it was solely a matter of time earlier than an SUV model joined the lineup. Enter the 2023 EQS SUV. With base costs starting from $105,450 to $127,000—the identical because the low-roof EQS—the EQS SUV is a luxurious folks mover that operates in close to silence. Consider it as an electrical GLS-class that is 3.2 inches shorter general however with a 3.0-inch-longer wheelbase. The practicalities of SUV use imply that it swaps the lozenge-shaped exterior of its four-door counterpart for a extra standard, upright design that potential consumers ought to discover comfortably acquainted. That it can also swallow as much as seven occupants by way of an non-compulsory third row of seats will not harm.

As the primary SUV to be constructed on the corporate’s EVO 2 platform—a job that takes place at Mercedes’s plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama—the EQS SUV rides on the identical 126.4-inch wheelbase because the EQS sedan and shares its energy items and floor-mounted battery pack, which has barely extra capability within the SUV at 108.4 kWh. The usual EQS450+ mannequin has a single motor on its rear axle that is good for 355 horsepower and 419 pound-feet of torque. An all-wheel-drive 450 4Matic model provides a front-axle motor that ups the mixed torque determine to 590 pound-feet with out altering the whole pony rely. Topping the lineup is the dual-motor EQS580 4Matic with its 536 horses and 633 pound-feet. Three trim ranges—Premium, Unique, and Pinnacle—fluctuate the diploma of expertise and opulence, however all really feel appropriately wealthy inside.

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