There is no doubt that the Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the most luxurious flagship sedan in today's automobile market, although this generation caused controversy at the beginning of the listing, but for now, the Mercedes-Benz designer level is still the same, and the moment I saw the real car, I still felt that the million-class car must choose it. But at present, the automobile market is gradually converting towards electrification, and traditional fuel models can no longer meet the needs of consumers for future cars, so the pure electric version of the S-class comes to us, and the official also gives it a new name - EQS. As a million-level pure electric luxury car, it is not difficult to imagine how high everyone expects it, so today I will talk about it with the help of real cars, how to continue to be a benchmark.
First of all, the test drive type is the EQS 450+ pioneer version, which is the lowest version of the whole series, and the guidance price is 1.0446 million yuan. Considering that the pure electric model does not have purchase tax and displacement tax, appropriate optional part of the configuration and insurance and other costs, the landing price is about 1.1 million, compared to the S class is obviously more cost-effective. Not to mention that EQS is also equipped with many more advanced technologies of Mercedes-Benz, with a more fluid and dynamic design, how can it not impress relatively young consumers?
Without further ado, let's take a look at the design part. If the new generation of S-Class can still have a certain sense of seriousness, then EQS will completely abandon this. It is not difficult to see from the front shape of the car, the visual effect of the low lying is more like a large luxury GT coupe, cutting-edge, avant-garde and fashion is undoubtedly its main theme, the official said that this style is not only to meet the owner's pursuit of the trend, but also to bring lower wind resistance to improve the endurance and performance. The two sides of the headlight group and the grille connection is very perfect, pixel LED light source equipped with open corner shape can not worry about recognition, while the grille inside the dot matrix Mercedes-Benz three-prong star logo embellishment.
Whether EQS focuses on sports fashion or business luxury, it is a standard large sedan, so the size must not be lost to competitors. From the specific data point of view, the length, width and height of 5227 * 1926 * 1513mm and the wheelbase of 3210mm are not bad compared to the S 500 L, but the length is different, and the impact on the space in the car can be ignored. Thanks to the bow-shaped body posture, the side of the Mercedes-Benz EQS is more streamlined, and the official claim is that the wind resistance coefficient is as low as 0.20Cd, while the roof behind the B-pillar is as high as possible to meet the head space of the rear passengers. To say that the groove point, it may be that the wheel rim style of the real-shot model does not show the temperament it should have, and it looks very cheap.
As for the rear part, I personally feel that the EQS is still amazing, because the super 5.2 meters long car does not affect the overall stretch of the visual effect, the elegant waist line with the sneaky rear of the car is very moving, and the tail light group also adopts a through-line design to further widen the visual effect. From the details, the tail light group has a spiral effect on both sides of the interior, and naturally does not have to worry about recognition after lighting.
In fact, most of the slot points at the beginning of this generation of S-class listing are focused on appearance, because everyone feels that it lacks the aura that flagship cars should have, which has nothing to do with the sense of technology and luxury created in the car. And EQS in the car to continue to use a new design idea is also a surprising point, the entire center console of the new car can be said to be covered by the LCD screen, from the full LCD instrument, the central control screen to the co-pilot entertainment screen, there is a 1.41 meters Corning gorilla curved glass to bring, the combination display effect is very exaggerated, saying that it is a concept car is no problem, so EQS car is also difficult to find the physical button, so the sense of grade can also be improved significantly.
Regarding the configuration, we just mentioned that the real-time model is the minimum version, and it is very important whether it can meet the high requirements for functionality. First of all, the safety equipment is complete, such as parallel assist, lane departure warning, lane keeping assist, active braking, panoramic image and full-speed adaptive cruise and other functions have appeared, in addition to automatic parking, electric induction trunk with memory, wireless charging of front and rear mobile phones and many other practical functions. It's just that the comfort configuration needs to be optional, such as steering wheel heating, multi-directional electric adjustment and heating ventilation of the rear seats, 15-speaker Berlin Sound audio, etc., so the riding experience cannot be compared to the S-class at the same price.
Moreover, from the perspective of this real car experience, the rear seat of EQS is really not flattering, and do not have any expectations for it. First of all, the front row performance, the seat shape is wide and softly padded, in addition to no diamond-shaped stitching and more comfort configuration, there is no difference, it is in line with the million-level price. But the back row, if you do not choose the heating and ventilation function, it means that the winter and summer do not enjoy it at all, while the cushion is short and hard, so don't look at the space, can the "nest" be comfortable inside? We think it could be a deliberate move on Mercedes, because the authorities don't want it to be a luxury sedan that just wants people to sit in the back seat.
Finally, talk about power, as a pure electric model, the first is to bring ultra-high endurance to be worthy of its flagship identity, and the test drive of this minimum version is also the best version of the whole series, CLTC working conditions up to 849km, the car's battery pack reached 111.8kWh. We also conducted urban and high-speed simulation tests for this test drive, and finally obtained the results of about 780km of urban comprehensive endurance and about 700km of intercity high-speed, which is enough to meet the needs of short- and medium-distance travel. As for the performance, the new car is equipped with a rear single motor, the maximum power is 245kW, the maximum torque is 568N·m, the official 100 km/h acceleration is 6.4 seconds, and the measured result is about 6 seconds, which is not exaggerated but enough. To be commended, the new car comes standard with air suspension and overall active steering to meet the higher demands on handling and comfort.
Summary: For such a million-class luxury car, I feel that at this stage, it has met expectations, or even exceeded the expectations of ordinary consumers. Because of the current million-level pure electric car field, the endurance can be comparable to the EQS model can be ignored, the brand influence is more difficult to find the enemy, with the fashionable and luxurious technology sense of the interior and exterior design, if the rear seat is not so general, it can be called perfect. So we feel that the car is more suitable for young elites, and doing it yourself is the best way to experience it.