I’d love one but I just don’t like the outside! Too blobby

“if you are rich enough” (for the home chargers). sorry what? this is an AMG 53 by definition, the buyer is rich.

This was built and DESIGNED by engineers. Sometimes engineering isn’t pretty.

It's still impressive how much electric cars have improved in a span of 10 years. Imagine another 10 years, with denser solid state batteries and more compact engines, I'm sure the weight is going to go down a lot.

It's good that it's fast, so you don't have to look at it for very long

A midnight 🕛 upload is always great here in the UK 🇬🇧 Rory! 🔥👍

The battery size isn’t the limiting factor… it’s the efficiency.. 2 miles per KWh is pants.. if this could do 3.5 miles per kwh, like it’s competitors, then the battery could be 30%+ smaller, saving considerable weight while giving the same range. The weight saving would improve the driving dynamics of this car would massively. Balance of battery size and efficiency is what’s needed for a performance EV vehicle.

This or a Taycan? No contest, the Porsche every time in every category.

Great video! Your team's video production quality is always top-notch!

They should put a microphone next to the motor and use that noise in the cabin

Nice presentation Rory as always , classy and quality, entertaining and informative 👌👏

The interior screens and the part for the passenger to play video is awesome. I love it.

Because of Rory , im watching auto trader. Keep up the good and funny reviews.

Given what Lucid is doing with the Air I think Mercedes really could do better with how they designed the car. No frunk AND less interior space in a car roughly the same size is just proof of that

I think it looks better then the eqs though .

As an E55 / S63 owner, it's sacrilege what MB has done to the Affalterbach brand. SMH

We need that Bentley update Rory 👀

Brilliant analysis thanks.

is this the best design Merc could come up with??

Mhen your car reviews is always on point ✅

I really like Rory's videos.

Great video Rory 👌

Its got the looks that only a mother can love....

Performance numbers don't lie...but that jellybean bloody looking exterior design and the sheer mass of it give me pause. Thank you for the review Rory!!! That intro had me rolling!!! "You can't fire me mate, ok fine, I will do the review" Legend!!!

I preordered a Cadillac Lyriq AWD. The only thing the EQS has that the Caddy doesn’t is the passenger side display

"in profile it's a bit blobby" Very true

Nice review Rory….

1:46 The start is so powerful and fast that the trunk opening button even turned 😂

I just saw you in Blackout (2013). Awesome special 😊

For you, well said.

Always great to watch your reviews...your insight and comments makes it always worth watching....keepit up!!

Can't wait for review of the EQS SUV.

Brilliant regeneration

So it's an AMG? So it has a handmade battery 😂😂

8:48 I like this angle!

I remember driving the old mx5 and every time I shifted to an even gear I operated the windows with my elbow.

I like engine and exhaust roar

Great to see AMG are working on the new EV's and making them great fun.

1:48 James at Officially Gassed says “Hold my beer/enthusiasm/smile!” :)

The car might be fast, but the "fun" part in driving a car comes from mastering the inputs and the car's reactions to the road. Today's cars are so advanced that driving them is very similar to using a driving sim... you're limited to steering wheel input and accelerator/brake pedal input. Not much to do, frankly. And you can feel the challenge only by going way too fast for it to be reasonable on open roads. Unfortunately if you bring this crop of cars to the track, they'll perform very badly because of their weight. So no, an AMG BEV can't *really* be fun.

That lock/unlock tune is literally the beginning of the Jaws theme tune 🦈

Does it have the new ISA which keeps it to the speed limits??

What's with the gap in the plastics between the steering wheel airbag cover and the topside of the steering wheel column? It's at least half a centimetre. It's not between any moving parts so it doesn't need clearance for movement. I haven't seen a gap like that in any Dacia review

You mention something over 450 bhp for each motor but then say total power is 6 something? Which is it? Or are they leaving power on the table for the AMG63?

Imagine getting an AMG badge for effectively getting a software update

Great video Rory, I never realised the electric E class was over £100k now!!

I actually do like the design!

2.6 tonnes! Has any engineer calculated the safe load weights for multi-storey car parks? At around a tonne extra per car (compared to the ICE equivalent) this could become an issue - especially as they will need to be parked there whilst recharging. It may become the norm to only allow EVs on the lower floors?

Given that it is a merc E class, I think it's just fine as an EV. Sure AMG is sportiness, but in this case it's added sportiness to a comfort-biased car. The discussion will be different probably for a GT (R) or for Porsches, Ferraris and Lambos. Personallly, I don't believe it's a wrong direction.. I just wish all the main daily cars were EVs and then have a few ICE sport cars from each brand.. and not just the supercars.. I mean just keep a good ol' fashioned manual Miata in production, for the fun of it and have the rest of the Mazda lineup electrified :)

Please mike the sounds the car is making when you're trying to show them to us. Right now I have to turn the volume way up to try and hear the quiet sounds the car is making and then back down before you start talking.

Another nice vid from the reid❤️😂😂

This company made the FIRST CAR ever. Impressive how the adapt and use their knowledge to make new cars for new ages. I think that this car looks GREAT and much interesting than most other EV-s on the market today that have no distinct features and mostly look like japanese cars from the 90's!

Bet it drive like a dream mans car.. 🥰🤩

Don't forget to review the AMG GT Black Series

i wish if you record 0 - 60 acceleration when you have performance cars.

Just imagine how disgusting the dash will look with all the finger prints! I do not understand the purpose this car serves? Much more expensive, certainly not fun to drive, absolute nightmare for charging, much heavier, way more wear and tear, tires that will die sooner, roads that will damage faster by weight....oh I forgot quite dumb looking as well.

Well said, "AMG stands for noise, fury, and understated aggression".

They had a chance to really deliver a very dynamic looking car.. (what the heck happened..)

But I like the sound of that monster V8 in the Audi Q7 and BMW X7 and GLE amh

Ok now because these have fewer moving parts in terms of the engine and gearbox, is it more reliable? And if they were mechanically, is the software running this thing programmed to just shit the bed in 2 years?

I wonder how these EQS models will age? The EQS with Hyperscreen has a better interior and more practicality than a S-class W223. Will these cars depreciate quickly or only after the 10-year Battery warranty ends?

This is so bittersweet.

You know what, this thing kinda grew on me, you can absolutely not complain with that much power, its just the round front part that doesnt do it for me. amg is suppose to be aggressive in the front or just sharp and long sharklike, amg gtr gt gtc, im sure the electric ones after this will look much more beautiful

‘For me, the jury’s still out’. - Rory. Yes. Me too. Not that I can even afford one in the first place.

Merc should've went with 800V system like the J1 & e-GMP cars

Why isn’t Mercedes going to offer the Dynamic Plus package in the UK for now?

What’s the name of the music at he very beginning? 🤔

I LOVE the looks of this car. I am not getting the opinion of so many that feel otherwise.

Another car for everyone. 🤗

Great review Rory, Few things - Did you see the lag in that screen?!!! On a £100k car?? Wow. Also that hyper screen is a £8k option! You have to be slightly mad to walk into Mercedes and buy this car. 250 miles from a 95kwh battery is also terrible. Do better Merc!

Love these Merc EV's but they have to improve the front design of these machines. I suspect they might want to leave the looks with the combustion engine machines for now and improve the EV design when the combustion gets fazed out

Yes it is soulless! For a performance car I’d continue using a good old combustion engine until I can’t no more!

Bro i want working with you for free to testting those amazing dreams cars😅Very nice

8:27 It's obvious the entire interior was designed to market the useless tech overload instead of practicality. The new Mercedes are probably the least practical interiors right ahead of the new VWs.

Is an E53 Convertible in the works?

Hie Rory, if possible could we please get more Bentley Brooklands content. Thank you.

The little door for the washer fluid is horrible. Why not hide it behind the Mercedes emblem on the grill or somewhere else more discrete?

Okay, here's a simple idea: You got like a ton of speakers in your AMG and there are videogames that can mimic the sound of different engines pretty well (not just idling! (sorry Tesla)) and it can't be that hard to have an Option to make the inside of the car sound like the inside of any petrol AMG as you're accelerating. (Or to make your VW EV sound like a Lamborghini V12 on the inside) And maybe putt a rumble function in the seat, or something like that to make you feel, like you'd be driving the AMG GT Black Series, but without the emission and without waking up your neighbors, when you start the car at 7 in the morning. Note: this is just a theory. I don't know, if it would actually enhance the driving experience, but I don't see why they're not doing it and at least give it a try. You could only have the sound from your back speakers or front speakers, depending on where the mimicked engine's usually positioned to make it feel even more realistic and you could alter the volume of just the engine sound. I'd just like to see if it was cool.

Ev's are fast but it's only the torque and acceleration that they have going for them. You can't be doing 90 on the streets and expect to have no run ins with police so it's not even worth it. The lack of any meaningful sound kills it for me. The sound of a car is a big part of the enjoyment.

Only issue is the looks, and they should do a simulated manual with clutch, and v8 6.2 sound and the option to still drive auto with no sound.

Electric Reliant Robin next please

Is the engine signed by the craftsman who made it? Without that it’s not an AMG, it’s a bodykit with bolt on bits under the bonnet.

The EQS, I’ve driven the 580 BTW, is in a class by itself. My problem is that it’s way too small to be an “electric S-class”

96kWt? i can buy nio et7 or nio et5 with 150kWt battery

The future is coming back. It’s a transition that will be progressive from the weight of the car, range distances or charging times, but most of all the user’s experience to leave the past behind and appreciate the calm and silence of journeying. Many will look back on the old days of donuts and burning rubber, wondering what they were thinking.

What is the name of the intro song?

Watching this review on my phone below a pic of you with the McLaren and then scroll down to the review with the Lamborghini. For all of the wonderful features of this AMG I cannot get over the astonishing lack of styling and that price is eye watering - whilst I have a few more years of petroleum products these will be the pool of options that I will be choosing from especially when contemplating a £100k purchase. Thank you Mercedes but no thanks

one of the only electric cars to carry a distinguished shaped from gas vehicles. This is unique to the design language one imagined years before electric cars came out

Portland, JAMAICA in The Building !!

So, which EV is the most efficient with its battery pack?? Talk about range , costs and cost comparisons with other manufacturers. AMG seems super expensive for what it offers.

2.6 tonnes of material. Very green indeed

Weight?

I actually like the look. Adding fake engine noise is..weird though

I think they also need to add some sort of artificial vibration to make it more "real". But we are talking about EV's and the environment and energy efficiency etc, etc...

Reminds me of Suzuki kazashi

Mercedes Needs to Give Honda Its Props Cause they Made the Coolest looking Civic I Have Seen since the Si

That window sill looks weirder the more I look at it...

A short wheelbase EQS🤔....that's more interesting

A motoring show with Rory (car reviewer for the people) and Chris Harris (car reviewer for the petrol head) would be something to behold.

The sounds are really appealing to the 9 yr old me. Idc what anyone else around me is thinking, I am in a Star Wars movie😂😂