Mercedes EQS - Is it the ultimate Chauffeur drive?

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Mercedes EQS - Is it the ultimate Chauffeur drive? | Fifth Gear

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S-Class Mercs over the decades have been renowned for ticking all the boxes, so can the all-electric version accomplish the same? We chauffeur one of the world’s most exacting businessmen, Theo Paphitis, for a day, to find out if this might be a replacement for his trusty Range Rover. And what will he think when he has a go?
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@zero11010 Жыл бұрын

I like the idea of this format a lot. Get a person who is the target audience and let them say what you’re not allowed to say about a bad car.

@brianhume4743 Жыл бұрын

So you'll be buying one now eh!

@chillout1109 Жыл бұрын

"This isn't a luxury car. This is a nice car", Theo Paphitis, 2023. I couldn't have put it any better than that myself either, concerning the EQS.

@DrOneOneOne Жыл бұрын

Quite an interesting perspective. It's exactly how I felt after getting a chance to drive a P100D Tesla S at close to the same price point. Nice car ? Sure. £100k worth of car ? Absolutely not. Very fast, but the interior was minimalist to the point of boring. Very uninvolving driving experience. As Theo said, it felt like 100k's worth of gadgets, not 100k's worth of car. The EQS here has a far more luxurious and frankly interesting interior.

@dfbiker Жыл бұрын

Love this with Theo and Vicki. They are both great and talk sense. Can he also be on fifth gear more.

@abodesaleh 11 ай бұрын

I'd rather put him on the Gear shaft for this BS

@Average_Bruh Жыл бұрын

I believe the ICE S-class is a better luxury car compared to the EQS. Mercedes is going through a techno overload phase where all their modern vehicles are crammed with tech most customers never asked for. Like a 4 cylinder hybrid in the C63.

@paulie-Gualtieri. Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree with you more

@JustAnotherDayInEngland Жыл бұрын

Maybe you should invent a time machine, then you can go back to the 1930s with a manual choke and ignition retarder on the steering wheel and a gear shifter on the outside of the car...you'll finally be happy then.

@TermlessHGW 11 ай бұрын

@@JustAnotherDayInEnglandgo look at some flowers and leave car talk for grown-ups ...

@SDav21 Жыл бұрын

He is so right. And Mercedes should listen to their customers. Calling the EQS an electric S Class was the wrong move. The EQS doesn't have the main points of an S Class...that being the rear seating amenities for people who are chauffeured. BMW took a better approach by simply electrifying the normal 7 series thus not having any compromises to the rear space. Mercedes should've done the same for the EQS and leave this electric only platform for the EQE which is basically a short wheel base EQS anyway. The EQS is a nice car, but it isn't a luxury one. The S Class is.

@ruimpinho Жыл бұрын

Bingo. The EQS is an upbadged EQE, not an S-Class replacement as Mercedes wants people to believe. Build an electric Maybach, and maybe they'll have a chance.

@trevormcintyre4897 Жыл бұрын

Great video...😊 Theo's a legend 😂

@mikadavies660 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant... The EQS is a great car but NOT a luxury car...👍👍👍

@TheMaximBond Жыл бұрын

Get him an i7. He’ll fall in love

@AlexxanderOnYoutube Жыл бұрын

really good opinions from a real life end user, like the format!

@isurumw6119 Жыл бұрын

The front-end looks like its melted.🤣

@subiediaries6157 2 ай бұрын

got one for half the msrp, love it

@andriy_stashenko 3 күн бұрын

Iconic TV program, iconic automaker, lovely Britain. God bless GB and USA.

@defaultdriftco00 Жыл бұрын

Looks like a Honda in the front and a 97 mercury sable in the rear! 😂

@andriy_stashenko Күн бұрын

So cool automobile program through years. I wish they not conflict to TG.

@jsinclair39 Жыл бұрын

He'd like it better at night with all the ambient lighting.

@GraysonA Ай бұрын

It cannot charge to 100% in 30 minutes. It can charge from 10% to 80% in 30 minutes which is really good considering how big the battery pack is. Max charge rate 200 kW

@JamaicanMeCrazy Ай бұрын

Honestly if this has the rear seat package i think he might've liked it

@ruimpinho Жыл бұрын

The EQS is an electric CLS, not an S-Class as Mercedes wants people to believe. It's pretty much an upbadged EQE. Build an electric Maybach, and maybe they'll have a chance.

@ruk2023-- Жыл бұрын

None of the EQ range is blowing my frock up. I really hope they aren't the real replacement for the E and S.

@AkakiPeikrishvili 11 ай бұрын

Let him try i7 next.

@TundeEszlari Жыл бұрын

Nice video.

@piscatawaymechanic Жыл бұрын

Who ever is in charge at Mercedes has the wrong idea of what buyers want. They just need to make the new s class fully electric and can go faster then a Tesla p100 and lucid air sapphire..

@voldyriddle3337 Жыл бұрын

a true petrolhead

@lawrencegatt4515 Жыл бұрын

I ❤ 5 gear in Oz 🏁🏁🇦🇺

@Coolmanvideo 5 ай бұрын

Looks like a Honda Insight😊

@Adamlllllllllllljjjljljjjjj Жыл бұрын

I know it won’t make a huge difference to some people, but I feel like if they showed the EQS with the cream interior, it would be more appealing.

@boontarin Жыл бұрын

100% agreed

@JonBrownbread Жыл бұрын

S65 then?

@ChristianrnstrupRasmussen Жыл бұрын

If EQS is S-Class than Twizy is S-Class.

@TheCJUN Жыл бұрын

This is the EQS sedan and not the SUV, right?

@ruimpinho Жыл бұрын

ofc

@djefferson02 Жыл бұрын

What is vicki wearing on her feet?

@alecgriffiths2474 8 ай бұрын

My Smart EQ is nearly four years old and is now on it's third 12V battery and it's third HV battery. Mercedes have not changed any management or running components Just Batteries.

@muradkarimov8678 Ай бұрын

soo in that opinion even eqs are not reliable at all,one hv battery change will cost 40.000 euross bruh

@shanewaller2864 Жыл бұрын

I would still rather buy a proper s class .90s mercs are still the best

@316CactusJack Жыл бұрын

more plato not less

@Francoberry Жыл бұрын

Not the best censoring at 2:36 😂

@Dinulik762 Жыл бұрын

beyond the point whether it's electric or not, people are right in terms of price/comfort or rather what you pay and what you get of 😅 I agree that it does not compare to S class although I support it 100% because is electric 😅

@theracer6882 11 ай бұрын

UK has gone climate crazy

@mertcalc3259 11 ай бұрын

Please make with BMW i7

@lawrencegatt4515 Жыл бұрын

❤ it 🏁🇦🇺

@AlexxanderOnYoutube Жыл бұрын

lets face it, not even near an S-class, this is a genZ gadget, nothing more than that

@xmatharux Жыл бұрын

I do love the tech but doesn't look all that futuristic

@danmayberry1185 Жыл бұрын

The Emperor's New Clothes? He didn't feel compelled to embrace it because newer is better. Better is better, and the EQS just isn't.

@joebloggs4191 9 ай бұрын

You’ve got to be nuts to choose this thing over an S Class! If you really want to go electric the BMW i7 is a much better bet!

@findecycle6533 Жыл бұрын

Jason Plato has let himself go .....

@CStewart75204 6 ай бұрын

The new electric EQS, if it is to compete with the traditional S Class, needs the Standing Star on the hood! Full Stop.

@alwaysallblacks Жыл бұрын

bowfing

@elmorganou Жыл бұрын

I think we can all agree that electric is not the way forward...in world where people die in mines everyday just so we can have the latest phone/TV/car ext...we don't have enough electricity to go around and the pollution in fabrication is off the scale...so my question is why?

@stevebucuris8420 Жыл бұрын

life is too short for these evs. and driving a Mercedes does not give you priority over anyone else at the line up at the charging station. when 10 or 15 mins at the fuel pump gets you on your way with a longer range without anxiety not hating just stating.

@bossman4401 6 ай бұрын

They could have used one with rear comfort seats. This car have zero options inside the car

@henrihlin 9 ай бұрын

looks nothing like a S class , more like a oversized Prius.

@TheGhiaDriver Жыл бұрын

The EQS just looks rubbish, generic, no presence and too similar to the other EQ models.

@pragadoegito Жыл бұрын

@ulfw Жыл бұрын

LOL @ "this car is not a luxury car". You can spec it to look nicer. Ridiculous comment.

@eroche913 Жыл бұрын

BMW have got the solution right with a unified 7/i7 (ugly as it is). There should be no reason for the EQS and S-Class sedan to exist at the same time.

@bossman4401 10 ай бұрын

They should have done what BMW did and make an EV version of the REAL S Class. The S Class is a beautiful car unlike this. Who cares if its the absolute best drag efficient at this level

@acommonman7950 Жыл бұрын

bellend

@jonathancain8142 Жыл бұрын

Oh god it looks awful

@boyraceruk Жыл бұрын

Don't ever get Theo on again please, the man thinks the Maybach is a better looking car or that turning up to central London in a Range Rover impresses anyone. If I wanted to know if it was "cool" or not I'd ask a teenager, I'm interested in what this car does not why Theo won't get one.

@Con-Brio Жыл бұрын

EV? Not interested.

@brianhume4743 Жыл бұрын

Typical electric CRAP along with all the other electric crap

@zero11010 Жыл бұрын

It’s a bit absurd to declare all electric cars bad. Performance wise they’re able to achieve great things on race tracks (not just a drag strip). They’re actually innovating within the automotive industry. Not just the power system, they’re pushing tech and design in interesting ways. For MOST people an electric car can make a lot of sense in terms of range. Most of the electric cars on the market aren’t things I would buy with my own money, but that’s equally true for gas powered cars. Charge times have improved dramatically with the latest generation of cars. Realistically, in the next handful of years they’ll start using a different chemical composition with the batteries and range will improve further.