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Used Mercedes-Benz EQS Cars in Scotland

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Mercedes-Benz EQS EQS 580 108.4kWh Business Class +21

2023

Automatic

Tax: £200

Mileage: 17,638

Electric

Mercedes-Benz EQS EQS 580 108.4kWh Business Class +27

2024

Automatic

Tax: £200

Mileage: 2,191

Electric

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Why buy a used Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV with Exchange and Mart?

Having already developed the EQS full-electric large luxury saloon, you might think that it would have been pretty straightforward for Mercedes to create a trendy SUV version of the same design. Not a bit of it. Development of the EQS SUV took six years and 80% of the work that went into creating it was unrelated to the car's all-electric drivetrain. That of course was carried over unchanged, as was the basic EVA platform that all EQS and EQE models share. With everything else though, there was a lot of work needed to make a powertrain and structure designed for boardroom saloon work equally well for a higher, heavier 4WD SUV with up to seven seats. To create it, Mercedes leaned heavily on lessons learnt in the creation of their combustion powered GLS model. Blending this with EV technology developed for their EQXX concept car, which is based around the MMA platform that will underpin the next generation of all-electric Mercedes models. In the EQS SUV, the end result of all this is a more significant car than you might think, the first of what will be quite a few large exclusive SUVIP crossover high luxury models from the premium brands. Basically, this is the next stage on from a BMW iX. Perhaps a stepping stone to a Rolls-Royce Spectre EV. Got the picture? Here's the detail.

About the Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV

What's been achieved here as a result is in its own way quite impressive. Whether it's worth the amount of money Mercedes wants to charge for it is another question. Still this car's Range Rover Electric arch-rival has an equally sky-high asking price; your choice between the two models will come down to the statement you want to make. Choosing this Mercedes will mean a few compromises in drive dynamics. No one expects the handling of a luxury electric SUV of this size to be particularly engaging but to be frank, we'd hoped for a little more than is served up here. Still, that probably won't bother the target audience here very much. This Mercedes reminds us quite a lot of the last rather quirky niche-market seven-seat SUV the Stuttgart maker sold here, the unusual combustion-powered R-Class of 2006. That car, like this one also US-built at Tuscaloosa in Alabama, didn't attract a large enough audience to justify long term UK market existence - and we wonder whether a similar fate awaits the EQS SUV. The differentiating factor here of course is the EV powertrain - and presence in a segment where currently there really isn't that much choice for those who simply have to have a premium badge with a car of this kind. Perhaps that'll be enough to keep this model relevant in our market. It'll be interesting to see.

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