It’s a disgrace that HBO’s Succession isn’t getting one other season. Poor Logan Roy, who is commonly whisked into and out of dramatic conditions at the back of a Maybach sedan, will miss out on sampling Mercedes’ newest uber-luxe trip. For the primary time, this one’s electrical. It’s the Mercedes-Maybach EQS 680 SUV, the primary of Mercedes’ EQ line of vehicles to be deemed worthy of carrying the Maybach badge. Whereas each the S-Class sedan and GLS SUV received the big-M remedy, it appears, for now not less than, that solely the electrical SUV will get the glow-up, maybe a delicate acknowledgement that the rear seat on the EQS sedan lacks the mandatory quantity.
Full Disclosure: Mercedes-Benz needed me to see the Maybach EQS SUV so badly, the company flew me to Lisbon, shuttled me to a closed briefing, and made out there to me a collection of high quality bottled waters, each nonetheless and glowing.
No issues there on the EQS SUV, with its much more accommodating roofline. Although that profile stays the identical, the Maybach model receives a radical visible refresh from nostril to tail. Up entrance, Mercedes’ three-pointed star stands tall above hood. The nostril, which might in any other case be an expanse of black plastic, options vertical chrome bars, harking back to the vertical slats on the gas-powered Maybach grilles of yore.
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To either side of that faux grille, a pair of teardrop-shaped vents represent the brand with a field of repeating Maybach logos, not unlike the sort of pattern you’d see on the inside of a high-end designer bag.
Come around to the side and you’ll see windows framed in chrome rather than the subtle gloss black on the regular EQS SUV. The bigger talking point, though, is the wheels. The 21-inch, seven-spoke forged rollers make a heck of an impression, but if you need even more, 22-inchers will also be available.
All that’s wrapped in one of five two-tone paint schemes: silver/black, silver/blue, black/gray, black/gold, and brown/black. That last combo is what you see pictured here, a stately pairing that wouldn’t be my first choice. Or my second, if I’m honest. I was able to see the silver/blue combo, though, and that was much more my style.
So too the white/silver Nappa leather interior that is a Manufaktur Exclusive option. The more standard interiors, however, will offer various shades of brown and copper.
Regardless of color, that rear seat is every bit as comfortable as it looks in these photos, with the little lumbar support pillow and the under-filled headrest padding that immediately makes me start thinking about nap time.
Mercedes-Benz says all the leather in here — and there is a lot of it — is vegetable tanned for the first time using waste products like coffee bean shells. This process is said to be far better for the environment than traditional tanning, but one figures it’s still not a pleasant experience for the cows. Sadly, the cactus leather-based and vegan silk used within the EQXX won’t change into a actuality right here.
That grille up entrance is echoed as pinstriping in a lot of the inside woodwork, an opulent cocoon that shares the identical primary dimensions because the EQS SUV however is extra comprehensively sealed off from the setting because of a kind of bulkhead behind the rear seats, that are in fact massaging and heated and cooled. They’re additionally located subsequent to an built-in champagne cooler with a pair of bespoke chrome flutes.
There’s comparable ranges of opulence (although fortunately much less booze) out there to the motive force, however anybody sitting front-left will most benefit from the 649 hp and 700 lb-ft of torque. The Maybach borrows the revised powertrain and battery pack from the Mercedes-AMG EQS sedan, which implies a dash to 60 in simply 4.1 seconds and an estimated vary of 600 kilometers on the European WLTP cycle. That’s 373 miles in our cash, however the Maybach EQS SUV will probably price nearer to 300 miles on the harder EPA vary cycle.
Mercedes hasn’t but introduced pricing on the Maybach EQS SUV, and whereas the ol’ “if it’s important to ask” cliche will most definitely apply right here, only for curiosity’s sake, the 2022 Mercedes-Maybach S 680 4Matic sedan begins at $229,000. Count on the Mercedes-Maybach EQS 680 SUV to value, you recognize, extra.