Alex is going to be the first on the list when the AI take over. You just know his "Shut up Mercedes!" is playing on repeat in some AI brain somewhere.
yeah a nice clicky button or roller wheel/knob is always superior. a satisfying click on a button feels much more expensive than a capacitive touch button
@@ghomerhust and in a car a button does exactly what you expect it to do. To get what you want from a touchy you have to look at it and this is just wrong to be in a car... #volkswagen
My immediate thought to the whole touch interface was driver distraction. The convenience of tactile buttons is you can feel for them without taking your eyes off the road
@@GH0STST4RSCR34M yeah, I don’t have a car with these new infotainment systems but the old Mercedes interface with the touch pad and the rolling knob was so easy to use while driving. Also you had physical buttons for AC, Volume, skipping tracks. It’s just safer imo. I think that this is one of the major negatives that Tesla has had on the industry
The "underestimated" range is due to different range testing (EPA vs WLTP) regulations in north america. Here in Germany the range of the EQE500 you have there is listed with 608km (WLTP), not 418 as in Canada.
Actually it's a little bit complicated. The don't run the same EPA test-cycles as Audi and Tesla and this is exactly why most cars have longer range in a real world scenario that the EPA range in the specs. Except of Audi and Tesla... they don't manage to get their EPA ranges and are underperforming
These screens are so dangerous, To do anything you have to take your eyes off the road and look at a screen. With button you know exactly what you're doing without taking your eyes off the road.
Exactly this! Why do I have to go through multiple menus to change the speed of my wipers? This is just as dangerous as looking at your phone while driving.
I think it's copied word for word from one of the mainline virtual assistants when you insult them. I feel like I've heard Google say the exact same thing.
These f*ckin doorhandles are a nightmare. I work for a Fire Department and there have been terrible, terrible accidents with Teslas where people burnt alive because the handles didn't pop out after the crash and the doors could not be pulled open.
what we really need in all these over hyped car reviews is a detailed inspection of all the user level maintenance items like having to change the batteries, lights, ac filters, tires, fluids, or reprograming the key fobs or just getting access to an error code and see just how badly each model is screwing its potential buyers over bs practices meant to push owners back to the dealerships.
Reprogramming FOBs has never been a user level maintenance item. Also, what lights are you talking about? It's 2023, these lights are all LED (both interior and exterior). And wtf did you mention tires? You're not replacing your tires, a shop is (I know this because you wouldn't have asked it if you knew). Your question makes non sense, this isn't a Bugatti Veyron. Error codes are all accessed via OBDII, and they showed you how to replace the wiper fluid.
here's a review: tesla model 3 one owner 3 years ownership. hasn't replaced anything. 10k miles a year. texas location. (not my car, owned by a Dell engineer that i used to work with when he was at Lockheed) he does regular self-drive videos on his youtube. e-cars are so much cheaper and easier for things like general maintenance. the motors are designed for well over 100k miles with absolutely nothing done to them at all.
If Mercedes continues with subscriptions, we should all be boycotting them. I hope he mentions this. I’m at 0:54 rn. Also not being allowed to open the hood is super anti consumer.
Why are the driver controls on every single EV ( and even some real cars )so terrible now. ITs like they are throwing in touch screens and capacitive buttons for the hell of it .
I would be so freaking mad if I paid almost 100 grand for a car and then the steering wheel had capacitive buttons and not even forward/backwards media buttons...
Great review, Alex, but would you please try to remember to stop calling it the "Gas Pedal" in an electric car. Please use the generic terms, "Throttle", or "Accelerator", since these cars don't use gas, or as we say in Australia, "Petrol".
Hey Alex, can you describe the brake pedal problem you seem to have a bit more? I drove the EQS myself for over 1300 miles and cant really follow you on this topic. The brake gets harder to push (kinda like preloaded) under different conditions i.e. driving very close to cars in front of you, oncoming stop signs, red traffic lights etc. Wich is a good thing for safety reasons. I also find it really enjoyable and easy to use as it is very predictable and saves your foot a lot of work (your foot doesn’t have to travel that far down). For me it’s one step closer to self driving, especially combined with the excellent distronic and lane centering. Maybe you have to get used to it before you love it?
It's gonna be a problem to find a cheaper ev.. Even now car manufacturers are treating electric vehicles as a bone they are throwing at people, rather than an engine replacement.. The current prices of Mercedes cars themselves are ridiculous... It's like dealing with Nvidia nowadays
Then don't buy one, be smart and don't fall for the propaganda, it's not better for the environment, you still need to charge it. Keep your car and just go buy a cheap one if replacement is needed. Get a lada or honda or something like that, it will never break.
@@antoniohagopian213 Literally not possible in some places now, governments are forcing them onto people every way they can, including raising fuel prices (in most of Europe they're over 2 euro/liter aka 8.3$/gallon already, but they're starting to tax it even more now to raise them further and incentivize people switch away from them). Also can't enter a lot of the big cities without an EV or a 1 liter 2 cylinder motorcycle engine with 5 turbo's attached.
Overall.. The Polestar 2 seems just all around like a better deal. Better looking car, better infotainmentsystem, better throttle response, more space, has a frunk, etc.. The only thing this beats PS2 on is comfort.
@@ghomerhust Yeah it missis ALOT of equipment. And its a merc. It is a luxury car.. It IS expensive. The Polestar cant compare. Its not even the same size car. It is way smaller. (I have owned Polestar 2)
Partly because of your reviews, I just bought a Genesis G80 Electrified and I'm very pleased with the decision. Thanks for helping me make it. Zero remorse.
I think the G80 is just another incredible car. Hyundai is one of the bests doing EVs and the G80 is the proof. I got the EQE because I found the whole infotainment and interior more preferable for me, but the G80 is a masterpiece. Enjoy it!
I love my s580e, I hate the stupid range anxiety and long charging time while waiting at a rest stop when at times I don’t want to rest during a trip when I’m not tired. But love the less fuel consumption with hybrid. Enjoy your G80 though👍
There should be a pole behind the steering wheel that twists to turn on heated steering wheel. And Apple Maps on CarPlay will integrate the next turn into the car’s dashboard (haven’t tried HUD).
Mercedes uses google navigation, so i dont get what you are going on about? Also, press and hold on the home button to switch from "Zero layer" to "Classic" Its so much better with simple icons. Also, you can switch off and adjust how "Hey mercedes" works, i usually have it set to only prompt when i hit a button, not on voice. Also, the car DOES have drive modes for throttle response... Its litterally right in front of you at all times, you drove it in C for comfort, you just press dynamic and put it in S for sport! Id love to see you guys grab a S class Maybach hybrid and do a test on that. The tec in it is insane, and the audio system with the 4d burmester is fucking wild!
Welp don't expect cheap EVs anytime soon.This is literaly a 1st generation product by Legacy companies. They have NEVER mass produced BEVs before. Lack of manufacturing Experience is a massive problem. YES Mercedes LACKs Manufacturing Experience specifically for BEVs.
@@Neojhun, we're literally getting announcements of $27k ones now by legacy car makers... The issue is that they're for the European market only right now so a Canadian reviewer isn't going to get a media sample. Maybe in a year or two, but it's not that they don't exist and aren't being made/purchased now.
Shout out to the stretch of road they keep using for these videos just past Swan-e-Set golf club (which is where the road suddenly gets quiet... on the edge of their property). I use the same stretch of road for automotive beauty shots with that mountain background...
Definitely the tires were the culprit for the noisy ride on the highway. It's noticable the difference compared to non winter tires. The design on the eq(ses) don't attract me honestly. However is way better than many other EVs lol
I mean...if it didn't have the Merc badge on the front, I would have thought it was a Dodge Dart at a glance. Not a bad thing necessarily to me, but there's a reason Dodge decided not to continue producing the Dart. Also, glossy piano black plastics just need to go. Interior or exterior...doesn't matter, they just look terrible even after minimal use. For an EV, that front interior also looks super cramped. At 6'3", one of my major frustrations shopping for cars recently has been that so many cars have unnecessarily large dashes that make it impossible for tall people to fit comfortably.
Honestly capacitive buttons on the steering wheel are almost a dealbreaker - if they work well and are thought through, it's not great, but I could get used to them. But if you can't even perform basic functions like next song or play/pause, it's extremely annoying. Or like in the VW iD.4, where next/previous are the wrong way around imho. Up is next and down is previous song, while volume is on left and right....why VW???
I used to drive an E class wagon from 2002 and it had the most comfortable suspension, but it bottomed out all the time because of it. Driving a car with a slightly firmer suspension honestly made such a large difference 👌🏼
I've said this before but I would appreciate if the editors for these videos could add unit conversions to the screen when values are given. You've done it for the price, why not power, torque, etc.?
The second time he yelled at the car to shut up ... is the moment I bought a different car. The assumption that manufacturers make, that I want the car to listen and respond to me, without offering the option to completely shut the feature off. Its a car ... not Siri ... and at least I can turn her off. Hard pass
Another gripe I have on piano blacks at the center: At certain times of the day, sunlight can reflect off it, causing glare. Also, curious on how you acquire these cars for reviews. Rentals?
11:28 Video Editor cut that part cause Alexander was practicing unsafe driving. Alexander can you drive more save and show us how it drives in corners?
My dad has an vw id4 and there is 3 things i like: The clean design, the silence combined with good speakers which makes listening to music while driving a pleasure and the fact, that that thing has down 50k kilometres now and hasnt had any problems. Wire changes my dad does himselve so it was never in a car workshop. Like ever. For some cars 50k kilometres is half of their lifetime.
@@undercoverneunzehn my 87 audi 5000 cs quattro had a broken odometer at 332k miles, and when i bought it, the guy said that had broken 7 years prior, and he drove from OKC to dallas EVERY DAY..... and it still ran well over 145mph on that little 2.2 turbo. a proper highway burner.
i second the ID4. good friend of mine's parents have one. he's retired USAF and they drive all over the US now. car does great, charges quick, they have absolutely zero complaints, and have never owned an EV prior. they went from stuff like big Tahoes and sedans to this. i just checked a couple of them out at my local vw shop. 41k for an entry level model, about 50k for one with some nice trim options. that's pretty cheap compared to a lot of its competition. also RUMOR the EV1 is in crash and safety testing for the US market. if it passes, it should be launching with a base of 27k, making it the cheapest 4 passenger EV in the states for the upcoming model years
ID4 is so boring to drive. I am generally traveling alone and that too office commutes or shopping but spending 50k on a car and i still wouldn't get the fun to drive element then what's the point in ownership.
@@chadultrapromax1735 It's exactly as much fun to drive as any other EV-SUV in that size bracket and since it's an EV it's still a lot more fun than any similar ICE-SUV. So I don't really get your point after having driven loads of different EVs in the last year.
11:05 love Alex as a host, but safety dictates as a driver you're supposed to have your eyes on the road and BOTH hands on the wheel. Sorry Alex, I'm gonna have to side with Mercedes on this one, their design made you a safer driver whether you wanted to be or not.
@@Jonathan-n5p Answer is none of them, they are all water resistant, there is different. But that's not the point, the point is you're driving at 100Mph on a highway, accidentally you spill water/coffee on your phone, are you going to keep your eyes on the road, or will be busy to save your phone?
@@saadtyphoonmhmmmm i use my iphone in the tub all the time and wash them under the tap, never had a problem. I am sure it can take a splash of coffee for 10 mins
Flush handles is bs marketing the handle of a car is in the "wake" of the side mirrors and the decrease in draft is an insignificant gain in fuel efficiency.
Having the same car as Alex (right down to the colour) I'm desperate to know how he's set up the equalizer. Is this posted anywhere? Can you shed some light?
Do sponsors care that there are timestamps for their ads? Cause the timestamps are really useful for me to skip sponsors right away lol, can't imagine they like that
Winter tires are usually slimmer than summer tires because they shall sink into dense snow. This gives a better range because they have less friction on asphalt.
11:22 And you shouldn’t have any part of your body outside of the car while moving if you have any attachment to said body parts. Things outside of the vehicle tend to not fare well in accidents/crashes. “Please keep your arms and legs inside the moving vehicle at all times!”
I just went from a 2020 e-series wagon to the 2022. The newer interiors are a notable downgrade from the older ones. The capacitatve buttons just suck. Require way too much precision. It's super frustrating to feel the click, but not activate the function you're clicking. The steering wheel on my old wagon kicked ass. The new one, which is the same that this review shows, is just bad.
I have a 2018 e coupe which does not have B pillars. I would have to say it’s a superior beach cruiser 😂. As a MB fanboy, none of the new gen cars are even a little tempting. I hope they get rid of the capacitive touch in the facelifts.
I love that Merc one of the OLDEST car companies in the world, is the one struggling the hardest to make a decent EV, whilst brand new chinese car companies like BYD are making some pretty sweet cars. I honestly wish VW would just bring back the "e-Golf" rather than the ID2. I have little Desire for any of the damn EVs on the market. Just make a nice car, and make it Electric... the I4 comes close. but costs like a gazillion dollars.
I really enjoy your car reviews. Being a tech company i really wished you would focus and talk much more about the technology in the car in detail. Infotainment system, automatic braking, driving modes, phone app, etc. There are so many reviews online talking about the car and driving experience...
I feel like they used to when they first started doing car reviews, like the first 2 or 3 on the channel. But I think when the writers and hosts want to review electric cars, and the state of electric car infotainment technology is all pretty much the same "They tried too hard to copy Tesla, and now you're paying more for an experience worse than a stock Civic," then there's not really that much for them to talk about, so it just becomes electric car reviews.
I went to the EQ Experience in Alabama. Let me tell you, they has Tesla Plaids there to compare and the Mercedes was hands down better in every single aspect. I would never get a Tesla. Yeah they were first but they no longer are the best. Mercedes was comfier, easier to drive, better steering and the build quality was hands down better. They also have a lot of checks and balances with the battery process. Also Mercedes will soon be making their own motors for the EV vehicles.
Alex is going to be the first on the list when the AI take over. You just know his "Shut up Mercedes!" is playing on repeat in some AI brain somewhere.
There is no way that Alex Clarke could be replaced with a machine.
Nope that award goes to jermey Clarkson 😂
Capacitive touch buttons are asinine. Most of the downsides of a touchscreen, without the flexibility.
yeah a nice clicky button or roller wheel/knob is always superior. a satisfying click on a button feels much more expensive than a capacitive touch button
@@ghomerhust and in a car a button does exactly what you expect it to do. To get what you want from a touchy you have to look at it and this is just wrong to be in a car... #volkswagen
My immediate thought to the whole touch interface was driver distraction. The convenience of tactile buttons is you can feel for them without taking your eyes off the road
@@ghomerhust yeah but capacitive buttons are cheaper so these companies like to cut their costs wherever they can, same with that piano black plastic.
@@GH0STST4RSCR34M yeah, I don’t have a car with these new infotainment systems but the old Mercedes interface with the touch pad and the rolling knob was so easy to use while driving. Also you had physical buttons for AC, Volume, skipping tracks. It’s just safer imo. I think that this is one of the major negatives that Tesla has had on the industry
« Shut up Mercedes » had me so much😂
There’s just a chaos to Alex that makes every video better
If its real AI it would answer with "No, YOU shut Up!" 😂
The "underestimated" range is due to different range testing (EPA vs WLTP) regulations in north america. Here in Germany the range of the EQE500 you have there is listed with 608km (WLTP), not 418 as in Canada.
Actually it's a little bit complicated. The don't run the same EPA test-cycles as Audi and Tesla and this is exactly why most cars have longer range in a real world scenario that the EPA range in the specs. Except of Audi and Tesla... they don't manage to get their EPA ranges and are underperforming
my main gripe with hi-tec cars are that everything is on a screen. sometimes, i just want some actual button for very simple and often use functions.
yes I don't like that either! I mean the deep menu functions you never need, fine - but what you need every time? Buttons please
These screens are so dangerous, To do anything you have to take your eyes off the road and look at a screen. With button you know exactly what you're doing without taking your eyes off the road.
Exactly this! Why do I have to go through multiple menus to change the speed of my wipers? This is just as dangerous as looking at your phone while driving.
@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 Oh no! God forbid you get slightly inconvenienced
@@TheFalseShepphard Ha :)))) thank you for looking after me so nicely.
"I may not be perfect but Im getting better every day" definitely sounded like a threat
I think it's copied word for word from one of the mainline virtual assistants when you insult them. I feel like I've heard Google say the exact same thing.
"we do what we must, because we can"
Ok, that last exchange between Alex and the Mercedes alone was worth watching the entire video for
Ah yes. the voice assistent randomly activating... one of the most frutrating things ever in a car.
and watch, and phone, and house ... stop having those XD
You can disable the voice activation in the settings and instead just press the dedicated button on the steering wheel if you need the assistent.
Dealbreaker
EVs try not to have horrendous design challenge (nearly impossible)
Pretty sure this car has one of the best aerodynamics on the market, this shouldn't be underestimated with ev range
VW had the 'box ticking' eGolf. Based on the 7th Gen Golf. Everything was perfect. They just had to update that, but instead we get the id3.
Skoda ENYAQ 😉
That's mostly the German brands with the exception of Porsche
@@_enchantedgoose_ Like what car? As efficient as this one?
They made an external washer fluid fill port, because you are not allowed to open the hood? WTF?!
These f*ckin doorhandles are a nightmare. I work for a Fire Department and there have been terrible, terrible accidents with Teslas where people burnt alive because the handles didn't pop out after the crash and the doors could not be pulled open.
9:52 how good was that shot
For any editors or whatever; that little "A-roll" definition that popped up at 09:27? I loved that pop up definition/bubble, would love more of those.
It looks… ok. Hate the capacitive touch and screens being so critical to basic functions. And the window not opening all the way. WHY
We need to get this man off car reviews and into the shop.
We need guys like you to stop telling people like Alex, that they are not allowed to do the stuff they like and want to
@@Forke13 That's certainly one way of interpreting my post.
The amount of capacitive touch buttons and piano black trim in this car kills me
i feel like Mercedes knows how to make a good car, just not a good car that also has a good dashboard and buttons
what we really need in all these over hyped car reviews is a detailed inspection of all the user level maintenance items like having to change the batteries, lights, ac filters, tires, fluids, or reprograming the key fobs or just getting access to an error code and see just how badly each model is screwing its potential buyers over bs practices meant to push owners back to the dealerships.
Reprogramming FOBs has never been a user level maintenance item. Also, what lights are you talking about? It's 2023, these lights are all LED (both interior and exterior). And wtf did you mention tires? You're not replacing your tires, a shop is (I know this because you wouldn't have asked it if you knew). Your question makes non sense, this isn't a Bugatti Veyron.
Error codes are all accessed via OBDII, and they showed you how to replace the wiper fluid.
It's called Consumer Reports, and subscribing to them gives you access to their in-depth vehicle reviews and surveys
here's a review: tesla model 3 one owner 3 years ownership. hasn't replaced anything. 10k miles a year. texas location. (not my car, owned by a Dell engineer that i used to work with when he was at Lockheed) he does regular self-drive videos on his youtube. e-cars are so much cheaper and easier for things like general maintenance. the motors are designed for well over 100k miles with absolutely nothing done to them at all.
...so like... savage geese... and the car care nut...
What hype, though?
If Mercedes continues with subscriptions, we should all be boycotting them. I hope he mentions this. I’m at 0:54 rn. Also not being allowed to open the hood is super anti consumer.
It has No Frunk anyway 🤷
Imagine... instead of capacitive buttons you had actual real buttons.
That'd be such a revolution :0
I think you may need to swipe on the door handles to open them more reliable
6:15 am i missing something?? There are huge previous and next icons left and right to the play button ⁉️⁉️
Why are the driver controls on every single EV ( and even some real cars )so terrible now. ITs like they are throwing in touch screens and capacitive buttons for the hell of it .
I would be so freaking mad if I paid almost 100 grand for a car and then the steering wheel had capacitive buttons and not even forward/backwards media buttons...
Great review, Alex, but would you please try to remember to stop calling it the "Gas Pedal" in an electric car. Please use the generic terms, "Throttle", or "Accelerator", since these cars don't use gas, or as we say in Australia, "Petrol".
Hey Alex, can you describe the brake pedal problem you seem to have a bit more? I drove the EQS myself for over 1300 miles and cant really follow you on this topic.
The brake gets harder to push (kinda like preloaded) under different conditions i.e. driving very close to cars in front of you, oncoming stop signs, red traffic lights etc. Wich is a good thing for safety reasons. I also find it really enjoyable and easy to use as it is very predictable and saves your foot a lot of work (your foot doesn’t have to travel that far down). For me it’s one step closer to self driving, especially combined with the excellent distronic and lane centering.
Maybe you have to get used to it before you love it?
Alex is the type of guy to knock on his car door before opening it.
It's gonna be a problem to find a cheaper ev.. Even now car manufacturers are treating electric vehicles as a bone they are throwing at people, rather than an engine replacement.. The current prices of Mercedes cars themselves are ridiculous... It's like dealing with Nvidia nowadays
Then don't buy one, be smart and don't fall for the propaganda, it's not better for the environment, you still need to charge it. Keep your car and just go buy a cheap one if replacement is needed. Get a lada or honda or something like that, it will never break.
Look at the MG4 price, dirt cheap for a EV
@@antoniohagopian213 Literally not possible in some places now, governments are forcing them onto people every way they can, including raising fuel prices (in most of Europe they're over 2 euro/liter aka 8.3$/gallon already, but they're starting to tax it even more now to raise them further and incentivize people switch away from them).
Also can't enter a lot of the big cities without an EV or a 1 liter 2 cylinder motorcycle engine with 5 turbo's attached.
There should be a next track button on the steering wheel.
the next track commands etc are all voice controlled, just say 'next track' without the 'Hey Mercedes', works great
Overall.. The Polestar 2 seems just all around like a better deal. Better looking car, better infotainmentsystem, better throttle response, more space, has a frunk, etc..
The only thing this beats PS2 on is comfort.
And quality. As a Polestar owner the merc is in another league and price-bracket.
This was a cheaply loaded merc as well.
@@Daddelcrusher cheaply loaded at 40k over base?
@@ghomerhust For a Mercedes? Yeah
95% sure polestars don't have android auto tho...
@@ghomerhust Yeah it missis ALOT of equipment. And its a merc. It is a luxury car.. It IS expensive. The Polestar cant compare. Its not even the same size car. It is way smaller. (I have owned Polestar 2)
Partly because of your reviews, I just bought a Genesis G80 Electrified and I'm very pleased with the decision. Thanks for helping me make it. Zero remorse.
I think the G80 is just another incredible car. Hyundai is one of the bests doing EVs and the G80 is the proof. I got the EQE because I found the whole infotainment and interior more preferable for me, but the G80 is a masterpiece. Enjoy it!
I love my s580e, I hate the stupid range anxiety and long charging time while waiting at a rest stop when at times I don’t want to rest during a trip when I’m not tired. But love the less fuel consumption with hybrid. Enjoy your G80 though👍
There should be a pole behind the steering wheel that twists to turn on heated steering wheel. And Apple Maps on CarPlay will integrate the next turn into the car’s dashboard (haven’t tried HUD).
Mercedes uses google navigation, so i dont get what you are going on about? Also, press and hold on the home button to switch from "Zero layer" to "Classic" Its so much better with simple icons. Also, you can switch off and adjust how "Hey mercedes" works, i usually have it set to only prompt when i hit a button, not on voice. Also, the car DOES have drive modes for throttle response... Its litterally right in front of you at all times, you drove it in C for comfort, you just press dynamic and put it in S for sport!
Id love to see you guys grab a S class Maybach hybrid and do a test on that. The tec in it is insane, and the audio system with the 4d burmester is fucking wild!
I'm sure that ad spot had a lot of great information, but I was laughing the entire time after Alex yelled "shut up, Mercedes!".
Would love to see cheaper EV's reviewed
Welp don't expect cheap EVs anytime soon.This is literaly a 1st generation product by Legacy companies. They have NEVER mass produced BEVs before. Lack of manufacturing Experience is a massive problem. YES Mercedes LACKs Manufacturing Experience specifically for BEVs.
@@Neojhun, we're literally getting announcements of $27k ones now by legacy car makers... The issue is that they're for the European market only right now so a Canadian reviewer isn't going to get a media sample. Maybe in a year or two, but it's not that they don't exist and aren't being made/purchased now.
Shout out to the stretch of road they keep using for these videos just past Swan-e-Set golf club (which is where the road suddenly gets quiet... on the edge of their property). I use the same stretch of road for automotive beauty shots with that mountain background...
Feels like a lot of this car was specifically designed to spite you for not being the flagship instead.
The window not going down all the way might be a calibration issue.
Definitely the tires were the culprit for the noisy ride on the highway. It's noticable the difference compared to non winter tires. The design on the eq(ses) don't attract me honestly. However is way better than many other EVs lol
Well there are different driving modes on the EQE... You just have to press the Dynamic button under the display. Did you just drive it in comfort?
I like Alex's car reviews, extremely informative with a good amount of roasting of the company where necessary 😂Jolly good show @ShortCircuit
I mean...if it didn't have the Merc badge on the front, I would have thought it was a Dodge Dart at a glance. Not a bad thing necessarily to me, but there's a reason Dodge decided not to continue producing the Dart. Also, glossy piano black plastics just need to go. Interior or exterior...doesn't matter, they just look terrible even after minimal use. For an EV, that front interior also looks super cramped. At 6'3", one of my major frustrations shopping for cars recently has been that so many cars have unnecessarily large dashes that make it impossible for tall people to fit comfortably.
Honestly capacitive buttons on the steering wheel are almost a dealbreaker - if they work well and are thought through, it's not great, but I could get used to them. But if you can't even perform basic functions like next song or play/pause, it's extremely annoying.
Or like in the VW iD.4, where next/previous are the wrong way around imho. Up is next and down is previous song, while volume is on left and right....why VW???
Im not a car guy and yet i love those car review videos, keep it up alex
I have no intention of buying an EV but watch these videos because of how entertaining Alex is in them.
I used to drive an E class wagon from 2002 and it had the most comfortable suspension, but it bottomed out all the time because of it. Driving a car with a slightly firmer suspension honestly made such a large difference 👌🏼
I've said this before but I would appreciate if the editors for these videos could add unit conversions to the screen when values are given. You've done it for the price, why not power, torque, etc.?
The second time he yelled at the car to shut up ... is the moment I bought a different car. The assumption that manufacturers make, that I want the car to listen and respond to me, without offering the option to completely shut the feature off.
Its a car ... not Siri ... and at least I can turn her off.
Hard pass
You can literally turn off voice activation in less than 15 seconds.
Another gripe I have on piano blacks at the center: At certain times of the day, sunlight can reflect off it, causing glare.
Also, curious on how you acquire these cars for reviews. Rentals?
Could you do a video showing electric car range on used cars? Older Tesla’s or something like a hatchback?
11:28 Video Editor cut that part cause Alexander was practicing unsafe driving.
Alexander can you drive more save and show us how it drives in corners?
Why are all the car reviews for top 5-10% of earners, even in Canada.
Just got the ioni6 rwd with the 77.4 kWh battery and it's amazing 😊
My dad has an vw id4 and there is 3 things i like: The clean design, the silence combined with good speakers which makes listening to music while driving a pleasure and the fact, that that thing has down 50k kilometres now and hasnt had any problems. Wire changes my dad does himselve so it was never in a car workshop. Like ever. For some cars 50k kilometres is half of their lifetime.
A car at 50k is usually in it's infancy, but corporate greed has changed that. A good car is designed to last 500k minimum.
@@undercoverneunzehn my 87 audi 5000 cs quattro had a broken odometer at 332k miles, and when i bought it, the guy said that had broken 7 years prior, and he drove from OKC to dallas EVERY DAY..... and it still ran well over 145mph on that little 2.2 turbo. a proper highway burner.
i second the ID4. good friend of mine's parents have one. he's retired USAF and they drive all over the US now. car does great, charges quick, they have absolutely zero complaints, and have never owned an EV prior. they went from stuff like big Tahoes and sedans to this. i just checked a couple of them out at my local vw shop. 41k for an entry level model, about 50k for one with some nice trim options. that's pretty cheap compared to a lot of its competition. also RUMOR the EV1 is in crash and safety testing for the US market. if it passes, it should be launching with a base of 27k, making it the cheapest 4 passenger EV in the states for the upcoming model years
ID4 is so boring to drive. I am generally traveling alone and that too office commutes or shopping but spending 50k on a car and i still wouldn't get the fun to drive element then what's the point in ownership.
@@chadultrapromax1735 It's exactly as much fun to drive as any other EV-SUV in that size bracket and since it's an EV it's still a lot more fun than any similar ICE-SUV. So I don't really get your point after having driven loads of different EVs in the last year.
0:43 don't use winter tires at 30 degrees out thats below freezing for most of your viewing population lol
Please, can you use the metric system?
hey Editor, for the next car video, can you also show the kW, Nm and kg?
Yes please!
11:05 love Alex as a host, but safety dictates as a driver you're supposed to have your eyes on the road and BOTH hands on the wheel. Sorry Alex, I'm gonna have to side with Mercedes on this one, their design made you a safer driver whether you wanted to be or not.
Wireless phone charging spot in front of the cupholder!!..........just waiting for those days when you spill your coffee on the cupholder.
Which modern phone isn't water proof lmao
@@Jonathan-n5p Answer is none of them, they are all water resistant, there is different. But that's not the point, the point is you're driving at 100Mph on a highway, accidentally you spill water/coffee on your phone, are you going to keep your eyes on the road, or will be busy to save your phone?
@@saadtyphoonmhmmmm i use my iphone in the tub all the time and wash them under the tap, never had a problem. I am sure it can take a splash of coffee for 10 mins
@@whygamewhy That's your specific use case, not everyone has an IP68 mobile device.
I really appreciate the song choice 🤙🏼
there are bigger next and back buttons for music though
Flush handles is bs marketing the handle of a car is in the "wake" of the side mirrors and the decrease in draft is an insignificant gain in fuel efficiency.
If your door handles are in the wake of your rear view mirror, you're probably dead
2:14 But have you actually tried traveling 500km? And keep winter in mind, in which the range will drop massively.
Having the same car as Alex (right down to the colour) I'm desperate to know how he's set up the equalizer. Is this posted anywhere? Can you shed some light?
Interesting review, one thing to consider is that neither the Lyriq or the Genesis are available in Europe
I love that Mercedes did program in a berating reaction
Do sponsors care that there are timestamps for their ads? Cause the timestamps are really useful for me to skip sponsors right away lol, can't imagine they like that
Alex shouting shaddap at the car is giving me "Shoes" vibes
Why don't you test the hyperscreen?
Does the winter tire affect range in any way?
Winter tires are usually slimmer than summer tires because they shall sink into dense snow. This gives a better range because they have less friction on asphalt.
11:22 And you shouldn’t have any part of your body outside of the car while moving if you have any attachment to said body parts. Things outside of the vehicle tend to not fare well in accidents/crashes. “Please keep your arms and legs inside the moving vehicle at all times!”
I just went from a 2020 e-series wagon to the 2022. The newer interiors are a notable downgrade from the older ones. The capacitatve buttons just suck. Require way too much precision. It's super frustrating to feel the click, but not activate the function you're clicking. The steering wheel on my old wagon kicked ass. The new one, which is the same that this review shows, is just bad.
I just love the Alex car reviews!!
so how much of this car was locked behind a subscription? Is MB still doing that
Should look into how they test the range, that’ll explain why you get more then advertised
I know this goes against the all NA-encompassing hive mind, but can we get some metric units when you're mentioning numbers in imperial units please?
Why i drive a skoda, its just so practical and easy to use. Put nice wheels and good to go
where in BC is this video shot at? looks beautiful.
Love the car reviews!
Can you also review the Lotus Eletre and cars like the Fisker Ocean?
When do you guys test the new BMW i5? There will also come a Touring (estate) Version next year.
You know it is gonna be a good video when Alex is in it. "SHUT UP MERCEDES"
I like the bean look. Bring on the aerodynamic beans!
11:20 Devil's Advocate: You're _supposed_ to have both hands on the wheel at all times, so...
Can you make one one the EQB next?
Alexander ShortCircuit!
Y freak out my eyes with that shirt, mang? 😵
😂
2:12 imo electric car manufacturers should advertise the range of their vehicles as whatever you would get with the battery at 80% health
Just bought a 2023 corolla hybrid. Amazing car. And it will be running in more than just a few years lol
5:19 Why does this car have NFC?
I have a 2018 e coupe which does not have B pillars. I would have to say it’s a superior beach cruiser 😂. As a MB fanboy, none of the new gen cars are even a little tempting. I hope they get rid of the capacitive touch in the facelifts.
The piano black finish should be banned in all cars. It’s 2023 guys!
Nice vehicle. Anyone know if you can turn off those interior lines of ambient light. Geez. Price? A bit much. Not great at 90k+.
How does it do around cliché corner?
I find that I usually disagree with Alex with it comes to aesthetics.
In my E-class the steering wheel heating is a twist thingy in the streering whee electric adjustment stalk
these are like top gear meets red green...love it
I love that Merc one of the OLDEST car companies in the world, is the one struggling the hardest to make a decent EV, whilst brand new chinese car companies like BYD are making some pretty sweet cars. I honestly wish VW would just bring back the "e-Golf" rather than the ID2. I have little Desire for any of the damn EVs on the market. Just make a nice car, and make it Electric... the I4 comes close. but costs like a gazillion dollars.
I really enjoy your car reviews. Being a tech company i really wished you would focus and talk much more about the technology in the car in detail. Infotainment system, automatic braking, driving modes, phone app, etc. There are so many reviews online talking about the car and driving experience...
I feel like they used to when they first started doing car reviews, like the first 2 or 3 on the channel. But I think when the writers and hosts want to review electric cars, and the state of electric car infotainment technology is all pretty much the same "They tried too hard to copy Tesla, and now you're paying more for an experience worse than a stock Civic," then there's not really that much for them to talk about, so it just becomes electric car reviews.
Lmg car channel when? Love these vids and they are honestly most of what I watch on short circuit these days haha
How long until someone intentionally pours oil into your wiper fluid reservoir?
I went to the EQ Experience in Alabama. Let me tell you, they has Tesla Plaids there to compare and the Mercedes was hands down better in every single aspect. I would never get a Tesla. Yeah they were first but they no longer are the best. Mercedes was comfier, easier to drive, better steering and the build quality was hands down better. They also have a lot of checks and balances with the battery process. Also Mercedes will soon be making their own motors for the EV vehicles.