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Mercedes-Benz S-Class vs Mercedes-Benz EQS

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Mercedes-Benz S-Class
Mercedes-Benz S-Class

$127,898 - $249,800

2021 price

Mercedes-Benz EQS
Mercedes-Benz EQS

2024 price

Summary

2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class
2024 Mercedes-Benz EQS
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Twin Turbo V6, 3.0L

0.0L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

Electric
Fuel Efficiency
8.4L/100km (combined)

0.0L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

7
Dislikes
  • Price of entry prohibitive for most
  • 3D instrumentation can make you woozy
  • A tad conservative in design

  • Not the most exciting drive
  • Price might be a sticking point
  • Tighter third row than expected
2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Summary

It's only in the running for the title of world's best luxury car. No biggie here, then.

Like Rolex and Concorde, S-Class has become a byword for ultimate, and deserved or not, the Mercedes-Benz defines its segment despite the best efforts of the BMW 7 Series, Audi A8, Lexus LS and (sadly now-defunct) Jaguar XJ, as well as pointing the way forward with new technologies that eventually trickle down to more proletarian models.

Replacing the half-million selling W222 unveiled in 2013, the W223 is the latest in a long line since the first W187 Ponton debuted in 1951, and includes the famous ‘Finnies' and Stroke-8 models that followed immediately afterwards, but it is the 1972 W116 that really set the template.

Now, seven generations in, the 2021 S-Class is all-new again, with progressive safety and interior features that should help keep it Australia's bestselling full-sized upper-luxury sedan.

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2024 Mercedes-Benz EQS Summary

The EV revolution is bringing plenty of firsts, and this big electric behemoth is yet another one. Meet the EQS450, which Mercedes describes as its first "electric luxury full-size SUV with seven seats".

That is a bit of a mouthful though, right? So let’s shortcut that a bit, shall we? 

What you really need to know is that this is one of the few proper seven-seat electric SUVs on sale in Australia, so it will — a little surprisingly — end up being compared with the increasingly premium Kia and its EV9 when it launches in November.

So what does this electric answer to a high-riding S-Class bring to the table? Well, lots of luxury, of course.

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