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By Jonathan Crouch

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With this further improved EQS, Mercedes' most opulent EV, the Stuttgart brand has tried to further redefine what the luxury limo of the future will look like. It goes further on a single charge than any European rival and still claims to be the most aerodynamic production road car yet made. The cabin is suitably futuristic, the drivetrains are potent, the technology's impressive -and of course, the prices are high. Everything you'd expect really - from a car that, equally, might be everything you wouldn't expect a large luxury boardroom conveyance to be.

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What might the luxury limo of EVs look like? This is the Mercedes take on that question, the EQS, a car we first saw back in 2021 but more recently further updated to create the car we're going to look at here. Early EQ Mercedes models mirrored the look of their combustion counterparts quite closely, but the EQS looks nothing like an S-Class, outside or in. And of course, the driving and ownership experience it offers is completely different too. One thing is common though. The S-Class has always been the model on which we've first seen Mercedes choiciest engineering and electronic innovations, features which then filter down into more affordable cars in the Stuttgart maker's portfolio. So it is with the EQS, which pioneers new technology in aerodynamics, cabin screen tech and charging - to name just three things amongst many - which will all be seen in future smaller Mercedes EQ models. But started here with this one. This car (which will eventually be replaced by an EV version of the next generation S-Class) got improved in Spring 2024, but a far greater package of enhancements were introduced in Spring 2026, creating the car we're going to look at here.