**A Unique Backseat Testing Ground**

The EQS is no ordinary car. With its impressive range and charging capabilities, it's perfect for long road trips. In fact, the owner is using their 450Plus as a testing ground to evaluate its performance on real-world roads. The car is being put through its paces on private land, with the owner eager to test its acceleration, braking, and overall handling.

As we take a look at the back of the EQS, it's clear that this is not your average luxury car. The faux leather upholstery may not exude luxury, but at $114,000, it's hard to argue with the value proposition. With a claimed range of over 450 miles and the ability to recharge in as little as 30 minutes, this car is perfect for road trips that would otherwise be challenging.

The owner has been using their time in the backseat to work, but they admit that it can be a bit claustrophobic at times. The lack of physical buttons on the digital dash is also an interesting feature, one that may appeal to some but not others. As for the car itself, it's clear that this is no ordinary vehicle. With its 333 horsepower and agile handling, it's perfect for those who enjoy a spirited drive.

**The EQS: A Technical Marvel**

One of the most impressive features of the EQS is its technical capabilities. The car's ability to recharge in as little as 30 minutes is truly remarkable, and it's clear that Mercedes-Benz has put a lot of thought into developing this technology. With a claimed range of over 450 miles, this car is perfect for those who want to hit the open road without worrying about running out of juice.

The EQS also boasts an impressive array of gadgets and gizmos, including an 8,000-pound digital dash that's sure to turn heads on the road. While some may find the lack of physical buttons to be a drawback, it's clear that Mercedes-Benz is pushing the boundaries of what we expect from a luxury car.

**The Cost: Is It Worth It?**

As with any luxury vehicle, the EQS comes with a hefty price tag. At $114,000, it's clear that this is not a car for the faint of heart. However, when you consider the range and charging capabilities of this vehicle, it's hard to argue with its value proposition.

For some, the cost may be prohibitive, but others will see the EQS as an investment in their driving experience. With its impressive technical capabilities and luxurious features, this car is sure to appeal to those who want a truly unique driving experience.

**A Decision Made**

In the end, it comes down to personal preference. Will you respect the EQS with a $4,000 reclining seat pack? Only time will tell if Theo will be persuaded to open his checkbook and sign on the dotted line. As for the car itself, one thing is clear: it's a technical marvel that's sure to turn heads on the road.

And so, our journey in the EQS comes to an end. With its impressive range and charging capabilities, this car is perfect for those who want to hit the open road without worrying about running out of juice. Whether you're a luxury car enthusiast or simply looking for a unique driving experience, the EQS is sure to impress.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enforeign decades the Mercedes-Benz S-class has been known as the luxury Saloon perfectly reflecting the brand values in terms of style quality and Engineering spawning Seven Generations it's often referred to as the best car in the world the S-Class still exists but Mercedes realized that A New Day Has dawned and that new day is not powered by petrol or diesel but it's powered by batteries so Mercedes needed an all-electric F and this along with other models in its EV range Bears the EQ name meaning electronic intelligence but the eqs has not been adapted from an existing car it's been completely designed from the ground up for electric power it also represents a totally different design language for Mercedes bye bye to the old three box Saloon whoever you like its design or not we are here to find out whether this car is worthy of the S badge although it's not me that it's going to have to impress it needs to pass muster with the type of discerning owner who expects high class and high standards I'm putting the eqs under the formidable gaze of Carnot theopa fetus one of the UK's most successful businessmen and a former dragon in the den he's built up a wonderful car collection and this is just a taste of it however these two are usable favorites a Maybach and a long wheelbase Range Rover could the eqs be his first electric motor I'm a big fan of Mercedes in fact I've got Mercedes I've got there the Maybach so I've always been a fan always had Mercedes in the family the Mercedes-Benz eqs what are your first impressions here Toyota Uber driver oh it doesn't excite me yeah as a car I think when you arrive somewhere in the Maybach people know something special is about to happen Theo is going to pop out well it's fairness when you arrive in that beautiful long wheelbase Range Rover it looks fabulous yeah the reason why the shape is what it's like is because it is the slipperiest production car ever made it's got a drag coefficient figure of 0.2 naught your Range Rover by comparison is 0.3 naught still have to keep polishing it every day to keep my drag coefficient factor to 0.2 you know at the moment I can't say I'm excited no well I need to show you the boot I've got 610 liters of space 60 more than the S-Class that's a good sized boot it looks like a hatchback yeah it has technically got a hatch back should we get you in the business end allow me thank you very much Madam oh I don't think my hat's going to stay on if you don't mind sir so how are things to start with back there because I've got bags of leg room okay good can we open the blinds we can sir Hello Mercedes please open the sunroof blinds very claustrophobic very dark right it says USP izzing naught to 62 time around six seconds right now though I'm cruising on some private land the perfect real world backseat testing ground right so we're sitting in the back a bit upright yeah I'm not sure if this is leather or PVC at the back you don't see now the faux leather sorry faux leather it doesn't exude luxury is this because it's a basic model well no this is the 450 plus it's the AMG line Premium Plus which is not quite the top end but it's 114 000 pounds worth of car what else can you get for 114 Range Rover yep but you're fully electric here okay and range now I'm going to Blackpool today so that is about 250 miles okay a round trip of 250. no one way one way that'd be 500 yeah I know you're good with numbers Vicky so this car I've seen your divided bill claimed range of just over 450 miles and is that without the aircon on windscreen wipers that's pretty much yeah so in the real world it would definitely get you one way and then you can charge up yeah when you get up and how long will that take me amazingly between 10 and a full charge it takes about 30 minutes 30 minutes yes that is very impressive yeah wow oh has that got you thinking but you're really changing my mind about electric cars so what sort of business do you do when you're in the car everything I do in my business mainly happens in the back of the car yeah because that's when our read documents I'll reply to documents I'll reply to emails obviously there's no tables here so I can't actually rest my laptop and iPad so it's not great for working and sometimes we're on our way home I just sleep yeah so how's the back of the eqs looking for a sleepy position I might struggle to fall asleep because I'm so upright yeah Theo has a long trip later on but before then he's squeezing in a local meeting at one of his Outlets thank you very much see you in a minute my darling so yeah I should be opening the door shouldn't I eek I'm sad I'll do it myself don't you worry hello Mark hi there how are you doing good to see you good 10 minutes later he's ready to be collected you're meant to be outside the store I'm so sorry I have one job I'm really bad at it do you want to take over I think I'm Fair don't shove her let me do it I'll show you how it's done get up and off with jolly will go oh I did look this is my very first time gardening electric car on the road of waybridge this is smooth is it smoother to drive than sitting in the back oh interesting this eye-catching Digital dash that goes across side is an 8 000 pound extra what do you think about digital dashes like this that have got no physical buttons whilst I like a good dial yeah I also like a good Gadget yes now he's no longer trapped in the back Theo can really start to enjoy the 333 horsepower and the eqs scores some valuable points I mean it has got an amazing pickup I mean this does get to 70 miles an hour very very quick I can't feel the car when I'm braking like I would want to fill the car so I feel the 100 000 pounds question is are you in or are you out okay a hundred thousand pounds is a huge amount of money but not in luxury car terms and this isn't a luxury car this is a nice car we seem to have hit a wall about what the eqs actually is with your knowledge of the Mercedes S-Class how would you compare that to this no the s class is a great car this isn't I love all the the dash I love all this all the gadgets it looks like they've got lots of Technology worked out and they forgot they needed the car to put it in and then they just oh someone could someone knock up a design for a car please I think it's amazing they can do 400 plus miles yeah and I think what is more amazing the fact that this car can go from 10 charge to fully charged in half an hour that's nuts from a rather negative start Theo is impressed by the eqs's technical abilities decision time if we respect this car with a 4 000 pound reclining seat pack would Theo be persuaded to open his checkbook and sign on the dotted line and only if I've been here on the head with a mallet and I didn't know what day of the week it was would I even make that decisionforeign decades the Mercedes-Benz S-class has been known as the luxury Saloon perfectly reflecting the brand values in terms of style quality and Engineering spawning Seven Generations it's often referred to as the best car in the world the S-Class still exists but Mercedes realized that A New Day Has dawned and that new day is not powered by petrol or diesel but it's powered by batteries so Mercedes needed an all-electric F and this along with other models in its EV range Bears the EQ name meaning electronic intelligence but the eqs has not been adapted from an existing car it's been completely designed from the ground up for electric power it also represents a totally different design language for Mercedes bye bye to the old three box Saloon whoever you like its design or not we are here to find out whether this car is worthy of the S badge although it's not me that it's going to have to impress it needs to pass muster with the type of discerning owner who expects high class and high standards I'm putting the eqs under the formidable gaze of Carnot theopa fetus one of the UK's most successful businessmen and a former dragon in the den he's built up a wonderful car collection and this is just a taste of it however these two are usable favorites a Maybach and a long wheelbase Range Rover could the eqs be his first electric motor I'm a big fan of Mercedes in fact I've got Mercedes I've got there the Maybach so I've always been a fan always had Mercedes in the family the Mercedes-Benz eqs what are your first impressions here Toyota Uber driver oh it doesn't excite me yeah as a car I think when you arrive somewhere in the Maybach people know something special is about to happen Theo is going to pop out well it's fairness when you arrive in that beautiful long wheelbase Range Rover it looks fabulous yeah the reason why the shape is what it's like is because it is the slipperiest production car ever made it's got a drag coefficient figure of 0.2 naught your Range Rover by comparison is 0.3 naught still have to keep polishing it every day to keep my drag coefficient factor to 0.2 you know at the moment I can't say I'm excited no well I need to show you the boot I've got 610 liters of space 60 more than the S-Class that's a good sized boot it looks like a hatchback yeah it has technically got a hatch back should we get you in the business end allow me thank you very much Madam oh I don't think my hat's going to stay on if you don't mind sir so how are things to start with back there because I've got bags of leg room okay good can we open the blinds we can sir Hello Mercedes please open the sunroof blinds very claustrophobic very dark right it says USP izzing naught to 62 time around six seconds right now though I'm cruising on some private land the perfect real world backseat testing ground right so we're sitting in the back a bit upright yeah I'm not sure if this is leather or PVC at the back you don't see now the faux leather sorry faux leather it doesn't exude luxury is this because it's a basic model well no this is the 450 plus it's the AMG line Premium Plus which is not quite the top end but it's 114 000 pounds worth of car what else can you get for 114 Range Rover yep but you're fully electric here okay and range now I'm going to Blackpool today so that is about 250 miles okay a round trip of 250. no one way one way that'd be 500 yeah I know you're good with numbers Vicky so this car I've seen your divided bill claimed range of just over 450 miles and is that without the aircon on windscreen wipers that's pretty much yeah so in the real world it would definitely get you one way and then you can charge up yeah when you get up and how long will that take me amazingly between 10 and a full charge it takes about 30 minutes 30 minutes yes that is very impressive yeah wow oh has that got you thinking but you're really changing my mind about electric cars so what sort of business do you do when you're in the car everything I do in my business mainly happens in the back of the car yeah because that's when our read documents I'll reply to documents I'll reply to emails obviously there's no tables here so I can't actually rest my laptop and iPad so it's not great for working and sometimes we're on our way home I just sleep yeah so how's the back of the eqs looking for a sleepy position I might struggle to fall asleep because I'm so upright yeah Theo has a long trip later on but before then he's squeezing in a local meeting at one of his Outlets thank you very much see you in a minute my darling so yeah I should be opening the door shouldn't I eek I'm sad I'll do it myself don't you worry hello Mark hi there how are you doing good to see you good 10 minutes later he's ready to be collected you're meant to be outside the store I'm so sorry I have one job I'm really bad at it do you want to take over I think I'm Fair don't shove her let me do it I'll show you how it's done get up and off with jolly will go oh I did look this is my very first time gardening electric car on the road of waybridge this is smooth is it smoother to drive than sitting in the back oh interesting this eye-catching Digital dash that goes across side is an 8 000 pound extra what do you think about digital dashes like this that have got no physical buttons whilst I like a good dial yeah I also like a good Gadget yes now he's no longer trapped in the back Theo can really start to enjoy the 333 horsepower and the eqs scores some valuable points I mean it has got an amazing pickup I mean this does get to 70 miles an hour very very quick I can't feel the car when I'm braking like I would want to fill the car so I feel the 100 000 pounds question is are you in or are you out okay a hundred thousand pounds is a huge amount of money but not in luxury car terms and this isn't a luxury car this is a nice car we seem to have hit a wall about what the eqs actually is with your knowledge of the Mercedes S-Class how would you compare that to this no the s class is a great car this isn't I love all the the dash I love all this all the gadgets it looks like they've got lots of Technology worked out and they forgot they needed the car to put it in and then they just oh someone could someone knock up a design for a car please I think it's amazing they can do 400 plus miles yeah and I think what is more amazing the fact that this car can go from 10 charge to fully charged in half an hour that's nuts from a rather negative start Theo is impressed by the eqs's technical abilities decision time if we respect this car with a 4 000 pound reclining seat pack would Theo be persuaded to open his checkbook and sign on the dotted line and only if I've been here on the head with a mallet and I didn't know what day of the week it was would I even make that decisionforeign decades the Mercedes-Benz S-class has been known as the luxury Saloon perfectly reflecting the brand values in terms of style quality and Engineering spawning Seven Generations it's often referred to as the best car in the world the S-Class still exists but Mercedes realized that A New Day Has dawned and that new day is not powered by petrol or diesel but it's powered by batteries so Mercedes needed an all-electric F and this along with other models in its EV range Bears the EQ name meaning electronic intelligence but the eqs has not been adapted from an existing car it's been completely designed from the ground up for electric power it also represents a totally different design language for Mercedes bye bye to the old three box Saloon whoever you like its design or not we are here to find out whether this car is worthy of the S badge although it's not me that it's going to have to impress it needs to pass muster with the type of discerning owner who expects high class and high standards I'm putting the eqs under the formidable gaze of Carnot theopa fetus one of the UK's most successful businessmen and a former dragon in the den he's built up a wonderful car collection and this is just a taste of it however these two are usable favorites a Maybach and a long wheelbase Range Rover could the eqs be his first electric motor I'm a big fan of Mercedes in fact I've got Mercedes I've got there the Maybach so I've always been a fan always had Mercedes in the family the Mercedes-Benz eqs what are your first impressions here Toyota Uber driver oh it doesn't excite me yeah as a car I think when you arrive somewhere in the Maybach people know something special is about to happen Theo is going to pop out well it's fairness when you arrive in that beautiful long wheelbase Range Rover it looks fabulous yeah the reason why the shape is what it's like is because it is the slipperiest production car ever made it's got a drag coefficient figure of 0.2 naught your Range Rover by comparison is 0.3 naught still have to keep polishing it every day to keep my drag coefficient factor to 0.2 you know at the moment I can't say I'm excited no well I need to show you the boot I've got 610 liters of space 60 more than the S-Class that's a good sized boot it looks like a hatchback yeah it has technically got a hatch back should we get you in the business end allow me thank you very much Madam oh I don't think my hat's going to stay on if you don't mind sir so how are things to start with back there because I've got bags of leg room okay good can we open the blinds we can sir Hello Mercedes please open the sunroof blinds very claustrophobic very dark right it says USP izzing naught to 62 time around six seconds right now though I'm cruising on some private land the perfect real world backseat testing ground right so we're sitting in the back a bit upright yeah I'm not sure if this is leather or PVC at the back you don't see now the faux leather sorry faux leather it doesn't exude luxury is this because it's a basic model well no this is the 450 plus it's the AMG line Premium Plus which is not quite the top end but it's 114 000 pounds worth of car what else can you get for 114 Range Rover yep but you're fully electric here okay and range now I'm going to Blackpool today so that is about 250 miles okay a round trip of 250. no one way one way that'd be 500 yeah I know you're good with numbers Vicky so this car I've seen your divided bill claimed range of just over 450 miles and is that without the aircon on windscreen wipers that's pretty much yeah so in the real world it would definitely get you one way and then you can charge up yeah when you get up and how long will that take me amazingly between 10 and a full charge it takes about 30 minutes 30 minutes yes that is very impressive yeah wow oh has that got you thinking but you're really changing my mind about electric cars so what sort of business do you do when you're in the car everything I do in my business mainly happens in the back of the car yeah because that's when our read documents I'll reply to documents I'll reply to emails obviously there's no tables here so I can't actually rest my laptop and iPad so it's not great for working and sometimes we're on our way home I just sleep yeah so how's the back of the eqs looking for a sleepy position I might struggle to fall asleep because I'm so upright yeah Theo has a long trip later on but before then he's squeezing in a local meeting at one of his Outlets thank you very much see you in a minute my darling so yeah I should be opening the door shouldn't I eek I'm sad I'll do it myself don't you worry hello Mark hi there how are you doing good to see you good 10 minutes later he's ready to be collected you're meant to be outside the store I'm so sorry I have one job I'm really bad at it do you want to take over I think I'm Fair don't shove her let me do it I'll show you how it's done get up and off with jolly will go oh I did look this is my very first time gardening electric car on the road of waybridge this is smooth is it smoother to drive than sitting in the back oh interesting this eye-catching Digital dash that goes across side is an 8 000 pound extra what do you think about digital dashes like this that have got no physical buttons whilst I like a good dial yeah I also like a good Gadget yes now he's no longer trapped in the back Theo can really start to enjoy the 333 horsepower and the eqs scores some valuable points I mean it has got an amazing pickup I mean this does get to 70 miles an hour very very quick I can't feel the car when I'm braking like I would want to fill the car so I feel the 100 000 pounds question is are you in or are you out okay a hundred thousand pounds is a huge amount of money but not in luxury car terms and this isn't a luxury car this is a nice car we seem to have hit a wall about what the eqs actually is with your knowledge of the Mercedes S-Class how would you compare that to this no the s class is a great car this isn't I love all the the dash I love all this all the gadgets it looks like they've got lots of Technology worked out and they forgot they needed the car to put it in and then they just oh someone could someone knock up a design for a car please I think it's amazing they can do 400 plus miles yeah and I think what is more amazing the fact that this car can go from 10 charge to fully charged in half an hour that's nuts from a rather negative start Theo is impressed by the eqs's technical abilities decision time if we respect this car with a 4 000 pound reclining seat pack would Theo be persuaded to open his checkbook and sign on the dotted line and only if I've been here on the head with a mallet and I didn't know what day of the week it was would I even make that decision\n"