Had this vehicle for about 1 1/2 months and I have to say it's the most amazing thing I've ever driven! It's so quiet, smooth, and maneuverable with the all-wheel steering. And driving it with one pedal has been a very satisfying experience and gives you so much control. Plus, that quiet interior has made enjoying the superb Dolby Atmos sound system, playing Spacial Audio via the integrated Apple Music app, even better. It's like being in a personal sound studio! And add to that the hot back massage, ambient lighting, and air balance fragrance system makes it a wonderful place to relax and unwind. The whole design is superb IMHO and truly reflects Mercedes's design language of "Sensual Purity", especially the front interior. I only wish it had a longer range, but with everything it offers, I'm OK with that until the battery technology for EVs improves. One final note. The HEPA filtration has been such a godsend with all the smoke from the Canadian wildfires and makes the inside air so fresh. After driving this, there's no way I want to go back to an ICE vehicle as it's just so superior in every way!

 

I'm pretty sure the deciding factor for me buying this 500 SUV was it just happened to be on the showroom floor and was emerald green. I know that's the dumbest reason ever to buy a car but hey, I'm getting old and YOLO. If I see another black, white or 100 shades of grey car I might have to end it all. And "shock colors" like lime green and tennis ball orange make me wanna
Tesla might even get me when they bring that black ("midnight") cherry red color to the US. That would look real nice sitting next to my blackish emerald green.

 

Agreed. Wish they would offer some nicer colors that don't look Black. If the EQE would have come in Brilliant Blue like the GLE550E I had previously, I likey would have gone with that even though Green is my favorite. Or might have gone with this if they would have offered it.

 

That's a funky color! I really like the blackberry interior in the Porsche Taycan too. Been thinking about maye buying something in matte paint lately as it seems to be in style but the greys just look like primer to me. Like when are they going to finish painting the car? If I do think it'll be matte white tho... black looks better with clear coat. IMVHO


My EQE 500 SUV


Genesis matte white paint

 

Pictures please. Ideally in bright and low light.

 

Porsche Taycan Turbo Blackberry interior:

 

midnight cherry and emerald green would go well together..

 

Nice color, but still kind of dark, and I do like that Taycan interior color! Hit my first issue with the EQE SUV. Do you have the digital lights on yours? I just had mine out for the 2nd time at night and the low beams only seem to project a few feet and I'm seeing artifacts (looks like the outlines of buildings) that come and go. I tried toggling the "Dynamic Low Beams" on/off, but it doesn't seem to make a difference and it's very hard to see/drive it this way. The low beam light seems to project further going up a hill and even less going down, but the high beams work just fine. Took it to the dealer on Saturday and they gave me a GLC loaner. Hopefully, just a software fix to re-adjust the leveling, but already missing the EV and having to go back to two-pedal driving!

 

The artifacts come from several of columns of LEDs being deliberately shut off. If you get out of your car at night with the lights on and look at the front of the headlamps, you'll see this. It may be due to brightness regulations in the US market. As you've said, when high beams turn on, the problem resolves itself as all the matrix LEDs turn on.

It took me by surprise as well, but I've become used to it. I don't think there are any changes that can be made. I'll see if I can get a pic to show what's going on.

 

Thanks for the info. I was watching a few YouTube videos on the Digital Light System and they did talk about how they track oncoming vehicles and shut off sections to avoid startling the driver. However, those were all European and I'm wondering if the lights work the same in the US as it was only talking about the ultra-bright high beams doing that, not the low beams. It appeared from the videos that the high beams did not shut off with oncoming vehicles like they do in the US, but they remain on and just shut off sections to avoid blinding the oncoming traffic. I agree that might be what causes the artifacts but it's strange it would be shutting off sections when there is no oncoming traffic with only the low beams on as I was seeing. The artifacts are not really an issue, just a little strange, but the bigger problem is the length of the low beam projection being too short. When there are several oncoming vehicles, trying to see with the short projection length of the low beams is very difficult after the system shuts off the high beams automatically. Also, even though I haven't driven too much yet at night, do you know if the projection of warnings on the road actually works in the US? I haven't noticed any to date and I did enable that feature.

 

I should probably clarify a bit - by disabled columns I don't mean the selective dimming that Euro and Canadian spec cars can do. Unfortunately, despite newer legislation that removed some of the stupidest elements of advanced headlight design, there may be remnant aftereffects for US-spec cars that may still take a few years before we have selective dimming.

The pattern to which I refer is literally a bunch of LED columns being disabled in low beam mode, regardless if the upper array is enabled. They fully illuminate once the vehicle switches to high. Agreed, the cutoff on the low beams is pretty severe. Works pretty well in most cases, but it's a very strong cutoff and can require some finesse when not used to it. At least the override is easy to reach.

 

I initially thought I had some LEDs burned out and was going to take to dealer but noticed the ones that are off change when you turn the steering wheel. And it's not just the electrics. Other MB ICE vehicles with same light assemblies do the same thing. One guy in another thread here called them "fangs" which is pretty much what they look like to me. I guess I'll get used to them.

 

It's how the car mimics the active curve illumination, which on non-digital light LED lamps used to implement a servo motor to physically move the lenses. On W213 it used a lower-resolution matrix and deliberately brightened a subset to have the same effect.

 

It looks like the digital lights might soon work as intended in the US. Just read this article.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mot...-approval/amp/

 

My 2023 EQE sedan has the digital light package. Adaptive high beams do turn off some "pixels" for oncoming traffic but remain brightly lit for other areas of the road. Additionally, the car does project words and symbols on the road. E.g. when turning on/off, it projects "Mercedes-EQ." When lane keeping assist is on and it is dark out, if you get close to/cross a line it projects an arrow pointing to the line on the road along with active ambient lighting alert inside. I don't know if that clears anything up for those curious for current US behavior.

 

Unfortunately, NHTSA makes it hard for manufacturers.
They devise a whole new set of rules and testing procedures, unlike Canada, which approves European specs for anti-glare high beam.
So it may take some years for the manufacturers to get compliance under the US rules - and so far, no manufacturer was able to get this done.

Yes, it has digital animations and projection, but one key feature missing (and basically the whole point of matrix headlight system) is the anti-glare high beam.
When you have anti-glare high beam, your high beam (and the blue high beam indicator) is almost constantly ON when driving on the right lane in a un-illuminated highway regardless of car in front or on-coming traffic. The only time when anti-glare high beam is off is when ambient light is bright enough, or when there is traffic on both sides of the car (e.g. in the center lane of a multi-lanes highway).

 

Another question. Wasn't there supposed to be a new soundscape called "Serene Breeze" in the EQE SUV? I'm only seeing the first three soundscapes.

 

And I just found the setting tonight were you can turn it off. Man there are a lot of settings... I decided I like it now that I'm used to it though. Just wish the auto high beams were a little less sensitive. They're pretty useless in city suburbs. Even a porch light makes them go off. I guess they might act weird because of US regulations though from what I gather. Which I think changed recently due to someone tacking something onto the infrastructure bill. So keeping my fingers crossed for an over-the-air update that makes the digital lights work better.

 

Must be the emerald green color that's driving the price up.



Level 2 charger is included! What a deal!

 

LOL, the monthly is auto-calculated from the mistaken price, too funny!

 

Aww maaan! And I was already shopping for a yacht to trade-in my EQE for. Oh well... *sigh*

 

Maybe they grind up actual emeralds to make the paint?

 

For $8,450 Jaguar better be using real emeralds

 

It looks lighter than the MB green

 

Hard to tell from the builder. Some colors you just have to see in person. My emerald green looks like drab army green on the MB website and in the Mercedes Me app. Not even close to real life. That's probably why nobody ever orders it.

Anywho, still deciding which F-Pace... P550 (model number is also the HP) is last year the V8 will be made but P400 is an inline six mild hybrid that gets 27 MPG at 75 MPH according to Car and Driver. I just dunno.