JanM

Having looked through the marketing material and Swedish price list, I see no mention of
- Heated/cooled cup holders
- Soft close doors
- "Magic Vision Control" wipers

Are these conveniences too obvious to mention or have they been "bean-counted" away?

stealth.pilot

I don't think the EQS SUV has any of these things (not mentioned in any literature I have seen). I know from my own car that the EQS sedan does not have any of these things.

JoeMa

Based on this launch video the EQS SUV does come with soft close doors (starts at 7:00)

stealth.pilot

I hope you are right. However Mercedes does sometimes have features on press cars that aren't on production cars. The car in that video for instance has a Macchiato Beige Microfiber headliner, but that is not available on the production one. Same thing with the 22" wheels.

CincyMBGuy

None of the above mentioned are listed in the dealer ordering guide. There are a number of notations about unavailable or limited availability for some options at launch.

JanM

Thank you all. I was thinking about what's available in the ICE equivalents: GLE/GLS, S-class.

stealth.pilot

The GLE and GLS will have some things the EQS doesn’t have. Like side window blinds, soft close doors, etc. but the EQS has features those cars don’t have like like AR HUD, the Hyperscreen, and the electric power train.

overall I would take the EQS over a GLS any day.

wings1969

I think it's all about chips. I really want the Auto close doors and will wait for the first model to incorporate them into the build whether it is EQE, EQS or EQS SUV

bethaustin

I’m also waiting for the auto door feature before I accept an eqs! Maybe 2023 at this point??

I don’t need a 580, but have decided to get one because the 450 no longer offers the hyperscreen. Has anyone heard if the hyperscreen is going to be an option for the 450 again?

mercedesmax

Not anytime soon. Mercedes is having issues supplying the Hyperscreen. Hence the low numbers of 580's.

bethaustin

thanks for that! I’m willing to get the 580. Any word when the chips will be available for more options, like the auto opening door feature (you know, so i don’t have a footprint on the interior of my door . I don’t want to wait forever, but if it might be early 2023, it would be worth it.

stealth.pilot

Something you should know about Mercedes is they sometimes bait customers with features in press cars that they have no commitment to produce at scale.

The "Comfort Doors" are in this category. When they 2022 EQS launched they had comfort doors as an option in the ordering guide with a production delay. Well the 2022 model year came and went, and there were no comfort doors.

Fast forward to the 2023 ordering guide and there is no mention of Comfort Doors on either the Sedan or SUV ordering guides.

Given that Mercedes does mention some other features coming later in the year, one can only assume that there will be no Comfort Doors.

So there is no way there will be Comfort Doors in early 2023. Most likely though, they won't have them before the mid-cycle refresh in 2026 if ever.

mercedesmax

I would take exception to the term "bait"
You are implying Mercedes never had any intention of supplying that particular feature.
If you have proof of this I would be happy to see it.

stealth.pilot

One good example is the Burmester 4D sound system in the EQS sedan press cars, which was never offered in any country in the world as a production feature, and which was also never in the ordering guides.

As for this feature, they led us to believe it was coming in 2022. The fact that they subsequently removed all mention of it is an indication of how far it would have been from being production ready when they were advertising it. While it may not have been deliberate, it was probably optimistic beyond reason. And this is not a court - I don't have to prove anything. This is my view on the matter.

JoeMa

It is odd that just about every MB built can be optioned with soft close doors. Just no the EQ models (yet).

stealth.pilot

The same applies for window shades too. Mercedes and BMW have both been de-contenting their EVs in subtle ways.

JoeMa

Still waiting for US pricing but I would guess our EQS 580 SUV will MSRP for at least $140K and to think it will be the first vehicle we've purchased over the past 20 years that will not include soft-close doors is mystifying. That said, everyone in my family slams car doors anyway so I can live without them, it's just the optics are not good for MB. And self-closing doors looks more like a 'hey look what my car can do' feature but they would be novel.

abhansali

Opposite in my family. We have both soft close and side blinds in our x166 GL (2014). So know when we sit in our other car without them, they close the doors lightly and expect them to close fully by themselves and then they remember they have to close the door hard. In Texas the side blinds are just always up on our GL rear windows. Those are 2 big misses for me. I will just tell myself that not having those options will save battery :-)