It's the quickest-ever AMG SUV—so why do we want more?
Launching powerful EVs from a standstill is always exciting, but Mercedes-AMG adds amusing theater to the experience in the EQE SUV. Press hard on both pedals, and the crossover thrums and shakes as pulsating lights fill the cabin. Release the brake, and the AMG EQE SUV rockets forward with violent instantaneity, reaching illegal speeds right about.... All along, a sound resembling a roaring V-8 remixed with a UFO's propulsion beam fills the cabin.
which suffers its own peculiarities, doesn't help. Fast or not, the AMG EQE is the latest example of how Mercedes is still figuring out what makes EVs fun, satisfying, and cool in the first place.Our testing proves the AMG EQE SUV's high-performance potential. It grips the skidpad at 0.94 g average and posts a figure-eight lap of 24.1 seconds at 0.82 g average. That skidpad result is within the top five ever among AMG-badged SUVs, and its figure-eight time.
On wide-open sweepers, the AMG EQE SUV feels eminently stable thanks to its low center of gravity and excellent ride composure. It can arc through gradual bends at breathtaking speed. But in tight, technical corners the vehicle's weight becomes a liability. There's a certain reluctance to change direction, a factor exacerbated by the standard rear-wheel steering system.
That pales in comparison to the brakes' biggest oddity: how the pedal moves itself in accordance with motor regen, a peculiarity common among Mercedes EVs. The idea is, when the regen's slowing effect isn't enough and the driver presses the brake pedal for more, it's supposed to approximate the pedal position matching the regen's deceleration rate. In practice, a pedal that moves from its expected position is unnerving.
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