As the Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV proves, luxury goes far beyond plush captain’s chairs and soulful ambient lighting. The all-electric beauty is a VIP lounge on all fours, even a lot more than that. It cares about your lumbar, keeps the noise away, has a good memory to remember your preferences, and a lot more without crossing into the $200k+ cost arena.
The Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV meets most of the luxury demands of SUV faithful, but the 2025 Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV takes everything further. It is quicker, impressively crafted, and offers enough to elevate Maybach’s longstanding reputation of luxury. Here’s a look at the ultra-luxury, all-electric indulgence.
Cool Shape, Chrome Looks
Regardless of how you define SUV beauty, the Maybach EQS SUV is likely to make the cut. On the outside, its attractive shape is adorned by charming lines and chrome accents. The functionally unrequired but aesthetically pleasing Maybach grille takes the spotlight at the front. It features chrome-heavy vertical vanes edged with a black panel.
Chrome accents are also featured across the door pillars and at the lower part of the side profile, just above the illuminated running boards. At the rear, the taillights run the enter length, stacking Maybach’s signature “M” on both sides, gaining more attention than the chrome-adorned rear valance. Overall, the Maybach EQS SUV has a beautiful silhouette and a pleasing exterior design.
Stone-Spinning Juice
At the heart of the 2025 Maybach EQS SUV are two electric motors that send a combined 649 hp and 700 lb-ft of torque to all four wheels via a single-speed transmission. They equip the SUV to go from 0 to 60 in 4.1 seconds comfortably. While there’s enough power to churn out, the SUV has four drive modes to influence the response of the drivetrain, steering, and suspension. The SUV has no trouble adjusting to different driving conditions thanks to the semi-active suspension with air springs and adaptive dampers. This includes lowering or increasing the ride height for better aerodynamics or more ground clearance.
Although it panders more to the rear seat occupants than the driver, the Maybach EQS SUV still promises a titillating driving experience with satisfactory steering and braking response to anyone behind the wheel. For example, it has an electromechanical power steering and some braking technological features to improve feedback.
Battery and Range
The 2025 Maybach EQS SUV comes with a 118 kWh battery pack, giving it an estimated electric range of 302 miles. With a compatible DC fast charging device and a speed of 200kW, the battery charges from 10% to 80% in about 30 minutes. The charge port is positioned in the rear fender and can be opened via the touchscreen or by manually pressing the flap.
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Classy Treatment
What determines a luxury car is how you feel when you sit in the cabin, and the Maybach EQS SUV passes this test. It is a harmonious fusion of Nappa leather, wood trims, soulful lighting, and more. There’s no leaving anyone out, as all seats are heated, ventilated, and power-adjustable. The seats have a memory function that can recall up to 3 seat positions, including the driver’s power steering column and side mirror positions. All seats have massage functions with adjustable support for lumbar support, shoulder support, and side bolsters.
The SUV comes standard with a 5-seat configuration. When there is no center rear passenger, the center armrest provides a tablet, cupholders, and storage. Things get even better in the optional 4-seat configuration, where two executive seats are divided by a console, tablet, charging ports, heated and cooled cupholders, and folding tables. Regardless of the preferred seating configuration, a partition isolates the cabin from the 15.5 cu ft cargo capacity luggage area.
Technology: Connecting, Entertaining
A 56-inch screen that integrates three other stretches across the dashboard in the Maybach EQS cockpit. Mercedes calls it a hyperscreen. Within it is the 12.3-inch instrument cluster, 17.7-inch central display, and 12.3-inch front passenger display. The screen show continues behind with an 11.6-inch entertainment display mounted behind each front seat and a tablet around the rear center armrest. Everyone may not be a fan of that many screens, but passengers who want personalized infotainment or want to share content with other screens will appreciate them.
While getting lost in the screens and their numerous functions is easy, Mercedes integrated AI Natural Language Understanding capabilities to make most vehicle functions accessible via everyday phrases. Even more impressive, the system can distinguish voice control from every seat. The infotainment system is compatible with Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, and Bluetooth audio streaming.
Beyond keeping the passengers connected and entertained, the Maybach EQS SUV also keeps them safe with cutting-edge safety tech. They include adaptive braking technology, traffic sign assist, Lane Keep & Lane Change Assist, emergency stop assist, etc.
Trim and Competition
The 2025 Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV starts at $180,000, but getting the Night Series design Package costs an additional $25,000. With that design package, the exterior is tweaked with rear and roof spoilers, and the chrome accents are darkened. It also features a black console, dark chrome SmartKey, and dark wood trim inside. Except you are a big fan of the Night Series goth appearance, we recommend the original design with the executive rear seat package that offers four seats, rear tables, armrests, and cupholders at no extra cost.
Some standout luxury SUVs are on the market today, but not many within the Maybach EQS price bracket offer the same level of luxury. The Aston Martin DBX, Lamborghini Urus, and Ferrari Purosangue are some big mentions, but they all start at at least $50,000 more than the Maybach EQS SUV.
Gabriel Olakunori
Gabriel likes to argue (blindly) that SUVs are a part of nature, but he seems to have a point whenever you walk in the snow, through the bone-dry desert, splendid park-like boulevard, plains, and rocky roads. He has over five years of experience writing across a broad spectrum of topics, with quite a number in the automotive industry. If he is not at the desk w̶r̶i̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ having fun, he is at the wheel d̶r̶i̶v̶i̶n̶g̶ having fun. Both activities take him to the same destination: Utopia. He loves SUVs simply because they are all-inclusive, but he cannot turn down an offer to drive or write about any vehicle.
