Just because one is a younger person means one is not suppose to drive an expensive high end luxury car like a S-class, EQS, Bentley, etc., is nonsense imo. They are typically owned by old people because mostly only old people can afford them. There are no lack of younger celebrities who own these high end luxury models because they are easily affordable to them, and no doubt people of any age can enjoy them for what they offer.

 

I did NOT generalize my comment to be an opinion that everyone "should" have. I was very specific that it's my opinion.

Why are you calling my personal opinion "nonsense"?

 

Lol, suit yourself. I bought my "old man car" LS430 at age 30 haha.

 

My you in the sentence is not “you” specifically I am referring to, just referring to any person that it is generally used, I edited my post to “one” to reflect that.

Yes, it is my personal opinion that it is nonsense, too.

 

Actually the orders of the EQS have been quite robust.. Current orders are outstripping the S-class in markets outside of China including the UK and countries in Europe apparently. They started a third shift at Factory 56 to accommodate the increased demand. Can't wait to see some hard sales numbers to see if this a continued trend once the chip shortage eases up and we can get some clear, non capacity constrained figures. I know much less about BMW, but I do know from people I spoke to at the Munich autoshow that they're expecting the i7 sales to follow a similar pattern. Sources are coming from my personal conversations and jesmb.de if you're into reading German.

Hehe when I went to the ride and drive for my first test drive with the EQS I was the youngest one there by what appeared to be 30 years.

 

👍. Good for you man!

I'm not young at all - will be 60 in about 4 months. Haha

 

Just turned 54 yesterday, next year I'll be able to order from the Denny's Senior Menu LOL. I look forward to that

 

If the EQS looked like the new Sclass - it would be a winner.

It drives like a normal MB sedan but they tried to go with EV styling.

The new Sclass is everywhere and they are all S580s. It looks so good - elegant, luxurious, modern and sporty without any gimmicks. Another timeless design.

 

Actual orders or refundable $200 deposits?

 

i don't really care about 'here' or 'there' only overall sales. if it's a flop in the u.s. because too many think it looks like a 90s civic but a success in china because it's seen as futuristic and different (and they likely didn't see 90s civics ), i'm sure mb will still be happy with that.

ha... well i had 3 years with my 'old man' g90 and i survived. what i couldn't cope with was the feeling when i drove a sheeple 2014 white camry for 4 months.

i'm sure there were many regulatory issues as to why they couldn't bring the concept as is to market.





and it's still a blob.

agreed. i see a young guy driving an s600 v12 maybach around here often. works for me.

and yet we have members here saying the new s-class is not as nice looking as the prior one.

oh wait, it's growing on people.

i think it looks great, but i believe all design ages pretty badly. as i watched james bond drive the db5 all i could think, man, that car looks old and the body roll is horrendous.

 

Orders, Mercedes doesn't play the reservation game a la Lucid with these. It's treated like any other model. They started delivering cars back in August in Europe.

 

It will do fine, but it wont have the impact with non EV adopters it could have had if it were better looking. People like me for instance would have adopted the EV tech if the car were more conventionally attractive.

 

Yes, who cares. I was always obsessed with luxury cars, even as a child...way more than sports cars. I had Lexus souvenirs and stuff, not Lamborghini.

 

I bought my first old man car when I was 22 lol

 

Gorgeous blob though!