Mercedes-Benz AMG EQE SUV 53 Review & Prices

The Mercedes-Benz AMG EQE SUV 53 is a bit like one of those chunky guys you see playing Sunday League football, who looks too big and heavy to be any good, but then plays a balletic 90 minutes and knocks in four goals. You just have to get your head around the fact that something that weighs this much and is this tall can go quite like this. 

In fact, with its 617hp spread across two electric motors and 4MATIC+ four-wheel drive, the AMG EQE SUV 53 can sprint to 62mph from rest in just 3.7 seconds. This is a car that weighs more than most full-size Range Rovers. Other fast electric cars you could consider include the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, BMW iX M60 and Audi SQ8 e-tron.

Mercedes-Benz AMG EQE SUV 53: electric range, battery and charging data

Range: 280 miles
Efficiency: 2.7 miles per kWh
Battery size: 91kWh
Max charge speed: 170kW
Charge time AC: 4hrs 45mins, 10-100%, 22kW
Charge time DC: 32mins, 10-80%, 170kW
Charge port location: Right rear
Power outputs: 625hp

The EQE SUV 53 exterior is designed to reduce wind resistance and increase range, but the problem is that aero-look gives it a bit of a blobby, anonymous shape which doesn’t look great when you’re spending this much money on a car. Okay, so the BMW iX is no oil painting, but at least you won’t lose it in a car park, while the Audi SQ8 e-tron is really quite handsome. The Mercedes isn’t doing itself any favours with its styling, even with the AMG body kit. 

Inside, the cabin is really rather lovely to look at though, with that massive ‘Hyperscreen’ stretching across the full width of the dashboard. It looks like one big screen, but is in fact three individual screens under a common cover — driver’s display, infotainment screen, and an extra screen for the front-seat passenger.

The EQE SUV 53 has a vast 91kWh battery pack, which holds enough energy on a full charge to allow it to put as many as 280 miles between charges. That’s not a bad figure, but it does need to be put in context. The standard Mercedes EQE 500, which is hardly slow with a 4.9-second 0-62mph run, can stretch that to a potential 341 miles. The iX M60 will run for 348 miles. And that range figure is a best-case scenario too — if you’re using that 617hp power a lot, you’ll cut that range down pretty quickly. 

Space is excellent — the EQE SUV holds a massive advantage in this respect over the slightly cramped EQE saloon — and the boot, at 520 litres, is a good size. There is an issue with the cabin, though, and that’s that it feels quite cheap in some places. Press a thumb on the corner of the dashboard, near the air vents, and it creaks like corrugated cardboard, which is bad enough in a standard EQE, let alone this six-figure AMG version. 

You’ll forgive a lot of that when it comes to corners, though. With standard air suspension and active anti-roll systems, the EQE 53 scythes through corners, and doesn’t suffer with the car’s body leaning over loads in turn like you get in the bigger EQS SUV.

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The AMG EQE SUV 53 does cost quite a bit more than its closest alternative, the BMW iX M60. Now, whether paying an extra £10,000 truly matters when you’re already paying north of £100k is debatable, especially when you consider the price of both will shoot up with optional extras anyway.

You could save yourself a bundle by going for Audi’s SQ8 e-tron, but you’d be losing 100hp, and adding a second to the 0-62mph time (and the Audi seems to struggle to get anywhere near its claimed range, too).

A left-field alternative might be the new Porsche Cayenne Turbo E-Hybrid, which gives you a V8 petrol engine, staggering performance (3.7 seconds to 62mph) and better handling, but will go for around 45 miles on electric power if you charge it up. 

Standard specification for the EQE SUV 53 includes the full-width Hyperscreen, 21-inch alloy wheels, AMG-specific styling and grille, ‘Digital Light’ LED headlamps, a Burmester 3D sound system, extra noise insulation, Nappa leather upholstery, a head-up display, and remote parking technology.