and its electrically turbocharged four-cylinder raised a few hackles in the comments, although more due to the car’s upsized price tag than its downsized powerplant. A week later and we’re talking about a much more radical AMG variant, one motivated by a pair of electric motors.
The EQE 53+ shows how quickly things have developed. Its peak output of 617hp isn’t too far off the SLS’s, with the optional extra-cost Dynamic Plus package increasing that to 677hp when using its Race Start launch control function. Smart all-wheel drive means the EQE is considerably quicker off the line than its rear-driven predecessor, knocking off 0-60mph in just 3.2 seconds with Race Start and 3.4 seconds without it.
At this point we reach a divergence in the narrative, because the EQE 53+ does have a noise symposer, the grandly named AMG Sound Experience. Having this switched on does indeed alter the character of the car significantly, although not in a way I suspect is going to find many fans among those used to more traditional AMGs. So let’s come back to that one later and start with the acoustically unenhanced 53+.
Nor does the 53+ feel dull or inert when pushed hard. On AMG’s numbers it weighs a sizeable 2,600kg, but much of that mass is in the sizeable 90.6kWh battery pack that sits beneath the floor meaning that the centre of gravity is very low. The EQE is impressively keen to change direction at higher speeds, with little discernible roll despite the absence of any active anti-lean systems.
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