2023 Mercedes-EQ EQE350 4Matic First Test: Absolutely Not an Electric E-Class

Immediately, you can tell something’s different. Approaching a 2023 Mercedes EQE, the future-pod design unabashedly looks ahead while the 2021 MotorTrend Car of the Year-winning E-Class wears a variation of a stylistic theme we’ve seen for more than half a century. The more we experienced the 2023 Mercedes EQE350 4Matic, the more we discovered it has a spirit all its own. In place of that E-Class magic is a luxury-first, -second, and -third package that beats the E on one metric but falters in others. Here’s why the 2023 Mercedes EQE350 4Matic isn’t an obvious choice. Many EQE Models, One Our 2023 Mercedes EQE350 4Matic test car sits in the middle of the non-AMG EQE lineup with its dual-motor all-wheel-drive layout; the plus on base models designates the rear-drive model that will get the best EPA-rated range figure, estimated at 305 miles. Figure below 300 for the EQE350 4Matic. Those numbers are great as long as you don’t also consider the higher-priced Tesla Model S and Luci