Mercedes C-Class EQ

This new illustration shows what the new Mercedes C-Class EV could look like. Since it looks a lot like the teaser we just saw a few days ago, I’d say it is probably really close to the actual car.

After the ghaslry looking GLC EV, we will soon see its sedan counterpart, which will be an electric Mercedes C-class. Probably with another stupid name. And of course, that new giant, horrible illuminated grille. And probably the same interior as the SUV we just saw. With its “Chinese car looking” door-to-door screen displaying redundant info to everyone. Like a giant clock or a series of photos of your kids on the passenger screen.

It seems Mercedes was caught in a corner and very surprised by the failure of their electric EQ series. I personally do like the EQS sedan. But the smaller EQE just doesn’t look the part for such an expensive car. And the SUVs are devoid of any personality. Adding chrome and Mercedes stars everywhere seems like the wrong way to fix things.

This new, smaller sedan was planned for years as the smallest of the EQ series, to be called the EQC. It seems Mercedes did a last-minute change and decided to give it that ghastly new grille. That grille doesn’t fit the SUV at all and will no doubt look even worse on a small sedan.

This is actually quite amazing. It will be interesting to see how long it will take, or even if, a company like Mercedes can recover from this series if horrible design mistakes.