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Miami Herald
5 days ago
- Automotive
- Miami Herald
2027 Mercedes EQS Spied With Updates As Sales Falter
Like the other Mercedes prototypes captured through the lens of our spy photographers, the facelift of the EQS SUV will feature revised daytime running light graphics, with a three-pointed star motif appearing in the headlights. The taillights, at least on this prototype, are unchanged. Since there's camouflage on the bumpers, we can expect some subtle changes in those areas too; our spies say the front "grille" panel will be revised. The X296 EQS SUV has only been on the market since 2022, and as is the case with the sedan that shares its name, customer interest in the all-electric SUV has been low. These subtle styling updates will aim to bring the EQS more in line with the styling of conventional Mercs to help reverse that disinterest, and there'll be more changes beneath the skin. The current EQS SUV offers an EPA-estimated maximum range of up to 323 miles, but the future models are expected to exceed that with the same sort of battery as the recently launched CLA, which set a world record for EVs by covering 2,309 miles in 24 hours last year. The compact sedan has an 85-kWh battery with anodes made of silicon oxide mixed with graphite, something Mercedes says increases energy density by as much as 20 percent compared to previous batteries, so the new EQS should exceed 350 miles of range in most forms. The EQS is also expected to feature eATS 2.0 motors, delivering more power and efficiency from the modified EVA2M architecture, which supports 800-volt technology. Our spies say the new EQS will be presented at IAA Mobility 2025, taking place from 9-14 September, so we'll know more soon. Still, despite these improvements, the EQS may not be successful. Some reports indicate the EQS name will disappear altogether, and even Mercedes admits that it made mistakes in the EV space. Recently, CarBuzz reported that Mercedes is closing its U.S. order books for the EQE and EQS sedans and SUVs, halting production from September 1. No timeline for a return was announced, but with huge price cuts of over $10,000 on some models, it seems that Mercedes has more inventory than it knows what to do with. With EV incentives going away at the end of September, shifting the EQS will be even tougher for dealers, and we doubt the facelifted model will fare much better. Then again, a lot can change between now and next year, when the 2027 EQS is expected to reach the market. Copyright 2025 The Arena Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
News18
12-07-2025
- Climate
- News18
Who Is To Blame For Gurugram's Seasonal Road-Rivers?
For once, the arrival of the monsoon in earnest in Delhi did not result in the usual photo of a bus submerged under the Minto Bridge near Connaught Place. Instead, there were videos galore of the grand roads of 'Millennium City" turning into raging rivers. And the US-oriented residents of the multi-billion-rupee apartments flanking the major arterial roads of Gurugram must have truly felt they were in the same boat—if only metaphorically—with people in Texas. But none of Gurugram's well-heeled residents would have wanted their top-of-the-line Beemers and Mercs to gurgle to a standstill in the gushing, muddy waters of the Golf Course Road-River, just like their counterparts in Texas succumbed to the roiling swell of the Guadalupe River. The difference, of course, is that Guadalupe is actually a seasonal river, while the Golf Course Road has no business turning into one every time there is a serious monsoon downpour.
The Age
10-07-2025
- General
- The Age
When in Wellington ...
'Triggered by recent events, I've been thinking,' says George Manojlovic of Mangerton. 'If a famous Duke was wearing his favourite boots while dining on his favourite dish in his favourite New Zealand city, it would be a Wellington for Wellington in Wellington in Wellingtons.' 'Is it a form of intelligence that makes a melomaniac brush turkey (C8), or an enthusiastic news-watching skink?' wonders Suzanne Saunders of Wadeville. 'I like to think it's what drove our now-departed Dalmatian to instantly leave the room every time then-prime minister John Howard came on TV. She'd reappear only when he'd disappeared and not a moment before.' 'Could it be that the background music for Geoff Turnbull's lunch with a brush turkey is identifiable as the second movement of Mozart՛s piano sonata, Rondo Alla Turca?' posits Stephen Lyons of Kellyville. Ros Turkington of Rockdale says, in reply to William Galton (C8), 'My grandmother was an Ida, and spent her entire life fending off 'Ida-down' jokes. Please, have pity, no more!' Remaining with the bedclothes discussion, Ian Clarke of Terrigal find that 'stuffing a doona into its cover is a bit like a birth in reverse.' This is not a problem for Shelley Thomson of Mount Lofty: 'I still use wool blankets and a bedcover (not a bedspread). Sleep experts say blankets keep you warmer than doonas because when you turn over, air is created under the doona and disturbs your sleep. This does not happen with blankets and there's no inserting them into covers.' 'Donald Trump is 50 years too late with his tariffs,' reckons Bob Roobottom of Taree. 'Back in the mid-1970s I bought some hi-fi equipment, an American brand amplifier and a European brand turntable. When I got them home and unpacked them, I was surprised to find that they were both made in Japan under licence.' 'Have you noticed that the bigger and more expensive the car, the less likely it is to have working indicators?' queries Jane Howland of Cammeray. Monday's tally was two Mercs, three BMWs, an Audi, and several of those huge black utes-on-steroids called Grunt or similar, sporting green Ps.' 'Did Peter Riley (C8) notice that in Whitechapel, there was also a shoe salesman named Jack the Slipper, a gardener named Jack the Whipper-Snipper, a personal trainer named Jack the Skipper and an entertainer named Jack the Stripper?' asks Meri Will of Baulkham Hills. 'Didn't think so.'
Sydney Morning Herald
10-07-2025
- General
- Sydney Morning Herald
When in Wellington ...
'Triggered by recent events, I've been thinking,' says George Manojlovic of Mangerton. 'If a famous Duke was wearing his favourite boots while dining on his favourite dish in his favourite New Zealand city, it would be a Wellington for Wellington in Wellington in Wellingtons.' 'Is it a form of intelligence that makes a melomaniac brush turkey (C8), or an enthusiastic news-watching skink?' wonders Suzanne Saunders of Wadeville. 'I like to think it's what drove our now-departed Dalmatian to instantly leave the room every time then-prime minister John Howard came on TV. She'd reappear only when he'd disappeared and not a moment before.' 'Could it be that the background music for Geoff Turnbull's lunch with a brush turkey is identifiable as the second movement of Mozart՛s piano sonata, Rondo Alla Turca?' posits Stephen Lyons of Kellyville. Ros Turkington of Rockdale says, in reply to William Galton (C8), 'My grandmother was an Ida, and spent her entire life fending off 'Ida-down' jokes. Please, have pity, no more!' Remaining with the bedclothes discussion, Ian Clarke of Terrigal find that 'stuffing a doona into its cover is a bit like a birth in reverse.' This is not a problem for Shelley Thomson of Mount Lofty: 'I still use wool blankets and a bedcover (not a bedspread). Sleep experts say blankets keep you warmer than doonas because when you turn over, air is created under the doona and disturbs your sleep. This does not happen with blankets and there's no inserting them into covers.' 'Donald Trump is 50 years too late with his tariffs,' reckons Bob Roobottom of Taree. 'Back in the mid-1970s I bought some hi-fi equipment, an American brand amplifier and a European brand turntable. When I got them home and unpacked them, I was surprised to find that they were both made in Japan under licence.' 'Have you noticed that the bigger and more expensive the car, the less likely it is to have working indicators?' queries Jane Howland of Cammeray. Monday's tally was two Mercs, three BMWs, an Audi, and several of those huge black utes-on-steroids called Grunt or similar, sporting green Ps.' 'Did Peter Riley (C8) notice that in Whitechapel, there was also a shoe salesman named Jack the Slipper, a gardener named Jack the Whipper-Snipper, a personal trainer named Jack the Skipper and an entertainer named Jack the Stripper?' asks Meri Will of Baulkham Hills. 'Didn't think so.'
Miami Herald
07-07-2025
- Automotive
- Miami Herald
2026 Mercedes-AMG S 63 Will Take The Super Limo To New Heights
Last week, our spies snapped the smallest new AMG product in Europe, and now they've caught the biggest. The W223 S-Class that forms the basis of the S63 has been around since 2020, so it's time for a slight refresh, and new spy shots reveal that the front and rear lighting units will gain new looks. Like other new Mercs, a three-pointed star motif will find its way to the front and rear daytime running light graphics, and the Panamerican grille is likely to get tweaked vanes. At the rear, it appears that the taillight clusters may be slimmed down slightly, but it's difficult to be sure with the camouflage obscuring most of the changes. Regardless, a set of four exhaust tips and the gold-painted brake calipers (denoting carbon-ceramics) confirm that this is the hottest S-Class out there. The current S63 E Performance that tops the S-Class range produces 791 horsepower and 1,055 lb-ft of torque from a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 paired with a 150 kW permanently synchronous electric motor on the rear axle. This allows the speediest Sonderklasse to hit 60 mph from rest in a claimed 3.3 seconds, and our spies say these figures will be carried over to the facelifted model. We doubt any S63 buyers complained that their car was too slow, but it's also not unimaginable that AMG would extract a little more to bring the car over the 800-bhp mark. More likely, however, is that the tiny 10.4 kWh battery (delivering just 16 miles of range) will be revised to make this a more competitive plug-in hybrid. Another significant change is the addition of a tiny camera to each fender where the 'V8 Biturbo' badge would normally reside, likely part of an expanded advanced driver assist suite. Related: Mercedes-AMG Is Developing A New V8, Happy To Keep Combustion Alive Indefinitely Our spies claim that the S63 will get a revised Hyperscreen dash display (the current car still uses a separate driver display and a vertically oriented center touchscreen), and they say buyers can look forward to the return of physical buttons on the steering wheel, which should be much more enjoyable to use (and more resistant to smudge marks) than the touch capacitive panels on the current model. The changes should mean a slightly different dash design, and we can probably expect a couple of new colors and leather options. The new S63 is likely to arrive for the 2026 model year, so a full reveal should happen before the end of 2025. Copyright 2025 The Arena Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
