Meet the most expensive Mercedes-Maybach you can currently buy.
The first all-electric Mercedes-Maybach model aims to carry high-end luxury into the next era. Like any high-end luxury car, though, the 2024 Mercedes-Maybach EQS 680 comes with a fairly steep price tag. If you want one, be prepared to shell out at least $181,050, including Mercedes’ $1,050 destination fee.
At its heart, the Mercedes-Maybach EQS 680 delivers the same fundamental experience, just with an electric drivetrain. Also, you obviously get the EQS’ styling language over your gas-powered GLS, whether or not you’re a fan. This electric version costs a full $50,000 more than your base EQS 450, but it’s worth noting the Maybach 680 is only $10,000 more expensive than its twin-turbo V8 counterpart, the Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600.
The 2024 Mercedes-Maybach EQS 680 brings a dual-motor setup like the EQS 580, but here you get a downright respectable 649 horsepower and 700 lb-ft of torque. So, even against the V8-powered GLS, you won’t be wanting for grunt, even if the whole point of the Maybach makeover is luxury and comfort. Like other EQS models, the Maybach also brings air suspension with adaptive damping, as well as 10-degree rear-axle steering.
Full U.S. specs are still forthcoming, but Mercedes says the Maybach EQS 680 can achieve up to 600 kilometers on a charge, using the European WLTP cycle. EPA ratings tend to skew more pessimistically than those figures, but the non-Maybach EQS 580 can manage about 285 miles on a full charge. The Maybach variant should manage about the same range from its 108.4-kWh battery pack. Charging up using a 200-kW-capable DC fast charger should take just 31 minutes (from 10-80%), though the car’s 0-60 time is far more impressive, at 4.1 seconds.
It’s all about the two-tone paint!
As standard fare, the 2024 Mercedes-Maybach EQS 680 gets 21-inch wheels, though you will be able to spec larger 22s later on. While interior features more or less track with other current Maybach models (the EQS’ “Hyperscreen” notwithstanding), one of the hallmarks is the range of available two-tone paint options. Five two-tone color options are available, all with lighter hues seprated from the darker tone up top. You also get a facsimile of the old-school Maybachs’ vertical-slatted grille, as well as Maybach logos in the lower fascia (and the three-pointed star hood ornament, of course).
U.S. orders open up for the 2024 Mercedes-Maybach GLS 680 today. If you’re in the market for an EQS and can’t stretch your budget to the Maybach — I definitely can’t blame you there — we check out the less expensive EQS 450+ below:
