Mark . I can't find the "canny size wheels" in the Mercedes brochure?. The cars a big heavy expensive badge snobbery bit of kit but the review is brilliant as usual.
Interestingly you talk about the battery being liquid cooled/heated as a BIG thing but in the BMW i3s review I just watched - which invented such trickery and tell us that they lead the industry(?) - you never mentioned it. But hey! Another really good review. Thanks Mark
Well - cd isn't everything. Drag actually is calculated by frontal area times cd. Look at the Porsche again ...and 0,27 is not well enough nowadays. Teslas end up around 0,23ish with the "X" being the worst at 0,25. 8% better than the "reused old Benz-shell". Which is annoyingly cost-cutting and designwise a bit too "low slung" for he upmarket expectations me thinks.
I liked your maths, but flawed by govt tax rates. try the same p/mile when tax is equalised between electricity from your home v diesel. Hint, (5% v 60+%). Try it. PS I do think ev's are perfect for day-to-day driving, but not 2.5t!
They're never going to tax home electricity because you can't tell where it's going to. Well you sort of can but if say it went into a home battery first or you have solar then you will bypass any of that nonsense. Road pricing seems far more likely and I suspect they'll tax ICE car users three times over (fuel, road duty and road pricing). As aside to the calculation my EV is charged on an overnight tariff so my current running costs are 1.2p/mile.
@@esm7708 you've arrived at the needs-to-be-addressed conclusion of HR Treasury wanting cash and how to get it from cars, and how to do it to encourage take-up of ev's whilst not taxing the poor too heavily cos they can't afford new cars, and a whole host of other home charge v public charge issues. UK govt doesn't seem to have arrived at this conclusion tho (or any tbh), but I look forward to hearing from them soon
@@pigeonpoo1823 www.google.com/amp/s/www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/108123/treasury-eyes-road-pricing-plug-ps30bn-fuel-duty-gap%3famp Other sources available.
I’m disappointed that when talking about the engine / road noise you mentioned it being another level, & you didn’t link to this.... ruclips.net/video/q3qDESAvzh0/видео.html
Watching this for fun (and the light percussion improv) 🙌
Same here! Pure weekend opening fun
i love how he says INT-ROH instead of INTEROW
Always bloody brilliant!! You crack me up!!
Chassis shenanigans. I suspect you didn’t get D- - in English (optional Geordie paper). Liked as always.
The intro was acceptable, I’m easily pleased
Great review! 😀
Best intro ever
Mark . I can't find the "canny size wheels" in the Mercedes brochure?.
The cars a big heavy expensive badge snobbery bit of kit but the review is brilliant as usual.
Interestingly you talk about the battery being liquid cooled/heated as a BIG thing but in the BMW i3s review I just watched - which invented such trickery and tell us that they lead the industry(?) - you never mentioned it. But hey! Another really good review. Thanks Mark
Nice and entertaining vid, thnx! (ordered the AMG premium line, btw, comes in June - looking forward to it :D )
Going to get this for my next company lease also
@@dingdong2103 Great to hear that, still happy with the car. 👍👍👍
Great review as always. Incidentally your hair cut does remind me of "Chingachgook" the last of the Mohicans, just jealous really.
Class review as per :-)
Well - cd isn't everything. Drag actually is calculated by frontal area times cd. Look at the Porsche again ...and 0,27 is not well enough nowadays. Teslas end up around 0,23ish with the "X" being the worst at 0,25. 8% better than the "reused old Benz-shell". Which is annoyingly cost-cutting and designwise a bit too "low slung" for he upmarket expectations me thinks.
.. Or the B250e they got Tesla to build them, this links back to when they owned 9% of Tesla which they sold in 2014 (ouch, that was a bad decision)
Mint intro like
Apologies but I'm going to be that guy. It's kWh (small k big W) not Kwh
I liked your maths, but flawed by govt tax rates. try the same p/mile when tax is equalised between electricity from your home v diesel. Hint, (5% v 60+%). Try it. PS I do think ev's are perfect for day-to-day driving, but not 2.5t!
They're never going to tax home electricity because you can't tell where it's going to. Well you sort of can but if say it went into a home battery first or you have solar then you will bypass any of that nonsense.
Road pricing seems far more likely and I suspect they'll tax ICE car users three times over (fuel, road duty and road pricing).
As aside to the calculation my EV is charged on an overnight tariff so my current running costs are 1.2p/mile.
@@esm7708 you've arrived at the needs-to-be-addressed conclusion of HR Treasury wanting cash and how to get it from cars, and how to do it to encourage take-up of ev's whilst not taxing the poor too heavily cos they can't afford new cars, and a whole host of other home charge v public charge issues. UK govt doesn't seem to have arrived at this conclusion tho (or any tbh), but I look forward to hearing from them soon
@@pigeonpoo1823 www.google.com/amp/s/www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/108123/treasury-eyes-road-pricing-plug-ps30bn-fuel-duty-gap%3famp
Other sources available.
9:45 Oh my God she's lush like!!
Where's that bit from, anyone? Mark?
First Dates on Channel 4?
I’m disappointed that when talking about the engine / road noise you mentioned it being another level, & you didn’t link to this.... ruclips.net/video/q3qDESAvzh0/видео.html
I was poised for some Another Level action too.
Disappointed of Durham.
I feel sorry for the kids that have Mark as their father.
He's lovely!!!!