When Tesla teases out over 1000 hp from the Model S, Mercedes wants to counteract this with the EQS AMG 53: a luxury athlete with a hyperscreen, five-spoke steering wheel and much more. But do you need that?
The Mercedes sports offshoot AMG is known for rumbling eight-cylinder with enormous thirst. What do the Affalterbacher tuning specialists want with the electric drive? The heavy batteries drive the curb weight to 2655 kilos, so a crazy 761 hp are needed to accelerate the heavy car from a standstill to 100 km/h in 3.4 seconds. Do you need that?