Were it not for the van-style, cliff-face geometry of the large, wood-effect dashboard and the expanse between the entrance seats (properly sculpted and with helpful armrests), you can virtually be forgiven for pondering you had climbed aboard one in every of Mercedes’ saloons.

Gone are dramatically hooded instrument binnacles and the bulbous curvature of the centre-console seen within the authentic EQV, launched in 2019. It has all been changed with Mercedes’ new technology of MBUX shows and a bit plinth that homes a touchpad controller and an excellent quantity of bodily switchgear, together with for electrically sliding facet doorways.

Less welcome are the imprecise panel-push controls on the brand new wheel, sensible as it’s, however usually the combo of bodily switchgear and touchscreen management is properly judgded.

Professional drivers will discover this an unusally plush workplace and personal patrons ought to take into account it a match for something within the class. 

Unlike the combustion-engined V-Class, the EQV will also be had with a novel, blue-hued dashboard trim that makes the place really feel altogether much less business. 

Mind you, the driving place is resolutely perched, which is nice for visibility however requires some synaptic recalibration from anybody used to regular saloons. 

Of course, the entrance portion of the cabin is not what the EQV is admittedly about. The passenger space is outstandingly spacious by way of leg and head room, even with the eight-seat configuration (that’s, two rows of three within the again). There’s loads of baggage room, too.

Whichever inlay trim you go for additionally extends down the flanks on the cabin and into the third row, so there is a premium atmos all through.

Opting for beige leather-based increase the premium enchantment of the EQV additional nonetheless, and there are different choices, resembling a Burmester sound system and a panoramic roof, which can be included on Exclusive trim.