---
title: "Here’s Our First Look at What May Be the Last Mercedes EQS SUV"
date: "2025-08-22"
modified: "2025-08-22"
authors:
  - name: "Byron Hurd"
    job_title: "Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/byron-hurd"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/2027-mercedes-benz-eqs-suv-spy-shots"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
  - "Mercedes-Benz News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Spy Photos"
tags:
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "EQS SUV"
  - "luxury"
  - "Mercedes-Benz"
  - "suv/crossover"
---

# Here’s Our First Look at What May Be the Last Mercedes EQS SUV

![2027 Mercedes-Benz SQS SUV Prototype Spy Photo](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SB24187.jpg>)
*\<em\>Stefan Baldauf/SB-Medien\</em\>*

As Mercedes-Benz phases in its new generation of multi-energy platforms, the [dedicated EQ lineup will be headed out the door](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/mercedes-ditching-eq-sub-brand-because-everything-will-be-electric-anyway-report>). The process has already begun with the new compact CLA, which shares the same body between its gasoline- and battery-powered variants, and that same fate will befall each model line in the company's portfolio.

But until Mercedes is ready to launch a new flagship SUV, the EQS will continue to have a place in the company's showrooms. Our spies caught this updated EQS SUV testing on public roads in Europe sporting camouflage over its front and rear bumpers. Even with the disguise, there's no mistaking the company's new three-pointed-star lighting signature—the same we've seen [on the new C-Class](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/2026-mercedes-benz-c-class-spy-shots>) and others.

It's a limited update, certainly, but given that Mercedes has already effectively killed the EQ lineup off entirely, any sign of life is promising. Given the current economic climate, it's possible that the revised EQS SUV won't be sold here in the U.S. at all, [with deliveries to U.S. dealers going on indefinite hiatus](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/mercedes-pauses-us-bound-eq-electric-car-production-indefinitely>) beginning in September.

You can browse the fully gallery of photos in the widget below.

- ![2027 Mercedes-Benz SQS SUV Prototype](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SB24183.jpg>)
- ![2027 Mercedes-Benz SQS SUV Prototype Spy Photo](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SB24181.jpg>)
- ![2027 Mercedes-Benz SQS SUV Prototype Spy Photo](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SB24179.jpg>)
- ![2027 Mercedes-Benz SQS SUV Prototype Spy Photo](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SB24185.jpg>)
- ![2027 Mercedes-Benz SQS SUV Prototype Spy Photo](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SB24187.jpg>)
- ![2027 Mercedes-Benz SQS SUV Prototype Spy Photo](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SB24189.jpg>)
- ![2027 Mercedes-Benz SQS SUV Prototype Spy Photo](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SB24191.jpg>)
- ![2027 Mercedes-Benz SQS SUV Prototype Spy Photo](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SB24193.jpg>)
- ![2027 Mercedes-Benz SQS SUV Prototype Spy Photo](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SB24195.jpg>)
- ![2027 Mercedes-Benz SQS SUV Prototype Spy Photo](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SB24199.jpg>)
- ![2027 Mercedes-Benz SQS SUV Prototype Spy Photo](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SB24202.jpg>)

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## Author
Byron is an editor at The Drive with a keen eye for infrastructure, sales and regulatory stories. He brings a light, punchy style to all of his content, believing that there's plenty out there to be laughed at—himself included. Born and raised in Maryland but now based just a stone's throw from Detroit, Byron is an auto enthusiast and generalist who enjoys building and tinkering with things of all kinds, from cars, computers and digital cityscapes, to the new garage that will soon house his fleet (a CT4-V Blackwing, a JK Wrangler and an NA Miata). Inspired by an early love of rollercoasters, Byron quickly caught the high-performance driving itch. He's been tracking and auto-crossing his cars since 2007. In his downtime, Byron enjoys reading, playing city builders, and studying the history of the Motor City.

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