Mercedes-Benz revealed the EQXX as a vision of where it wants to take the brand’s design in the future. But it’s actually more than that and it is expected to go into production pretty much unchanged and according to famed car designer, Frank Stephenson, that’s a good thing.
Stephenson, whose design portfolio includes models like the BMW X5 (the first-gen E53), the original New Mini Cooper, but also the Ferrari F430, the Maserati MC12, as well as a whole slew of modern McLaren models. Nowadays he occasionally posts videos critiquing the designs of various new cars, and in this video he takes a look at the EQXX and its quite controversial look.
And he actually says he likes what he sees, even though its look doesn’t immediately strike you as being a Mercedes. Stephenson does say that Mercedes has reinvented its image several times during its history that stretches over a century, and that with the EQXX, in a way, it is returning to the philosophy of its pre-war streamlined racing cars.
