Mercedes-Benz EQB Lease Deals

Why Lease the Mercedes EQB?

The EQB did something very few electric cars do, and still do not: it carried seven seats as standard, in a body small enough to park outside an ordinary house. Nothing about it shouted. It was a compact Mercedes SUV with a third row, a quiet cabin and a sensible shape, and for a lot of families that was the whole point.

One thing to be straight about up front. Mercedes has finished building the EQB and replaced it with an electric version of the GLB, sold as the GLB with EQ Technology. Mercedes has not published a date for when UK order books closed, and its own EQB page is still live, so if the EQB is the car you want, ask us and we will tell you honestly what can still be arranged rather than guess.

The Two EQB Versions

The UK range finished on two. An earlier EQB 350 4MATIC existed but had already dropped out before the end, so if you see one quoted it is worth checking which car you are actually looking at.

Worth being honest about the charging, because it is the EQB's weakest point and it is the one thing you will notice on a long trip. It takes a DC charge at around 100kW, which means roughly 32 minutes from 10 to 80 per cent. That was competitive when the car launched and it is not now. Auto Express reckons the electric GLB that replaced it charges more than three times faster. If most of your charging happens at home overnight this barely registers. If you do regular long motorway runs, it is the reason to look at the GLB instead.

Seven Seats, and What That Really Means

Every UK EQB had seven seats. There was no five seat version, so if a listing mentions five seats it means the third row folded away into the floor, which is where it lives most of the time.

• The third row seats two, and it is a children and short journeys proposition rather than a pair of adult seats.
• The middle row slides, so you can trade legroom between the second and third rows depending on who is in the car.
• Boot space is 495 litres with the third row folded, rising to as much as 1,710 litres with everything down.

With all seven seats upright the boot is genuinely small, and Mercedes does not publish a figure for it. There is also nowhere underfloor to put the charging cables once the third row is in use, so they end up in the boot with everything else. For school runs and the occasional extra passenger it works well. For seven people and their luggage at the same time, it does not.

EQB or the Electric GLB?

The GLB with EQ Technology is the EQB's direct replacement and it is a considerable step on. It sits on Mercedes' newer electric platform, carries a far larger battery, takes a much faster DC charge, keeps seven seats as standard in the UK and adds a storage compartment under the bonnet for the cables. It is also a fair bit bigger inside.

So the EQB's case is now mostly about what it costs to lease rather than what it does. It is a well built, quiet, easy to live with compact electric seven seater from a brand with a dealer network everywhere. If you can charge at home and you are not doing big mileages, it still makes sense. If you are, look at the GLB. Tell us what the car actually has to do and we will put both in front of you.

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