Mercedes-Benz EQC
REALLY, WE SHOULD have known. After all, the writing was on the wall 12 months ago when the Jaguar I-Pace rocketed to the front of the pack during COTY 2019. The Jaguar’s advantage was so clear at the end of round one that deputy editor Andy Enright asked if we should all just go home.
“Do we really need another four days of testing?” he mused, only half jokingly. “I just can’t see how the I-Pace can lose.”
But lose the Jaguar did. Issues with its real-world range, various technical gremlins, plus packaging shortfalls saw the I-Pace’s seemingly unassailable lead cut away at the knees. But the stage was set. Any manufacturer who could field a comparable EV in a more complete package would surely be a shoo-in…
Enter the Mercedes-Benz EQC.
Weirdly, however, the Merc’s COTY journey couldn’t have been more different. Where the Jaguar swooshed silently and confidently onto centre stage from day one (only to wilt spectacularly under
