Mercedes EQC: which version to buy
There is only one Mercedes EQC version in this catalogue: EQC 400 AT, a 5-door SUV of 1 generation, on sale from 2018-09-01 with no end date recorded. If the question is which EQC to buy, the data leave no trim ladder, no second engine, and no later generation to step into.
There is only one Mercedes EQC version in this catalogue: EQC 400 AT, a 5-door SUV of 1 generation, on sale from 2018-09-01 with no end date recorded. If the question is which EQC to buy, the data leave no trim ladder, no second engine, and no later generation to step into. The buying decision is whether EQC 400 AT matches the numbers you need — 408 hp, 760 Nm, AWD, Automatic with 1 speed, 5.1 s to 100 km/h, 180 km/h top speed, kerb weight 2495 kg — and whether the gaps (ground clearance, wheels, city/highway/combined consumption, tank) that are not measured here are acceptable.
EQC specs: the only version in the data
EQC 400 AT is the full specification set. Dual naming is not required: there is no second EQC 400 AT with a different horsepower figure.
| Version | hp | Nm | Displacement | Fuel | Cylinders | Layout | Boost | Gearbox | Speeds | Drive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EQC 400 AT | 408 | 760 | not measured | Electro | not measured | not measured | not measured | Automatic | 1 | AWD |
EQC 400 AT is Electro for both engine type and fuel. Displacement, cylinder count, cylinder layout, valves per cylinder, boost, engine position, and fuel-system fields are all not measured. Do not infer a petrol architecture: those fields are empty because this version is electric, not because a layout was omitted from a combustion table.
300 kW is the same peak as 408 hp in the source. Torque is 760 Nm; the rpm at which that torque arrives is not measured. Power rpm is recorded as —, which is not measured as a usable engine speed.
CO2 is 0. Eco class is not measured.
Generations: what 1 generation actually offers
1 generation (from 2018-09-01, stop not measured) is the only generation. Body: SUV 5-doors. Version count: 1. There is no restyling listed as a separate generation, and there is no second generation to compare against.
That matters for a “which generation” question. You cannot buy a lighter later EQC, a cheaper early EQC with fewer horsepower, or a restyled cabin as a distinct catalogue generation. Arithmetic between generations is impossible: there is one start date and one body. The generation change that usually answers “what did the extra money buy” is not in this dataset.
If a used-car listing claims a different generation number, it is not this catalogue’s 1 generation. The only generation key here is the first (and only) one, with modification EQC 400 AT.
Engine and drivetrain: what EQC 400 AT actually is
EQC 400 AT pairs Electro drive with AWD and an Automatic gearbox with 1 speed. There is no second gearbox to compare (no extra ratios, no manual). “What the extra money buys” in a multi-version range is often another ratio count or a different drive; here those columns do not move.
Useful ratios from the given numbers only:
- 408 hp at kerb 2495 kg is 6.12 kg per horsepower (2495 / 408).
- 760 Nm at 2495 kg is 3.28 kg per newton-metre (2495 / 760).
- Gross mass 2940 kg raises those figures to 7.21 kg/hp (2940 / 408) and 3.87 kg/Nm (2940 / 760).
- Payload headroom is 445 kg (2940 − 2495).
- Peak power in kilowatts is 300; 408 / 300 ≈ 1.36 hp per kW, which is the usual conversion, not a second power rating.
Power per litre cannot be calculated: displacement is not measured. Any “hp/L” ranking against petrol Mercedes SUVs would invent a litre figure.
Because cylinders, layout, and boost are not measured, a buyer comparing EQC 400 AT to a combustion sibling must not fill those cells from memory. The catalogue answer is: electric, 408 hp, 760 Nm, AWD, 1-speed Automatic.
Performance: 0–100, top speed, mpg
EQC 400 AT accelerates to 100 km/h in 5.1 s and is limited to 180 km/h.
City consumption is not measured. Highway consumption is not measured. Combined consumption is not measured. There is therefore no mpg (or L/100 km) figure to rank trims. Search queries for “EQC mpg” cannot be answered with a number from this source; stating a WLTP or EPA figure would be an invented number.
CO2 0 is recorded; it is not a consumption figure and does not replace the three empty consumption cells.
With one version, there is no slower EQC 400 AT to avoid and no faster one to pay for. The performance choice is binary: accept 5.1 s and 180 km/h, or look outside this model. 180 km/h versus a typical unlimited autobahn petrol SUV is a cap, not a second engine map: the data do not list a de-restricted variant.
Weight versus sprint: 2495 kg and 5.1 s coexist. The car is not light; the 408 hp and 760 Nm are what produce that time. If you need a lower kg/hp number, this catalogue does not offer a lighter EQC version to get it.
Dimensions, weight, clearance, tank, wheels
Kerb weight EQC 400 AT: 2495 kg. Gross weight: 2940 kg. Difference (payload including occupants and cargo, as a mass delta only): 445 kg.
Ground clearance: not measured. Tank: not measured (expected for Electro; still stated so the field is not silently dropped). Wheel sizes: not measured.
Front suspension: Independent, spring. Rear suspension: Independent, pneumatic. Front brakes: Ventilated disc. Rear brakes: Disc ventilated.
A buyer who filters SUVs by millimetres of clearance cannot pass or fail EQC 400 AT on this page: clearance is not measured. Same for tyre size and fuel-tank volume. Reliability and “problems” searches also have no failure-rate numbers in the source; those topics cannot be scored from this table.
What can be compared internally is sprung vs pneumatic: the rear of EQC 400 AT is Independent, pneumatic while the front is Independent, spring. That is a split, not two optional packages. You cannot order “all-spring” or “all-pneumatic” as separate versions here.
Brakes are ventilated discs at both ends; there is no smaller-brake version to discount.
Which version to choose
Choose EQC 400 AT if these numbers are the car you want:
- 408 hp / 300 kW and 760 Nm
- AWD
- Automatic, 1 speed
- Electro fuel
- 5.1 s to 100 km/h
- 180 km/h maximum
- SUV 5-doors, 1 generation, from 2018-09-01
- kerb 2495 kg, gross 2940 kg, 445 kg between them
- CO2 0
Do not expect a second EQC in this catalogue. There is no lower-hp EQC 400 AT, no higher-hp twin with the same name, no RWD alternative, no extra generation, and no restyle listed as its own generation. Arithmetic that would usually say “the extra money buys 50 hp and 0.4 s” has no second row to subtract from.
Walk away from EQC 400 AT (within this dataset’s logic) if you need a measured combined/city/highway consumption figure, a measured ground clearance, a measured wheel size, a measured tank, a measured cylinder layout, or a kerb weight below 2495 kg. Those are not measured or, for weight, fixed at 2495. Inventing them to close a purchase is how catalogue pages go wrong.
Power-to-weight as the only intra-model score: 6.12 kg/hp at kerb, 7.21 kg/hp at gross. If another Mercedes electric in a different model line publishes a lower kg/hp in its data, that comparison is outside this article. Inside the EQC line, EQC 400 AT is both the lightest and the heaviest version because it is the only version.
Torque-to-weight: 3.28 kg/Nm kerb, 3.87 kg/Nm gross. Same conclusion: no sibling to beat.
Speed vs mass: top speed 180 km/h at 2495 kg. There is no “faster, heavier” or “slower, lighter” EQC to trade.
Gearbox: 1 Automatic speed. Buyers looking for more ratios will not find them under another EQC name here.
Drive: AWD only. No 4x2 EQC 400 AT.
Body: SUV 5-doors only. No coupe-SUV generation in these data.
Years: production start 2018-09-01; stop not measured. “Which year of EQC 400 AT” is not split by facelift keys in this file. A 2018 car and a later car, if both are EQC 400 AT of 1 generation, share this spec table.
Reliability, problems, mpg — what this page will not invent
People search “EQC problems”, “EQC reliability”, and “EQC mpg”. This source has no defect rates, no battery-degradation numbers, and no consumption. The honest catalogue line is: mpg not measured; reliability not measured; known-problem counts not measured. The mechanical facts that are measured — Ventilated disc / Disc ventilated brakes, Independent, spring front, Independent, pneumatic rear, AWD, 1-speed Automatic — describe the hardware, not its failure frequency.
Short buyer’s checklist for EQC 400 AT
1. Name on the spec sheet must be EQC 400 AT — not a renamed marketing pack. 2. Power must be 408 hp / 300 kW, torque 760 Nm. If a listing shows a second EQC 400 AT with another horsepower, it is not this row. 3. Fuel Electro, gearbox Automatic 1, drive AWD. 4. 5.1 s and 180 km/h are the performance pair. 5. 2495 / 2940 kg; payload delta 445 kg. 6. CO2 0; eco class not measured. 7. Clearance, wheels, tank, consumption: not measured — ask the seller for a measurement, do not take a number from a review and paste it into this model page.
That is the whole choice set: one generation, one body, one version. EQC 400 AT is the Mercedes EQC you buy if these figures are enough; there is no in-family alternative in the data to spend “extra money” on.