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Choosing between the Mercedes-Benz EQS and the Porsche Taycan is a genuinely tough call. Both are exceptional electric luxury sedans, yet they're built around fundamentally different ideas of what "luxury" should feel like. One treats the daily drive as something to be savored in silence and comfort. The other turns every stretch of road into an event.

For Long Island drivers navigating everything from Montauk Highway to the LIE, that distinction matters more than you might expect. Feel free to browse our new inventory to see what's currently available at Mercedes-Benz of Southampton.

If you want to invest in a trusted luxury auto brand for driving around the Hamptons, the Mercedes-Benz EQS and Tesla Model S both represent the best of what electric vehicles (EVs) can offer. Mercedes-Benz has been perfecting its craft since Carl Benz patented his first internal combustion engine car — the Benz Patent-Motorwagen — in 1886. Now it's become one of the world's largest premium vehicle brands. As for Tesla, it revolutionized the EV industry. These two take very different approaches to luxury electric driving.