Thanks for the links to these videos, Hawk. I hadn't seen them yet.
I don't know exactly what to make of the rear seat. In the "Road Show" video, the passenger's knees were about as jacked up as they are sitting in the back of a Lucid Air with the larger battery pack. This comports with the graphic Mercedes has posted of the front and rear seating positions (see post #16 on this thread). The EQS did seem to have a lot of fore-aft legroom, but so does the Air. Although the reviewer commented on how capacious the rear seat was, I take such comments with a large grain of salt, having seen too many reviewers wax complimentary about how roomy a Tesla Model S rear seat is.
The video from "The Verge" did show that there was room to push your toes under the bottom of the front seat, something which is unfortunately (and inexplicably) lacking in the Air.
I was hoping to get a chance to drive an EQS before I had to finalize my Lucid Air order. It looked for a while as if that might become possible with Lucid's latest production delay. Now, with rumors circulating about EQS delays, it's all up in the air again.
I like the restraint of the Air's interior compared to the busier interior of the EQS. I love the Dream Edition's considerably greater power and acceleration. I knew how hard Lucid has worked to miniaturize the drive train, but I didn't fully grasp just how far they have come until I saw all the equipment crammed under the EQS bonnet.
The only thing that might have persuaded me to go with the EQS over the Air would have been if its rear quarters were on par with the stellar rear seats of the ICE S-Class -- something I was hoping the electric powertrain would make possible. Even the "Road Show" reviewer said that was not the case.
I'm still annoyed that the Air Dream Edition is going to launch without power-operated doors, that they couldn't make electrochromic glass work, that there are only three exterior color choices, that a HUD is not in the cards . . . but I still don't see a better overall EV sedan on the horizon than the Air, at least for my purposes and hot foot.