Gravity; SUV or Minivan

[borski]

@borski the thread you hate!
I guess you gotta peak in as moderator, huh?

This thread sucks

 

[hmp10]

Not even close. Honda Odyssey has 158 cubic feet.
Too much space to be an SUV, too small to be minivan.

Interior volume numbers are captured all kinds of ways and not always consistently. Most sources give the Odyssey interior volume as 163.5 or 163.6 cubic feet in one trim and 160.1 in another trim. Lucid gives the Gravity cargo space as 112 cubic feet, but I have found no number for total interior volume. (Remember that the Lucid cargo space number includes the frunk.) So an apples-to-apples comparison of Lucid volume to Odyssey volume is hard to do.

We have been driving a Honda Odyssey since 2011 and now have a 2018 Odyssey. And I have spent a good part of an afternoon sitting in and playing around with the interior of a Gravity. Here's the bottom line of my own observations:

The passenger space of the Gravity looks and feels roomier than the Odyssey. The third row of the Odyssey is a bit easier for ingress and egress, but the Gravity third row is just as roomy with the second row in both vehicles pushed all the way back. In the second row, the Gravity seating really outshines the Odyssey, with longer bottom seat cushions and considerably more legroom with the front driver seat put to my preferred driving position in both vehicles. And the front seats of the Gravity outclass the Odyssey in legroom, perceived width, and seat comfort and adjustability.

In short, there will be nothing that we have done and carried in our Odyssey that we will be giving up when we switch to the Gravity. And we'll be picking up sports car power and handling, all-wheel drive, and a host of comfort and convenience features.

 

[Gravitas]

Dude. It's a minivan. Full stop.

It's a styling fail for basically anyone under 50.

Dude. It's a Schrödinger’s cat paradox. Full stop.
A Lucid Gravity is in superposition until you observe it.
And when finally do, you'll see that it's an SUV.

 

[JB67]

I am not sure if it was this thread or another, but who ever proposed it being a “tall” station wagon I think is on to something.

After every video I have watched lately on the Gravity, I am getting closer and closer to agreeing with whoever said that.

 

[illopp00]

The proportions are because it is low relative to other 3 row and large SUVs, it is 65in height as listed on the Spec, which is the same height as my 14 Honda CR-V, but it is 20 inches longer.

 

[hmp10]

If this is a minivan, it's the sleekest and coolest-looking minivan I've ever seen:

Having seen this one twice in the flesh and an Aurora Green one, too, I can attest to what @Knucklehead and @msaunders9430 posted: some photographs are very misleading with this vehicle. It looks much racier in person than any minivan I've ever seen.

 

[new owner]

I am not sure if it was this thread or another, but who ever proposed it being a “tall” station wagon I think is on to something.

After every video I have watched lately on the Gravity, I am getting closer and closer to agreeing with whoever said that.

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It really shows the Gravity is more like a raised station wagon.
Looks great to me
Always wanted a Mercedes wagon but this is that and much more

 

[AP22]

If this is a minivan, it's the sleekest and coolest-looking minivan I've ever seen:

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Having seen this one twice in the flesh and an Aurora Green one, too, I can attest to what @Knucklehead and @msaunders9430 posted: some photographs are very misleading with this vehicle. It looks much racier in person than any minivan I've ever seen.

100% - It will be the raciest minivan on the market once real deliveries start. Although, this one is pretty cool too.

 

[hmp10]

100% - It will be the raciest minivan on the market once real deliveries start. Although, this one is pretty cool too.

I agree the Pacifica is a sleek, nice-looking vehicle from pretty much all angles. However, I think the Gravity is sleeker still. For one thing, it is ~ 5" lower. Furthering the sleek look is the downward sweep of its roofline, both in actuality and visually enhanced by the blacked-out line above the rear cantrail.

Note how the chrome window trim of the Pacifica tends to push the rear roofline upward visually and how the rear then drops at about 30º to a relatively flat plane. By contrast, the Gravity rear roofline accentuates the downward sweep visually before transitioning to a more angled drop of about 45º to a more sculpted rear. Also the extended roof spoiler conveys a sense of motion, evoking something of the tail of a comet. Also, the blacked out wheel arches reduce the sense of mass in the rear side panels. When I first walked through the doors of the West Palm Beach studio and caught sight of the Gravity at the far opposite end of the display area, I turned to my partner and said, "jeez, that thing looks like a bullet train." (I was surprised a couple of weeks later to hear Derek Jenkins say in an interview that bullet trains were part of the design inspiration.) It's not a remark that has ever jumped to mind when catching first glimpse of a minivan.