Hows your Yosemite Premium interior holding up?

Ron A

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My order is still being worked on by Lucid, but I am wondering how current owners that have the Yosemite are liking it or not. Is it easily stained? Is the purluxe wearing more than leather?

I love the contrast on the dash, but really don't love the cloth material on the door armrests.

Our second option is Ojai. I think the seats and arm rests would "feel" better but the wood accents seem more muted and doesn't stand out nicely like Yosemite IMO.

Please post pictures as well. Thanks in advance.
 
I would go with the Ojai if I was you. Lucid doesn't have a good track record with its Purluxe. After 18 months of owning an Air the drivers seat got a tear in it and seemed other owners with Purluxe were experiencing similar issues. Fast forward to March last year where Yosemite was being shown off at the Gravity launch event and not even 1 or 2 days in of doing demo drives it had tears in it.

For that reason I would only recommend Tahoe or Ojai as they're the real leather options. Here's a pic I was sent recently with the Ojai interior

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I would go with the Ojai if I was you. Lucid doesn't have a good track record with its Purluxe. After 18 months of owning an Air the drivers seat got a tear in it and seemed other owners with Purluxe were experiencing similar issues. Fast forward to March last year where Yosemite was being shown off at the Gravity launch event and not even 1 or 2 days in of doing demo drives it had tears in it.

For that reason I would only recommend Tahoe or Ojai as they're the real leather options. Here's a pic I was sent recently with the Ojai interior

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Definitely contemplating changing my order while I still can. Still wish they had a black leather option
 
I would go with the Ojai if I was you. Lucid doesn't have a good track record with its Purluxe. After 18 months of owning an Air the drivers seat got a tear in it and seemed other owners with Purluxe were experiencing similar issues. Fast forward to March last year where Yosemite was being shown off at the Gravity launch event and not even 1 or 2 days in of doing demo drives it had tears in it.

For that reason I would only recommend Tahoe or Ojai as they're the real leather options. Here's a pic I was sent recently with the Ojai interior

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I really wanted to like Ojai (i.e. "Lucid taupe") but depending on the angle one views it from, for me a certain brown tone can come out too much. if it wasn't in the dash as well, I'd probably would have been OK with it.
Definitely contemplating changing my order while I still can. Still wish they had a black leather option
You’d be cooked alive if it had black leather
In Santa Cruz?....naaaaa
Almost never gets above 75 here
heh, I'm not too far from SC over the hill and I concur. have had black/dark grey leather interiors for a long time and never a problem.
 
Great feedback guys! Keep it coming. if there are pictures of how the Yosemite is wearing or tearing, please share.
 
We have the Yosemite and it has been fine—no wear or tear. We don't have a lot of miles yet, however. We really disliked the color of the leather options and prefer the feeling of openness the Yosemite provides and I think it makes it feel more modern. We would have taken the leather if it had been our best option to get our vehicle in a timely manner, but I am glad we didn't have to.
 
Leather > PurLuxe
 
We have Yosemite. Only 2k miles in but zero signs of wear or tear. The seats clean up quite easily with a baby wipe or other cleaner. We have two little kids and a dog so we’ve already had stress testing in its short life.

So overall we are very happy with the choice. IMO it looks way better than either leather option. The contrast with the wood trim is incredible and a unique distinctive look for sure. Sometimes I just sit in the car and marvel at how cool it is. I don’t mind the cloth armrest at all, but some other folks on this forum have complained about it being too scratchy. I think the mix of materials is so interesting and it’s also the thing my wife likes about that trim.

Are you leasing or buying? We are leasing so wear and tear wasn’t really a huge concern for us. If you are buying I guess it makes a bigger difference.
 
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We have Yosemite. Only 2k miles in but zero signs of wear or tear. The seats clean up quite easily with a baby wipe or other cleaner. We have two little kids and a dog so we’ve already had stress testing in its short life.

So overall we are very happy with the choice. IMO it looks way better than either leather option. The contrast with the wood trim is incredible and a unique distinctive look for sure. Sometimes I just sit in the car and marvel at how cool it is. I don’t mind the cloth armrest at all, but some other folks on this forum have complained about it being too scratchy. I think the mix of materials is so interesting and it’s also the thing my wife likes about that trim.

Are you leasing or buying? We are leasing so wear and tear wasn’t really a huge concern for us. If you are buying I guess it makes a bigger difference.
I will add that we have a car seat for our smallest kid, so I bought two white Motor trend seat covers that protect the seat. I would have done this for any color car though.
 
I will add that we have a car seat for our smallest kid, so I bought two white Motor trend seat covers that protect the seat. I would have done this for any color car though.
Makes sense. I would probably do the same.

How good is your Yosemite on dirt and stains? Thinking of my 3 kids.
 
We are leasing so wear and tear wasn’t really a huge concern for us.
It will when BoA look to recoup some of the $$$ on the lease. Slight blemish on the rear seat…..$1000 please 😂
 
It will when BoA look to recoup some of the $$$ on the lease. Slight blemish on the rear seat…..$1000 please 😂
Yes I was glad to see the statement Lucid put out saying they would be more lenient on all that stuff. Specifically ‘Additionally, there will be no charges for any interior stain that is less than 3.5 inches.’

But only time will tell!
 
Our second option is Ojai. I think the seats and arm rests would "feel" better but the wood accents seem more muted and doesn't stand out nicely like Yosemite IMO.

We have the Tahoe leather in our first Gravity (Aurora Green), but we opted for Yosemite Purluxe in our second Gravity (Abyss Black). We only had the second one for about two months before it was wrecked. However, in that time it never showed any signs of dirt or staining, and it was a very striking interior. And I especially liked the lighter wood trim. However, I almost always wear short sleeve shirts, and the roughness of the door armrests did come to bother me after a time. I suspect that with more time they would have begun to show discoloration from body oils, though the material probably would have cleaned up well.

But . . . despite some claims otherwise, you can tell it's not real leather -- not because it feels "bad" in any way, but because it lacks that undefinable something that fine leather has. There's a subtle scent to the leather, a certain way it gives when moved across, and the ability to develop a patina that is just missing from any faux leather I have experienced. (I am not hostile to high-quality faux leather. I opted for its extra cost when ordering home theater seating over eight years ago. That particular material, made exclusively in Japan, is buttery soft, breathes well, and still looks brand new. But even so, it's lacking something that real leather has.)

When we ordered our third Gravity (Stellar White), we reverted back to Tahoe leather because it yielded a luxurious feel that was simply lacking in the Purluxe. Frankly, though, I would have chosen the Ojai leather for the white car had it been available in the Dream Edition. While I've come to like the Tahoe color in the first Gravity more than I thought I would, having it in two cars sometimes feels a bit much.
 
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Makes sense. I would probably do the same.

How good is your Yosemite on dirt and stains? Thinking of my 3 kids.
I have had plenty of dirt to clean which has been pretty easy. Baby wipe and vacuum like normal. No stains as of yet. While we do set some basic rules for what the kids can and can’t do back there, I did make the dreaded ‘sure you can open a bag of goldfish back there’ mistake. That was not good. But i was pleasantly surprised that it was a pretty easy cleanup.
 
I just got my new Gravity Grand Touring Aurora green with the Yosemite purluxe premium interior last Saturday. It looks luxurious and durable to me. Hopefully it wears well. I will update if I have any issues.
 
I stil have low mileage on my GDE but I really like the look of the Yosemite and have had zero issues to date. The left elbow rest doesn’t bother me at all.
 
I just came across a video today of the Gravity. The showroom car had the Mojave Purluxe interior and was showing severe wear on the second row seat back, probably from people rubbing it getting into and out of the third row. There also appeared to be a couple of small punctures at the bottom of the back:

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This reminds me of the show cars at the New York event some months ago. The display cars with the Tahoe leather interior showed no damage. There were three upholstery tears on display cars with the Yosemite Purluxe interior.

On a video with one of the Lucid interior design team, she described the Purluxe and mentioned that it had a color layer applied to the base matrix. It was not a "through color" such as you get with dyed leather.

This photo is from about 0:50 in this video:

 
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