AWD + Glass Canopy vs Base

[sheldon]

Hey guys,

I'm about to put an order in. There is an air pure AWD + glass canopy available right now in the color I want that also has the local delivery and conquest credit. However, from my test drive in Vancouver I feel like I'm not sure I needed either feature. The glass is a bit cold in winter and there is hardly any snow here for AWD. Sales told me there isn't a base model right now and to order a base one without these features wouldn't quality for two credits so I gotta wait until next month and hope for a base model with my color.

What would be your suggestions?

 

[fadooly]

I would wait, unless you really need a car
Lucid is not moving cars extremely fast so there is no rush

With the introduction of Gravity, I believe the demand will go after it and there will be less demand for Air

Besides when you buy or lease you will keep the car most likely for years and you do not want to drive something you regret taking because of wrong configurations

This is my opinion

 

[TonyLieske]

Just out of curiosity, is a "Pure + AWD" a non-US thing? When I was looking at buying a Lucid the Touring model seemed like what you are describing. Basically, if you want RWD get the Pure, if you want AWD start with the Touring (and of course go up from there).

Even now looking at available cars, all the "Pure" models I see are single motor RWD. This is always what i thought the "Pure" denoted, that it was the most fundamental/efficient version of the Lucid Air.

 

[AirQuality]

@sheldon : In my view, having the AWD is not a bad thing, given as the AWD is helpful for grip during regular driving, not just for inclement weather. I'm the in San Francisco Bay Area and we don't get much bad weather here either. On a strictly "fun-to-drive" perspective though, I would give Pure RWD a slight edge based on my limited test drives of that trim. (I’m picking nits, though: all of the higher trims have AWD and they’re all a blast to drive, just with slightly different characteristics). The glass canopy is a matter of personal preference: some like it, some don't.

@TonyLieske I have a Pure AWD. It was more of a MY 2023 thing for Lucid rather than US/non-US thing. That trim (which a few of us on this forum have) is, as you correctly described, very much a Touring from a hardware perspective. One hypothesis is that Lucid wanted to get the concept of the "fundamental/efficient" Pure model out to market before the single-motor Pure RWD was ready to release. So they took the Touring model, added some software limitations, and released it as the Pure AWD. They then discontinued it when the single-motor Pure RWD was ready to release.