There is circular logic and reasoning here that supports leasing if you're concerned about the future and viability of Lucid, as many appear to be given their share price performance, cash burn, current battery replacements, and general market sentiment towards EVs at present. The issue is if, like me, you have these concerns and so lease then Lucid are going to have a lot of cars returned to them over the next couple of years (my GT will not be worth the $90k residual after 18 months and 20-25k miles). This means a loss of leasing income, pre-owned inventory with market values below residuals which depresses the pre-owned market further, and general losses all around (
@Bobby maybe another good poll would be volume of owners who purchased vs leased?).
Otherwise, you can be brave, pay approx. $120k and hope that Lucid's strategy with the Gravity ensures its survival, until at east a cheaper mass volume model appears a few years further down the line.
I really hope that the company does survive and prosper as the GT is an amazing vehicle. If it doesn't, my assumption is that there are enough parts to support the Air for the length of time one typically holds onto a vehicle like this - there just may not be any further tech support or updates / upgrades.