Electrek likes the Lucid Air as its "Model S Alternative"

[EZEVDriver]

Electrek's choice for top Model S alternative...drumroll... Well, it's listed as an "opinion article," but it summarizes the advantage well: "Developed by OG Tesla Model S engineers with tunes from Annie Get Your Gun playing continuously in their heads, the Lucid Air promises to be the car Tesla should and could have built, if only Elon had listened to the engineers."

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[Haggy]

You don't need to convince anyone here, and many of us are longtime Model S owners. The Model S is still a good car but even before Musk went off the deep end, I still put down my deposit for a Lucid. By the time I got the Lucid, I would have bought it over the S anyway, but I might have at least considered a new S if not for Musk.

Each has its advantages, but Lucid's list of advantages is much longer. I don't want to see Tesla fail, but catching up with Lucid is far from their biggest problem.

 

[borski]

You don't need to convince anyone here, and many of us are longtime Model S owners. The Model S is still a good car but even before Musk went off the deep end, I still put down my deposit for a Lucid. By the time I got the Lucid, I would have bought it over the S anyway, but I might have at least considered a new S if not for Musk.

Each has its advantages, but Lucid's list of advantages is much longer. I don't want to see Tesla fail, but catching up with Lucid is far from their biggest problem.

I agree completely. I debated between a Plaid and an Audi R8 Spyder before I met the Lucid.

Driving all 3, the Lucid was a no-brainer over the Plaid. Elon just solidified it.

The Air vs the Audi was a much tougher choice, but I have zero regrets. Had I known then what I know now, I’d pick the Air again every time, *even with* the bugs or whatever.

YMMV, of course.

 

[Wilber]

What's a 'Model S? Is that like a Model T or a Model A?

 

[Halodde]

What's a 'Model S? Is that like a Model T or a Model A?

Yes exactly... In the same way that the M3 is a tesla

 

[Batteryman]

I've lost all interest in a used Ferrari after driving the Air! Best sport sedan ever made! Nothing beats it.

 

[Haggy]

I agree completely. I debated between a Plaid and an Audi R8 Spyder before I met the Lucid.

Driving all 3, the Lucid was a no-brainer over the Plaid. Elon just solidified it.

The Air vs the Audi was a much tougher choice, but I have zero regrets. Had I known then what I know now, I’d pick the Air again every time, *even with* the bugs or whatever.

YMMV, of course.

In situations like these, my standard answer is to tell people to try both/all. I can rave about a car all I want, but there's no way for anybody to measure my objectivity. Bugs aren't something that will show up on a test drive though, and I think that Lucid has far too many...unless I have some sort of hardware problem that's making me assume that certain things are bugs.

 

[kort6776]

the air gt is like tesla 2.0, it is where the tesla model S should have evolved to

 

[WeighingGravity]

I’d buy an Air in 3 seconds if they updated some of the tech and software to Gravity levels AND if they made it a hatch like the S. I can’t get enough of how convenient my S is for cargo and such and I don’t think I can ever go back to a standard sedan arrangement. If they made a sapphire in a hatch I might even spend the $250k even though I don’t really responsibly have it.