"What's more, the new electric car, unofficially dubbed 'Tesla killer,' is also giving Tesla a run for the money in terms of pricing, technology, and performance. The California-based startup Lucid Motors is a game-changing electric vehicle in the near future, standing out from the fold with proven performance and a new vision developed by industry veterans, skilled designers and, crucially, all the financing in the world," Narkiewicz-Laine continued. "Jenkin's amazing muscular design for Lucid Air is a stunning break-through vehicle from the otherwise dull, monotonous American car industry as we know it."
For Lucid Air, Jenkins drew his inspiration from classic high-style, European sports car designs of Bertone, Pininfarina, Giugiaro, Italdesign, but aesthetically different. "I grew up in the 1970s and 1980s," Jenkins said. "So, all the cars that I appreciate-that I kind of obsess about-are from that time period. I'm a huge fan of, obviously, the first Countach and Lotus Esprit, Porsche 911 and Porsche 928-these kind of Italian and German-derived cars."
On the Jenkins-designed exterior, the sedan has a relatively long wheelbase and the cabin is stretched out much farther than other cars in that class. As a result, the design has a fairly short hood with a very short trunk.
"So, you have this really unique combination of attributes that don't exist in the marketplace today. From that point, we really focused, on building this brand around those attributes, building a core DNA to the brand. And then that, of course, leads to actually designing the car and building an aesthetic."
Production of Lucid Air has started this month in Casa Grande, Arizona, with deliveries scheduled to start in early 2021.
