Gravity; SUV or Minivan

[DeaneG]

...I had become totally hooked on them as the most useful vehicle I had ever owned. I didn't give a damn how it looked or what anyone else thought of it. It drove surprisingly well, and I actually thought it looked pretty sharp for something so big and practical.

You're making me feel much more comfortable with the idea of owning a minivan Gravity!

 

[hmp10]

You're making me feel much more comfortable with the idea of owning a minivan Gravity!

I have been posting here for a couple of years that my dream vehicle would be a Honda Odyssey on a Lucid platform. So I would not have minded at all if that's what Lucid produced with the Gravity, except for my concern about the market's reaction to a minivan.

But from the moment I saw the Gravity for the first time at the West Palm Beach studio, I was downright thrilled at what I was seeing: a vehicle with all the utility of a minivan but something that looked decidedly racier in the flesh. (I say "all the utility", but I will miss those sliding rear doors. For the life of me, I can't figure out why they are viewed so dismissively.)

I really wish people would hold off on claiming that the Gravity looks like a minivan until they see one in person. Some will still feel afterward that it looks like a minivan, and if it does to them, it just does. As I posted earlier, David Tracy at "The Autopian" does, and he's no lightweight in assessing cars. But I'm fairly sure many who see the Gravity live and breathing will not see a minivan.

 

[Amster]

My first input on this question. When I saw it in the studio, which I have twice, it looked more like a minivan to me than an SUV. But now that I've see a few videos and pictures of it on the road, it definitely has more of an SUV look when it's driving around. I can't wait to see one on the road myself.