Gravity Testing!

[Tesla2.0]

It’s called MPV, Moving People Vehicle.

The Mercedes R350 4Matic was a rare luxury MPV you may have forgotten.

Unless you’re a hardcore Mercedes-Benz geek, there’s a slim chance you could recollect the R-Class that sold in India from the Mid 2000s…

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[Steveinarizona]

Seems to have more of a stationwagon, or dare I say minivan stance. And in my use case, that’s a good thing! It actually reminds of the discontinued and unmourned Ford Flex.

The side angle, to me, looks like a Dodge Magnum station wagon.

 

[hmp10]

We have to be close to the reveal if they are allowing such close up shots of the vehicle

Unless this is the result of body disguise cladding I hope they get these panel gaps under control before they let the press get anywhere near the vehicle.

 

[digiboxer]

It’s called MPV, Moving People Vehicle.

The Mercedes R350 4Matic was a rare luxury MPV you may have forgotten.

Unless you’re a hardcore Mercedes-Benz geek, there’s a slim chance you could recollect the R-Class that sold in India from the Mid 2000s…

medium.com

That thing looked like a hearse----let's hope for better from Gravity

 

[hmp10]

The name of the game in EVs is range, especially for touring-oriented vehicles. This is going to dictate a lot of the Gravity's shell and stance, given that Lucid is determined to dominate the range game in each vehicle category.

Hopes that the Gravity would give off the road-hogging-monster / fire-tower-seating vibe of a Chevy Suburban or even a BMW X7 were forlorn from the get-go.

 

[hydbob]

Unless this is the result of body disguise cladding I hope they get these panel gaps under control before they let the press get anywhere near the vehicle.

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At least it's consistently wide through the whole hood curve😁

 

[Steveinarizona]

It’s called MPV, Moving People Vehicle.

The Mercedes R350 4Matic was a rare luxury MPV you may have forgotten.

Unless you’re a hardcore Mercedes-Benz geek, there’s a slim chance you could recollect the R-Class that sold in India from the Mid 2000s…

medium.com

Actually, the R class was sold in the US. I had a friend who had one and I have seen one other. The description is exactly correct: a form of station wagon that MB chose not to call it that (nor call it a touring as the English do).

 

[hmp10]

Actually, the R class was sold in the US.

Yes, it was. I test drove a diesel version some years ago in Chicago and came very close to buying one. My only issue was its extremely long rear doors in tight Chicago parking lots. My boss, who had a small fleet of Ferraris but otherwise used only MB's for his family, had an R350 for one of his drivers to haul the kids around.

A few years later I was mightily tempted to buy a virtually new R63 AMG when one came up on eBay. But Mercedes had just announced discontinuation of U.S. sales, so I backed off yet again. I still think about that car occasionally.

The automotive press during its run thought the R class was the closest thing to an executive jet on wheels you could buy. Personally, the thought that the Gravity may be more in the vein of the R class than of a hulking SUV makes me even more intrigued by its arrival.

 

[ProdigalTrader]

I had a R500; it was an almost perfect vehicle, if you overlook the abysmal gas mileage. I called it The Family Truckster after NL’s Vacation.

And I can’t wait for the Gravity to get here. Family Truckster II FTW.