Lucid gravity order begins Nov 7

[joec]

Huh? So why don't they show it on the order configurator with the "later availability" tag they put on the Lunar Titanium paint color?

I am now seriously considering canceling my order to wait for the captains chairs, but I would like to see how they look before deciding to postpone. One of the issues we noted when sitting in the Gravity in Miami a few weeks ago was that the fold-down center armrest in the second row is much wider than in the Air and can press into the sides of larger passengers.

I wouldn't put too much stock in what any random sales rep says. We know Captain's chairs are planned. We know they prototyped them a long time ago. We have no idea when they will be released, or if Lucid even plans to release them.

 

[borski]

Huh? So why don't they show it on the order configurator with the "later availability" tag they put on the Lunar Titanium paint color?

I am now seriously considering canceling my order to wait for the captains chairs, but I would like to see how they look before deciding to postpone. One of the issues we noted when sitting in the Gravity in Miami a few weeks ago was that the fold-down center armrest in the second row is much wider than in the Air and can press into the sides of larger passengers.

“It does exist” means “prototypes exist” in that confirmation. It does not mean it will ever be released.

Please don’t rely on hearsay from a random sales rep to make decisions; it’s just as reliable as a tweet from @Lucid_CEO2 most of the time.

 

[hmp10]

“It does exist” means “prototypes exist” in that confirmation. It does not mean it will ever be released.

Please don’t rely on hearsay from a random sales rep to make decisions; it’s just as reliable as a tweet from @Lucid_CEO2 most of the time.

I don't rely on what any car salesperson says to make final decisions, but I do try to check it out if it's of interest to me. I was going to see if the rep that contacted me about the Gravity order could float the question up into the organization. If I don't get a definitive "no" on the captains chairs, I may postpone the order for a bit just to see what happens. It's my excited anticipation about another Lucid product that makes me an early order, not any specific need to get rid of our Odyssey right now.

 

[Bobby]

I don't rely on what any car salesperson says to make final decisions, but I do try to check it out if it's of interest to me. I was going to see if the rep that contacted me about the Gravity order could float the question up into the organization. If I don't get a definitive "no" on the captains chairs, I may postpone the order for a bit just to see what happens. It's my excited anticipation about another Lucid product that makes me an early order, not any specific need to get rid of our Odyssey right now.

Remember, the original Air was shown with an executive rear seat option that reclined and had other nice stuff back there. It never made production.

 

[borski]

I don't rely on what any car salesperson says to make final decisions, but I do try to check it out if it's of interest to me. I was going to see if the rep that contacted me about the Gravity order could float the question up into the organization. If I don't get a definitive "no" on the captains chairs, I may postpone the order for a bit just to see what happens. It's my excited anticipation about another Lucid product that makes me an early order, not any specific need to get rid of our Odyssey right now.

For sure. I’m not against you discovering you care about that option enough that not having it makes you wait, even if you end up just buying the same car later. That would be absurd!

I was just *literally* cautioning against relying on something one sales rep said as truth, as it simply often isn’t. That’s all.

 

[hmp10]

Remember, the original Air was shown with an executive rear seat option that reclined and had other nice stuff back there. It never made production.

I remember that well . . . as well as the early tease of electrochromic glass and power-operated doors that never materialized. There was even a salesman in Miami that told me the power-operated doors were coming once the GT went into production.

Actually, I had already written captains chairs out of the Gravity equation since Lucid had removed all references to 6-passenger seating from its website and press materials. Ditto for my most-desired option: a Performance upgrade. That's why I ordered so quickly. However, I still want to probe a bit more on captains chairs to see if there's any possibility they're still lurking in the wings.

 

[hmp10]

Ever since the Air introduction "Motor Trend" has been among the auto journalist outfits most connected to and informed about Lucid. But even they can really miss the mark.

In an article published today, they said the Gravity shares a platform with the Air. It does not. Lucid has taken pains to point out that they abandoned early plans to build the SUV on the sedan platform and instead decided to develop a dedicated SUV platform. (I assume this is one of the reasons that the Gravity did not follow the Air at the two-year interval Lucid originally communicated.)

The article also said:

"At launch, all Lucid Gravity SUVs will be all-wheel-drive, with lower-level models developing 480 hp and higher-output variants cranking out over 800 hp."

I have to believe that is wrong. If there is going to be a 480-hp Gravity, it will almost certainly be a Pure. But at launch there will only be two Gravity trim levels (some would argue just one, with little yet known about the Touring), and I can't imagine the Gravity Touring will lag so far behind the Air Touring in power output.

I've had a long-standing nit to pick with "Car & Driver" for continuing to say the Air had an air suspension literally years after it was on the market with only a coil spring suspension. I know how sloppy and riddled with error so much automotive coverage is these days with the advent of the internet and the demise of editing, but I keep hanging onto hope that carefully edited auto journalism still hangs on somewhere.

https://www.motortrend.com/features/2025-lucid-lineup-updates-changes/

 

[borski]

Ever since the Air introduction "Motor Trend" has been among the auto journalist outfits most connected to and informed about Lucid. But even they can really miss the mark.

In an article published today, they said the Gravity shares a platform with the Air. It does not. Lucid has taken pains to point out that they abandoned early plans to build the SUV on the sedan platform and instead decided to develop a dedicated SUV platform. (I assume this is one of the reasons that the Gravity did not follow the Air at the two-year interval Lucid originally communicated.)

The article also said:

"At launch, all Lucid Gravity SUVs will be all-wheel-drive, with lower-level models developing 480 hp and higher-output variants cranking out over 800 hp."

I have to believe that is wrong. If there is going to be a 480-hp Gravity, it will almost certainly be a Pure. But at launch there will only be two Gravity trim levels (some would argue just one, with little yet known about the Touring), and I can't imagine the Gravity Touring will lag so far behind the Air Touring in power output.

I've had a long-standing nit to pick with "Car & Driver" for continuing to say the Air had an air suspension literally years after it was on the market with only a coil spring suspension. I know how sloppy and riddled with error so much automotive coverage is these days with the advent of the internet and the demise of editing, but I keep hanging onto hope that carefully edited auto journalism still hangs on somewhere.

https://www.motortrend.com/features/2025-lucid-lineup-updates-changes/

Spot on. It’s annoying.

 

[HC_79]

Ever since the Air introduction "Motor Trend" has been among the auto journalist outfits most connected to and informed about Lucid. But even they can really miss the mark.

In an article published today, they said the Gravity shares a platform with the Air. It does not. Lucid has taken pains to point out that they abandoned early plans to build the SUV on the sedan platform and instead decided to develop a dedicated SUV platform. (I assume this is one of the reasons that the Gravity did not follow the Air at the two-year interval Lucid originally communicated.)

The article also said:

"At launch, all Lucid Gravity SUVs will be all-wheel-drive, with lower-level models developing 480 hp and higher-output variants cranking out over 800 hp."

I have to believe that is wrong. If there is going to be a 480-hp Gravity, it will almost certainly be a Pure. But at launch there will only be two Gravity trim levels (some would argue just one, with little yet known about the Touring), and I can't imagine the Gravity Touring will lag so far behind the Air Touring in power output.

I've had a long-standing nit to pick with "Car & Driver" for continuing to say the Air had an air suspension literally years after it was on the market with only a coil spring suspension. I know how sloppy and riddled with error so much automotive coverage is these days with the advent of the internet and the demise of editing, but I keep hanging onto hope that carefully edited auto journalism still hangs on somewhere.

https://www.motortrend.com/features/2025-lucid-lineup-updates-changes/

It seems like they may have rehashed a bunch of info from previous articles, wrapped it in a pretty little bow and then published it again pretending like it was new. Lucid hasn't mentioned anything about a "Dream" edition coming later, "starting at" $175K? That pricing makes no sense given the GT taps out at $125K fulling loaded.

"Con - Won''t be as efficient as the Air"

No shit, Sherlock! it's an SUV! None of them are as efficient as their sedan counterparts.