Probably because it's low on the list of importance for the majority of people. I think the ability for people to park and summon from a 1 car garage is a niche case. There are many more "important" features for Lucid to focus on rather than a summon feature.
That let's 'em off a little easy, to me. One big benefit of a startup is the opportunity to sit back and cherrypick the best features of all the existing manufacturers. You can bootstrap their R&D and market research and duplicate the ones that the market most likes and that are most cost effective.
You are assuming that everyone agrees on the best features. An example: I love a headup display and I have it on my BMW. On the BMW forum, there are a number of folks who state that they hate it and won't buy a car with it (even though you can turn it off); others, like me, love it. I have been turned off by the Bugs Bunny grilles on many new BMWs; but some folks like them.
Fair points---I too love HUD---and SiriusXM. Maybe L did the research and figured people like me (who won't buy w/o SXM) are such a minority that it doesn't pay to cater to them
It's not letting them off easy, it's just with limited resources, that feature is not at the top of their priority list.
I know. Except for the looks the IX is a great car with mature software.
Certainly not limited financial resources---obviously limited programming resources
Yeah, but that grill is Really in-your-face---and they've expressed it beautifully in the past (eg those 90's 6 Series---they Must have focus-grouped it (?).
I can't believe they focus grouped it unless the focus group is Adrian van Hooydonk looking in the mirror.
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The MB 63 GT is really, really great looking...I hadn't seen it...IMHO it is not just size. It is orientation. Look at these two MB versions:
2022 Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door V8 Receives Design, Performance Updates
Mercedes-AMG details the upgrades to the facelifted V8-powered AMG GT 4-Door Coupe. It follows the update to the V6 lineup from last year.
To me...the first one looks aggressive and I like it; the second one looks fat and bulbous (I don't like it). My biggest problem with the newer BMW bugs bunny grilles is that they look fat like the second picture.
I still love to look at my I Pace, even though it is actually really five years old now. It’s a bit odd looking, but not ugly from any angle.I saw the newest BMW Grille in person, how absolutely revolting looking, even worse than the pictures. There’s no excuse for ruining an otherwise good car like that. Aside from the Taycan, ETron and maybe Genesis, Lucid appears to be the only company making a good looking car these days. EV6 is ugly. ID4 is even uglier. BMW iX looks like a cheese grater mated with a Jeep. EQS looks like a rectal suppository. Thank goodness for the artists at Lucid making something cool to look at. I guess the Ioniq5 is kinda cool in a retro way, but it’s still too boxy and angular. Still to this day when I see 1950s Corvettes and Mercedes I wonder why those absolutely beautiful pinnacles of design didn’t end up in the future.
Yeah that’s a fair point. And I forgot the MachE looks pretty good, though I cringe with every cell in my body of somebody making a Mustang into an SUV, but hey Porsche and Lamborghini jumped that shark awhile ago so ok, that’s the reality in which we exist.
I saw the newest BMW Grille in person, how absolutely revolting looking, even worse than the pictures. There’s no excuse for ruining an otherwise good car like that. Aside from the Taycan, ETron and maybe Genesis, Lucid appears to be the only company making a good looking car these days. EV6 is ugly. ID4 is even uglier. BMW iX looks like a cheese grater mated with a Jeep. EQS looks like a rectal suppository. Thank goodness for the artists at Lucid making something cool to look at. I guess the Ioniq5 is kinda cool in a retro way, but it’s still too boxy and angular. Still to this day when I see 1950s Corvettes and Mercedes I wonder why those absolutely beautiful pinnacles of design didn’t end up in the future.
Funny - "Rectal Suppository" is right on the mark!!
I dare not drive into or out of my garage with the mirrors out, but it just requires that I press the button on the screen (before placing in reverse) to close them.
