Who the Hell Is Going to Buy a Lucid?

[Neurio]

This guy seems to have anger issues.

Who the Hell Is Going to Buy a Lucid?

The fledgling automaker posits the idea of a "post-luxury" world, then nails on a six-figure price tag. Will it work?

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[Maverick]

What I don't understand is why all reviews make it seem like the Dream Edition is going to be available to anyone who wants to buy one. Every review mentions the $169k price, but most don't mention that there were only 520 made. They never all out the GT at 139k. While it's only a $30k difference, it's a difference that starts to put you in same price range as a lot more high end vehicles as well as the Plaid. Some reviews do mention the limited quantity and all talk about the Pure price, but the real-world top level never really gets mentioned. I think it makes for an unfair characterization of the actual production top end.

 

[dawktah LucidGT]

This was my issue from the get go. The DE should have been left in its original iteration. Introducing the "range version" complicated this. DE is not a production automobile. I almost get the feeling AGT has been hobbled to make the DE have better range. When cars get taken apart we shall see.

 

[stealthpilot]

What I don't understand is why all reviews make it seem like the Dream Edition is going to be available to anyone who wants to buy one. Every review mentions the $169k price, but most don't mention that there were only 520 made. They never all out the GT at 139k. While it's only a $30k difference, it's a difference that starts to put you in same price range as a lot more high end vehicles as well as the Plaid. Some reviews do mention the limited quantity and all talk about the Pure price, but the real-world top level never really gets mentioned. I think it makes for an unfair characterization of the actual production top end.

I think sooner or later there will be a version of the DE which is available to everyone. It doesn't make sense for Lucid to develop a 0-60 in 2.4s car and then only sell the version that caps at 3. They need a 2.4s car in their line-up because some people (not me) care about that.

 

[Neurio]

They will likely be releasing the trimotor variant in the next few years. That was the one they were testing at Laguna Seca a year ago, which I believe set a track record until the Plaid came along.

 

[dawktah LucidGT]

Well there is the guy that made the Lucid GT3 prototype. I'd give my wife the AGT and get that quick!

 

[Maverick]

I think sooner or later there will be a version of the DE which is available to everyone. It doesn't make sense for Lucid to develop a 0-60 in 2.4s car and then only sell the version that caps at 3. They need a 2.4s car in their line-up because some people (not me) care about that.

Right...I get that, but it's not in their lineup now, so currently of the car's the have, the top-end model is limited to 520 and sold out. And I don't mind them talking about that, but they never really mention the price of the mainstream top-end (at this time).