The Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance registered some incredible numbers when we tested it back in 2023; now we have the company’s top tier Sapphire. How will the 1
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 We've tested every version of the Lucid Air to date,
00:14 but this is the one we've been waiting for.
00:16 The Lucid Sapphire, a quarter million dollar version
00:20 of Lucid's first vehicle, the Air.
00:22 The headline is the addition of a third motor,
00:25 which is placed on the rear axle
00:26 and allows for more power to be put down during a launch.
00:30 To that end, in our motor trend testing,
00:33 the Sapphire became the quickest accelerating
00:36 production vehicle we've ever tested,
00:38 registering a zero to 60 miles per hour time
00:41 of just 2.2 seconds,
00:43 and finishing the quarter mile in 9.3 seconds
00:47 at 156 miles per hour.
00:50 Equally impressive, despite its 5,335 pound curb weight,
00:56 it managed a 60 to zero brake test in just 109 feet.
01:01 In the figure eight test, it registered a time
01:03 of 22.6 seconds at an average of 0.94 G.
01:08 For context, that is just a couple of tenths of a second
01:11 off the CA Corvette Z06.
01:14 Very impressive for a luxury sedan.
01:17 (car engine roaring)