Lucid Air Touring: Less Power. Less Money. Still Crazy Fast.

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‪@LucidMotors‬ continues to introduce new variations on their Lucid Air sedan line up . . . in this latest installment, they are trading 200 HP for an almost US$25,000 discount! MotoMan drives the 620 HP Lucid Air Touring - the least expensive thus far - to learn if the output, battery and other small changes impact an otherwise great driving car.
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@180ride Жыл бұрын

Just recently pickup my Lucid Touring Gray with Tahoe interior. - Amazing comfort, handling and potential and interior. Go Lucid!

@MuscleBackBullz 2 ай бұрын

What is the handling like my friend ?

@YosiTsitsu Жыл бұрын

An interesting beast for sure. More affordable version would make it more relevant to a larger wider

@Miata822 Жыл бұрын

I got the Apple Carplay update in my Air GT a couple weeks ago. Driving the Lucid for the last year has been a joy.

@RobertLeBlancPhoto Ай бұрын

I just test drove a loaded 2024 Air Touring last Sunday and it was awesome. They lowered the prices again, and a nicely equipped Air Touring is now under $100K. I can't wait to get mine next summer.

@kiwi335d Жыл бұрын

Great review as always. I think you will find that none of the Lucid models have air spring type suspension. In previous Lucid company videos, the designers implied they preferred the sportier more connected feel that well tuned steel coil springs provide.

@MotoManTV Жыл бұрын

This point was covered in great detail both in this episode as well as our Grand Touring episode. In fact, we have an upcoming episode with the man running their driving dynamics, David Lickfold, where he shares A LOT of insight on this topic and how they tuned the car. HINT: The inspiration was fascinating.

@seattimetv Жыл бұрын

That squeaky steering wheel would drive me crazy.

@adofoi30 Жыл бұрын

What’s with the squeaks coming from the Steering or is it the seats?

@derbagger22 Жыл бұрын

The Pure and Touring are so much more comfortable in the back seat without your knees ready for blast off. I had a Pure on reserve and test drove a Touring. Such a nice car. Unfortunately, the charging network lets this car down. And the onboard charger doesn't work well with the Tesla Supercharger stations that have the magic dock.

@GGG-lp1zz Жыл бұрын

I finally got to drive the car. Way better than model S! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼 I want one so I’ll be selling my model 3🥊

@TheTmat007 Жыл бұрын

Which Lucid Model did you drive?

@JohnPMiller Жыл бұрын

There's a Lucid Studio near me, but I have yet to see an Air on the road. Lucid recently laid off 1300 employees, which is a lot for such a small company. It would be interesting to hear what's really happening inside this company.

@patrickguev Жыл бұрын

Seen a lucid driving into the universal studios Hollywood parking lot last month. That’s about it.

@MrMustangrick Жыл бұрын

Yes Lucid is in trouble. They have a billion dollars worth of inventory unsold. The price point is too high to be a large player in the EV game.

@JohnPMiller Жыл бұрын

@@vaehballacademy6661 [3 weeks later] Really? Was the town "Detroit"?😂

@HighStakesBBall 11 ай бұрын

I saw one on the road a month ago, it looked cool AF

@timothyburnside3229 2 ай бұрын

If the Saudi trust keeps the company solvent while they improve charging capabilities and expand dealer network this will solve biggest issue, fear of failure and when that happens and if the they build one around 60,000 the volume will explode! Beautiful and sleek, striking and classy. has all the tools! Thanks for your expert review, best of the best!!

@jareknowak8712 Жыл бұрын

Lovely car! 👍

@garyclark6747 Жыл бұрын

Look forward to your follow up as they have added Apple CarPlay with the last update. Not sure if that solves anything else that you’ve noted. Great job on your review. 💯 13:05

@MotoManTV Жыл бұрын

I am looking forward to testing it out as well. This was shot back in March just before the update was released.

@kylem324 Жыл бұрын

I really like the looks of these. Unfortunately they seem to drop in value quite quickly. Hoping that Lucid is around for the long haul.

@ahmadtaha2962 Жыл бұрын

They are in their early days. Hope this would be solved and hold its price 🙏

@4literv6 Жыл бұрын

@@ahmadtaha2962 14+year's old now, first air prototype debuted wayyyyyyyyyy back in April 2016. Raised over $12,000,000,000+in capital. Had a ground up ev plant the amp-1 open since 2020. Provided packs&motors to formula e for year's. No excuses left for lucid. 👍🏻

@kylem324 Жыл бұрын

@@4literv6 they still have around $4 billion cash on hand. Which gives them ~11 months runway. But importantly the PIF is a big backer if they need more capital. FWIW - Tesla took 17 years to achieve profitability.

@ahmadtaha2962 Жыл бұрын

@RC18 but this is so easy to control, I would expect the customers can request a particular seat color or even choose certain designs

@toddleichtfuss Жыл бұрын

Where did you film this? Looks like Ventura maybe I missed the part where you mentioned locations.

@MotoManTV Жыл бұрын

Ventura County Fairgrounds. In car was the usual spot.

@RichardJoashTan Жыл бұрын

@4:19 I prefer the darker wood trim over the lighter one.

@SteelerNationXL Жыл бұрын

What was creeking 😖

@Link_1129 Жыл бұрын

Believe it was the steering wheel being turned.

@phillyphil1513 Жыл бұрын

because: "Haunted House Mode"

@johnreed5056 Жыл бұрын

Apple Car Play support is there and been there for a month now. I am surprised they gave you car without Apple CarPlay support. I’ve been using it on my Touring since last 1 month and it works great!

@phillyphil1513 Жыл бұрын

10:00 - that moment when Motoman (in an over powered vehicle) almost drives himself off the edge of that cliff. fortunately not this video, but perhaps the next one. wait for it... wait - for - it.

@jamilsmith6571 11 ай бұрын

i seen a couple of lucid air around my area im based in maryland didn’t know they were over 100k

@jsfbay1 Жыл бұрын

Can you please explain to your audience why bigger wheels lower range? I understand why a wider tire would lower range, but how does a bigger wheel impact rolling resistance / some other metric?

@ytwizzle 5 ай бұрын

Weight

@lo_Navy 3 ай бұрын

The king

@jsfbay1 Жыл бұрын

In what way is this suspension unsophisticated? Double wishbone front, multi link rear... Or are you saying that in comparison to the air ride in the more expensive vehicle (which is my guess)?

@MotoManTV Жыл бұрын

Your guess is correct.

@erissitone Жыл бұрын

I hear a clearly audible noise, a creeking, when steering left and right: seems to come from the seat. I hate noises in the cabin...

@michaelcambridge1542 7 ай бұрын

Maybe it's your phone. Give your phone a shake shake.

@benkrapf Жыл бұрын

The perpetually-black front seat thing is weird

@ahmadtaha2962 Жыл бұрын

You could choose which want. however, the front seems much more luxurious then the back ( they are regular )

@johnreed5056 Жыл бұрын

@@ahmadtaha2962Back feels way luxurious in person than Picture

@ahmadtaha2962 Жыл бұрын

@John Reed that could be true, there is no lucid yet where I am at. However lucid should keep up and reduce the costs of its car

@shanejoseph8132 Жыл бұрын

What Watch is he wearing? I would love a watch tour. Great review!

@MotoManTV Жыл бұрын

Good eye! Omega Seamaster 007 James Bond 40 Anniversary edition.

@MrMustangrick Жыл бұрын

@@MotoManTV Nice ...have the Seamaster 300. Strong watch game!

@richardh3587 Жыл бұрын

Weird that there’s no carplay on your tester. There are other KZfaq videos out there demoing Apple CarPlay

@MotoManTV Жыл бұрын

We drove these cars just before they released CarPlay for Lucid.

@RichardJoashTan Жыл бұрын

Glad that I prefer the Lucid UX anyway.

@Babyrocko1908 Жыл бұрын

Me too. I'm an Android Gal and I probably won't use Android Auto either. Lucid's UX is stunning to look at.

@Cloxxki Жыл бұрын

Would they put an even larger frunk in the Pure RWD one? That's be epic.

@MotoManTV Жыл бұрын

Very possible. Impressed that they are one of the few that reclaims packaging space when the battery is smaller.

@edysinsimon8646 Жыл бұрын

It's kinda refreshing to see a automobile I'll never get the chance to drive. Like, what the top 1% would drive/own?

@Babyrocko1908 Жыл бұрын

Umm.... I'm not top 1% I work everyday. If can afford the Touring so can you.

@Omnis2 Жыл бұрын

You should start your videos with the price range in the first minute so I know whether to continue watching or not. 20k difference doesn’t mean anything once you’re already paying over 100k for a car.

@samikamal1 Жыл бұрын

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO LUCID FAMILY ❤️🙋‍♂️🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🎉😉👍

@robertcurry6413 9 ай бұрын

They should sell this to GM looks like Oldsmobile Aurora

@nicolasgalileo7209 Жыл бұрын

Lol "division of church n state" l love this guy ...lol

@isserdigan2835 Ай бұрын

You can now get a touring for 85k and😊

@bavariancarenthusiast2722 Жыл бұрын

I was so excited about the Lucid - now it's kind - de-magified if this is a word? in English? Lucid will never run out of money, they are backed and owned by Saudi Oil money, means they are in a very comfortable position to fix their short comings especially in the area of software.

@anonymous7egend Жыл бұрын

I like the two tone colour seats

@imthelovestamp Жыл бұрын

This video must have been filmed a while back, because Apple Carplay came out with Lucid a while back

@MotoManTV Жыл бұрын

Yes, it was filmed back March . . .

@dhaferalqarni9291 Жыл бұрын

Interior sounds 😫

@ZYXWVUQ992Q Жыл бұрын

What a perfect car for the canyons, the waiting law can’t hear shit…

@deemancpa 11 ай бұрын

If Buick had a brother

@joebrito2066 11 ай бұрын

I like the retractable screen. Lucid should include Apple CarPlay and Android Auto since they don’t have the tech that Tesla does.

@terrytexas8257 Жыл бұрын

LOL, I paid $130K even for my Air GT brand new.

@royalgreenlantern Жыл бұрын

Lucid must release the SUV ASAP. Love the car but cars are not wanted by the American Public they really need to hurry up and drop the SUV

@MotoManTV Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kKxdmrmKrre7iZc.html

@billmic9039 Жыл бұрын

Great designs, good quality, horrible dealerships. Seems they have used the stereotypical “used car salesman” model for dealership training. He mentions that it takes time to build a brand. But Lexus, infinity, Acura did it correctly out of the gate. It’s going to take a serious effort for them to overcome the bad rap they are getting (well deserved) for the dealership experience.

@MrMustangrick Жыл бұрын

Yes that can kill the brand.

@Patrick-bu5vy Жыл бұрын

Lucid is the car company Tesla pretends to be.

@MotoManTV Жыл бұрын

May need to steal that material from you:)

@Patrick-bu5vy Жыл бұрын

@@MotoManTV No problemo 👍 Anyone putting the boot into Elon’s Ponzi scheme is fine by me 😜

@Babyrocko1908 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@blackcatvibing Жыл бұрын

That screen looks unstable like it barely hanging there

@Babyrocko1908 Жыл бұрын

It's not. It's "floating" by design.

@mfbikle Жыл бұрын

Different battery capacity doesn’t make it a different car. That’s total marketing BS, and they know it! We’re not sheep! 👎🏼

@RichardJoashTan Жыл бұрын

But I am because I WILL BUY A FULLY LOADED LUCID AIR TOURING ANYWAY.

@mfbikle Жыл бұрын

If they build a $50k I’ll be the first one to sign the dotted line…

@jareknowak8712 Жыл бұрын

@@mfbikle 50k - not gonna happen.

@phillyphil1513 Жыл бұрын

re: "We’re not sheep!" oh but we are Micheal. as Tesla has sadly proven "We The People" are that (and so much less).

@Babyrocko1908 Жыл бұрын

@@mfbikle 2025. It's coming.

@jays9211 Жыл бұрын

Where in the world are you and did Lucid actually pick this spot? Looks like a low income housing street

@MotoManTV Жыл бұрын

Ventura County Fair Grounds. And yes, Lucid did pick the spot.

@jays9211 Жыл бұрын

@@MotoManTV so maybe it was an appropriate location given they are introducing a lower power and cheaper model😂😂😂

@em79em Жыл бұрын

cars for the wealthy 🙃

@Cloxxki Жыл бұрын

Perfect if only it were a wagon... Why don't they cater to a significant demographic of peopke with actual lives? The market screams for it.

@blackcatvibing Жыл бұрын

Why do you need a wagon is big trunk on big sedan not enough

@MotoManTV Жыл бұрын

Because of form factor. There is a HIGH correlation of serious car folks that prefer the look of the wagon when opting for a 500 HP car. Other examples: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nZ5lpJOpzamlgWw.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f6ublNBq0pqcknU.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aqmietCHlbecY4E.html

@jtp1984 Жыл бұрын

Expensive for an uglyyy car!😫

@blackcatvibing Жыл бұрын

Absolutely not worth the price no electric car ever should cost that much it not a super car or ultra luxury it weird in between

@coolin1000 Жыл бұрын

The Lucid Air Touring is an impressive electric vehicle that offers a great balance of performance and affordability. With its crazy fast acceleration and sleek design, it's hard not to be impressed. I'm excited to see more electric cars like this hit the market and provide more options for sustainable transportation.

@derbagger22 Жыл бұрын

Sustainable is questionable.

@RichardJoashTan Жыл бұрын

@@derbagger22 But not me, I will buy a fully loaded Air Touring.

@howifixedit.9076 Жыл бұрын

@@derbagger22 how’s that?

@derbagger22 Жыл бұрын

@@howifixedit.9076 Unless you're charging your EV off of solar, it's still dirty. That's not even getting into current battery tech.

@howifixedit.9076 Жыл бұрын

@@derbagger22 even if your electricity comes from the dirtiest fossil fuel in coal it’s still FAR CLEANER than ICE engines mainly because electric motors are WAY MORE efficient.