Lucid Air Sapphire | Earth's Fastest Sedan, Off The Leash 

Have a couple Chili Dogs handy.

That comment made my day. 😂

I ate Taco Hell last night...I should be ready to roll here in a bit. 🤣

Mine are ready to go. Dropped them all over my TuxMat already

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Was half the team slumped over in their chairs sleeping?

Great work!

@@savagegeese no Lucid engineers don't sleep

please do someting lucid succeed

U guys had a payed movie day lol nice

Keep up the good fight! Thanks for your work.

Thanks to both of you. Now I dream of driving this car! --- Sorry, long read ahead: What I like about Lucid after watching this well-done piece of infotainment: It is not about perfection, but perfection as a tool for feelings! The car feels very roomy, calm, stable, yet fun to drive. And sometimes” you feel like a hero!” The idea comes from Esther Unti (1:04:55.) “We can lean more on the systems that are smooth, seamless don’t know they are there. Just to make you feel like a hero.” And Lucid nailed the hero feeling, according to Jason Cammisa (Hagerty) in his road trip conversation with Jason Freke (Engineering Explained), both on YT. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Via70c8rOOY.htmlfeature=shared&t=1463 In Min 24:23, both speak of “Hero Mode” after their time on the tracks. Could be talking point of Lucid, but the way they talked about it… what a compliment to the Lucid team around Esther Unti and John Culliton! And the way Lucid shifted from Bosch controlling system to recreate some effects with the inherent qualities of their own systems to achieve this feeling is elegant and well explained! Biggest “Wow” moment in this video: JC Monnet not only talking about aero in sedans as a negative drag but as a positive control mechanism in high-speed stability. That was beautiful, I could imagine the down force so well. Making people see air is an amazing talent! And Lucid’s dedication to curve the end of the battery pack to get more of a controlling down flow is wonderful! Since Lucid does not seem to have a slogan, here are some cheesy ones. “Lucid - like a hero” “Lucid - drive like a hero” “Sapphire - engineered like a hero” Thanks for the good times booth of you!

Have you seen what liddle ol BMW been doing to your piles of junk in drag racing 😂😂😂😂

So how's that CEO resignation got you feeling?

@@icantfinditdammit You mean CFO

The two Jasons did a great job of explaining the tech and driving dynamics. That this is really an 1800hp car with a 1200hp battery supply. That is double the capacity of an ICE car like the M5CS. Imagine the possibility of a two seat sports car with half the motor and battery capacity the size of a Miata!

Your cinematography is fantastic!

Each time I watch a new ep I can't believe this show isn't bought by netflix or hulu yet. I'm glad, because their independence is so valuable to us, but I'm also surprised!

It's 90% PR - good PR

@@kcw9313 I disagree. They are much more earnest and transparent than that. Lucid seems like a surprisingly good product if the brand can stick around and support and improve their products.

Yeah these guys are as spectacular as the best cars they test. Good to hear from auto journalist. This vid begs the question of Plaid w carbon brakes test soon?

Guess you haven’t heard of Sandy Munro? Granted his views are pure engineering geek speak but at least it’s minus the starry eyed, piano laced music seen here:)

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Thank you for supporting a video like this. It is very important to do deep dives because everything gets so surface level. I hope we dont let you down long term.

Thank you for coming on to support. There is so much content out there. Obviously doing videos like this is the hard way. Evetually Id like to only do this

Just make sure you don't have anyone around while watching that portion. Otherwise there will be some raised eyebrows just from the audio alone lol.

I dont see many brands extending themselves to this level but its a great example of what happens when you do. This is all assuming the end product is good. In this case its great to be surprised and delighted by people, idealogy and of course the car.

@@savagegeese automotive brands, for sure. Most start-ups in Silicon Valley that are trying to “disrupt” a well established industry often miss the mark. But it seems this CEO not only hired the right talent, but also effectively communicated a vision for where they want to be, established and protected the right culture of innovation and collaboration, and properly resourced, supported and shielded these teams from all of the realities of working in this industry that can force the wrong compromises to pollute the product vs intelligently engineering and designing in the correct ones.

Mark Is not retiring any time soon, he’s still a young man!

THIS THE COMMENT 🎉 FACTS

As long as I don't go broke doing this I'll keep it going

I can see other youtubers stealing info from this video for their videos.

@@razorraysolarsavings70 Plus we also have AI Mark and AI Jack to keep things going.

Ill stick with my 2 strokes, thanks.

Well well let's wait and see it's very small motor and gives a lot of power wait and see what happens to that ..for long term

Yes synchronous motors are the new 2 stroke!

Dear Rich People, go buy this car for every family member you have. We need this company to survive.

Is it cool being rich?

I'm not rich. I work everyday!

@Babyrocko1908 I guess rich is subjective....kindof. "I work so i cant be rich" is a bizarre angle, but ok. You drive a hundred thousand dollar car. You can pay what....$1800/month car payment? Shoehorn yourself into considering yourself middle class if you want, but youre living blind if thats the case.

@kychristell1779 I'm middle class! I'm not rich!! And my car was $122k. I'm not sure where you live that you think someone who drives a $100k EV is "rich."

Glad you enjoy your car

Thanks for the kind words. Now I can retire and take my billions!!

Yep. A true halo car.

I have been driving an Air GT for over a year. It is a joy to drive. I have driven around Texas, my home, and traveled to the Ozarks and the Colorado Rockies to push it on some more challenging roads. Having the range to tour comfortably combined with the car's enthusiasm for play once I find a good road truly sets the Lucid apart. With "only" 816hp the GT has more thrust than most drivers will ever use. Even the base model Lucid, 1/3 the price of the Sapphire, has that amazing suspension geometry.

Thank you, really enjoyed and got excited to make this.

Honestly the touring vs the higher trim levels( minus the saphire) comes down to preference and priority. Regardless imo the cars are great they remind you by design of the great executive sports sedan of yesteryear(specifically the e39 m5 and ctsv)

yeah that left me speechless ttbh

So accurate

How this channel isn't at millions of subscribers like Donut just boggles my mind, I think they need a third reviewer like how Top Gear had The Orangutan, Capt. Slow, The Hamster and The Tame Racing Driver. They are becoming our real USA Top Gear!

I completely agree@@anydaynow01 - the title creds on the Nismo Z video also had me rolling. Mark and Jack deserve a built in audience 10x where they're currently at.

High production value video but super misleading and sounds like a paid ad. Ignores the massive improvements to Teslas much more affordable Model 3 performance and the also cheap in comparison Model S plaid. The plaid price cuts and better performance and reliability of the Tesla supercharger network and the significantly better service center size and distribution. Not benchmarking the Porsche 4 door EV and the Plaid S make this video sus

That review is said to be forthcoming on their recently announced sister channel called SavageFarming.

Same here... The nerd in me loves these insights and deep dives.

Same. This is info that does not and will not (hopefully) apply to me, but it's still fascinating and incredibly well produced.

Same, can barely afford the cheapest groceries, no way will I ever be able to buy a car but it is still very entertaining and educative to watch them.

@@vickykennel7414 well if you’re saying ice is done then it’s done. Let’s all pack it in, it’s all over for ICE.

Yeah the drag races are shoe size IQ stuff

It's an amazing car if you want to go really fast in a straight line. Handling and braking is subpar for the horsepower.

Yeah its great but how big is the market for $100k ev's though? I can't even afford a $30k nissan leaf

A company bankrolled by the Saudis, no thanks. I hope it fails

@@ButterfatFarms Did you drive one? What allows you to say that and just go against what every single person who's actually driven one thinks about it?

@@B4R0N. Yawn. U-drags. While the Lucid is insanely fast it's not a performance sedan in braking and handling to match its acceleration. It's just lacking. No doubt in part due to its 5,000 lb weight. Talk about a bad combination. C8 Z06 vs Lucid, Lucid smokes the Z06 in the straight away the first race, holds its own in the second race with the Z06 after they switch drivers, but by the time they've slowed down and navigated the turn and are coming back out of it to punch it back down the 1/4 mile to the starting line again bye-bye lucid!! 😂 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UCDwIRCXdz4.htmlsi=3pmAztvTsb_u2otX

I know i geeked out on their tech talks..

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If i cant premix or run oil injection then it aint for me no matter how fast it goes. Lucid should offer a car that has a homopolar motor generator that taps ZPE and run a few dark matter motors that make a 2 stroke sound.

First I've seen on RU-vid about cars which matches or even beats? The hagerty and Jason cammisa channel. 🤔👍🏻

Couldn’t agree more.

I'm still not buying an EV

I applaud Lucid for what they put out and not making another bland Tesla-esque Plaid this that or the other, but as the previous commenter said….still wouldn’t buy an EV. I will say Mark and Jack have outdone themselves on this one. Well done, fellas!

They didn't once mention Tesla.

Seriously, thank you. Hopefully its small proof to companies putting effort in matters.

​@@savagegeesethanks for displaying it in such a hopeful and inspirational manner. I just hope this trickles down to everyday cars.

@@savagegeese Mark, it's been obvious for a while now that you in particular have begun to despair that the coming EV era would have nothing to offer for the enthusiast. Hope for you is hope for all of us.

The car is fucking 300k dude this video is a PAID ADD

More silverback jack!

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And have him driving a Jeep Trackhawk!

"pinnacle of automotive content ... everywhere". ftfy ;)

Thanks for support, you always have to dream young or old the winning lotto ticket is around the corner.

The difference between doing a "job" and a labor of love.

Its a tough sell. Tesla can do most of this for much cheaper, has the scale and dealership network for maintenance. If you want to go fast, you get the Plaid.. anyone really gonna spend 100k more for a Sapphire when its not that much faster in a straight line? I mean a plaid already does 9's... an extra tenth or two or better driving dynamics probably just isnt enough. You take this down to like $160, $170, theres probably a better market there. If you're spending $250k, you're probably looking for a 'toy'/fun car.. people want exotic looks/badge/experience/collectibility.

That’s hilarious. Tesla has just as good as a platform that they can sell at prices well below Lucid

@@egs2169 the Tesla platform is fine, it's the cars themselves that are a fucking nightmare. FSD is a $15,000 meme (lol people still believe Elon Musk), quality control is shit at Tesla, and the cars themselves do not look or feel high quality.

Dont worry. Lucid is supported by the richest man in the world. MBS and his bottomless PIF fund.

Air Pure model is absolutely not selling well. Take a look at the production to delivery number over the last 4 quarters. Devastating when Lucid Air costs $300-400k 💰to manufacture. Sapphire likely costs $400-600k 💰 to manufacture. NOT sustainable 🫤

What do you mean by fan base?

Thank you for camping in for loooooonnnng video.

My biggest takeaway is these are for the super rich my home was 1/3 the price of these lucid airheads.

40 years ago maybe lol@@erics9754

Remember when iPhones came out and everyone was like !!!!! $500 for a phone!!! Now they are approaching three times that amount. A fully in house designed and built machine shouldn’t be “affordable”

My only problem w the company is the CEO, he's deceptive and cashing out early, taking $0.3B salary this yr when they are FAR from break even is obscene. Peter is "all out" instead of all in, I don't think he expects it to survive the decade so I can't either.

So can porsche. The new taycan just posted a 7:07 around nurumbring. Are we forgetting that the taycan too this day is the fastest dual motor EV ever created? It took tesla since 2007 and on too make a fast EV and in porsche first attempt it blew teslas fastest cat away and they had to add an entire other motor.