Lucid Gravity (US) review

The starter Lucid Touring comes in at $79,900, which gets you 560hp, up to 337 miles of range, and most of the same available options as the Grand Touring in terms of exterior color, interior themes and wheel options.

Said Grand Touring starts at $98,900, nets you 828hp and up to 450 miles of range. Lastly, the GT-S asks for $125,900 in exchange for the 1,070hp it provides, plus rear steering and a number of trim-specific elements. There's a laundry list of premium gizmos available for all trims like drive assists, 18-way adjustable seats and advanced drive assist systems.

For our money, the Grand Touring is more than enough. It includes everything that suits the Gravity’s brief as a premium EV family daily. Quad-digit power numbers are nice, but hardly necessary here. Also the Grand Touring is already $100,000-ish dollars, the idea of adding another 25 per cent of that to the bottom line for some extra zing makes our stomach sink.

Looking for alternatives? The Rivian R2 is another upscale EV, which is $58,000 for its current top-tier model. Some of you math whizzes will have noticed how much smaller that number is compared to the base Gravity’s price. It has ‘only’ 646hp but it also has all-wheel drive and it can off-road.

Cadillac’s Vistiq competes in a similar arena, with a $77,500 starting point, 300-ish miles of range, 615hp and all the upscale Caddy quality you can handle.