Seven-passenger Lucid Gravity Crushes The Quarter-mile Quicker Than Its Suv Competition — And Most Supercars

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Did you ever ideate surviving successful a world wherever monolithic seven-seat crossovers and SUVs are faster than astir of today's supercars? Well, folks, that's nan world we're now surviving in. And, astatine nan apical of nan mega-fast crossover game, we've sewage nan Lucid Gravity Grand Touring Dream Edition. It conscionable hit retired title for illustration nan Rivian R1S Quad, Porsche Macan EV Turbo and Audi RS Q8 Performance successful Jason Cammisa's latest Ultimate Drag Race video for Hagerty.

In nan video, which besides features nan Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid and Range Rover Sport SV, nan Gravity Dream Edition pinch its 1,070 horsepower, 909 pound-feet of torque and 6,045 pounds of weight vanished nan quarter-mile sprint successful conscionable 10.5 seconds. That's nan aforesaid arsenic nan Panamera and R1S, but crucially nan Gravity was pulling astir half a G erstwhile it crossed nan line, and its 139 mph trap velocity was 8 mph higher than nan Panamera and 11 mph higher than nan Rivian, nan second of which was pushing up connected its 130-mph limiter.

Behind those 3 vehicles were nan Macan, which vanished successful 11 seconds astatine 124 mph, nan RS Q8 astatine 11.6 seconds and 117 mph, and nan Range Rover Sport SV with 11.9 seconds astatine 118 mph.

To put nan Gravity's acceleration successful perspective, we've sewage to look astatine supercars for velocity benchmarks. Clearly, normal crossovers and SUVs won't trim it erstwhile it comes to this vehicle. Cammisa's 10.5-second quarter-mile clip and 139-mph trap velocity are identical to what he saw successful nan McLaren 750S. It's besides quicker than nan Corvette Z06, Ferrari F8, Bentley Continental GT Speed and Mercedes-AMG GT63 — each cars that he has tested successful nan past connected nan aforesaid track. That's bananas.

To beryllium adjacent to nan different vehicles Cammisa tested it against, nan Gravity Dream Edition makes a batch much powerfulness than astir of them. The closest you'll find is nan R1S Quad, which has 1,025 hp and 1,198 lb-ft of torque. Both of those SUVs make astir double nan Macan Turbo's 630 hp and 883 lb-ft of torque. The RS Q8 and Range Rover besides lag behind, putting retired 631 hp and 626 hp from their twin-turbo V8s, respectively. Finally, nan Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid lays down a gnarly 771 hp and 737 lb-ft of torque, but it's still not capable to flooded nan Gravity aliases nan R1S Quad.

We're surviving successful a brave caller world erstwhile it comes to EV crossover acceleration, and I don't expect it to alteration anytime soon.