Lucid Air v Porsche Taycan Turbo S: DRAG RACE
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Published 2023-05-18
So let’s see how these all-electric animals stack up. Starting with the Porsche, it’s equipped with two electric motors that can deliver 761hp and 1,050Nm of torque. It’s pretty heavy, mind, tipping the scales at 2,295kg, and it’s also pretty pricey, coming in at £148,000.
However, the Porsche looks almost cheap compared to the Lucid, which costs an eye-watering £193,000! But then again, it’s not the price that’s more than the Porsche, so is the price! It’s also equipped with two electric motors, but they combine to deliver an amazing 1,111hp and 1,390Nm! It’s also slightly heavier, weighing in at 2,383kg.
So surely it’ll be a clean sweep for the more powerful Lucid, right? There’s only one way to find out for sure… LET’S RACE!
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All Comments (21)
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Lucid Air or a Taycan Turbo S... Which are you choosing? VOTE below!
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Did Matt do me wrong by not letting me drive the car I actually chose?
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For having 400hp or so less than the lucid, that Porsche is crazy
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Hagerty did a drag race between the Lucid Air Sapphire, the Bugatti Chiron, and the Tesla Plaid. Mind blowing what Lucid has achieved
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The Mat and Yianni colab is another level of entertainment…. The inner child coming out the both of them…. PRICELESS!
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If you watch it back frame by frame that was definitely a jump start!
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These two are perfect presenters. Love the energy.
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yanni had the BIGGEST jump start ive ever seen in the first race, there is no way the stewards could not spot that thats ridiculous!
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I wanna see Yanni’s reaction when you tell him that’s not even the fastest Lucid Air, because the Sapphire is a whole different animal
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Its funny how matt always has to have the fastest cars to race in
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Craziest thing is that the Lucid Air Sapphire can do a sub 9.0 second 1/4 mile, which is 1.3 seconds faster than Matt ran here with the dual motor version.
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God how can you not love these two when they do an episode together. 😂
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Another thing is that Porsche has 761 hp only during launch control (they call it overboost). When cruising it goes down to 625 hp. It would be really cool and probably more useful (overtaking etc.) if they allowed driver to activate overboost with press of a button (similar to sport response).
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That is simply absolutely nuts! I wish you show what speed they cross the line
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Lucid! One has to really know engineering to appreciate how tightly integrated lucid drive train & battery power management is
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For EVs, it would be great to see a 0-100-0 (mph) test, perhaps instead of the sound test. We know they’re fast, but it would be a good overall snapshot of their performance in acceleration AND braking in one
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Give us a road trip special 😅 you guys together. Love it!
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It's always good to see yanni and mat having fun taking the piss out of each other
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Is it just me or are the exterior drag race visual shots improving? Looks great!
