Lucid Air Sapphire is the fastest car – Motortrend ever tested – Jalopnik

If you think of the fastest cars in the world, you probably think of low-slug, specially built supercars with a few seats and limited usability. Well, what if I told you the fastest car Engine -boning Has been tested ever, is a four -door sedan with five seats and two separate freight spaces? That’s right, honey. MT Has a new 0-60 King and it’s the Lucid Air Sapphire.

The ballistic Sedan-with the help of Lucid’s new track Tyre-Package just gave a 1,881 seconds 0-60 run on. That is simply absurd from a vehicle that weighs 5,342 pounds on a non -driven surface. Of course it has a lot of strength behind it: 1,234 hp and 1,430-pound torque, to be precise, although former CEO and founder Peter Rawlinson told me during an interview years ago that the three engines of the Sapphire made a lot more power than that.

In any case, the Air Sapphire now has the “fastest” titles for both Engine -boning And Car and driver” And the new track tire package made the difference. It is a $ 8,250 (plus installation) dealer-installed option on top of the $ 250,500 Air Sapphire, which means you get four Pirelli P Zero Trofeo RS LM1 tires mounted on the forged wheels of the Sapphire. That is certainly a lot of money, but it is enough to beat almost 0.32 seconds out of the 0-60 sprint. The standard sapphire is down with Michelin Pilot Sport 4S LM1 tires.

The Air Sapphire, with its new rubber, could beat the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT Weissach – Motor order Previously 0-60 record holder-with only 0.006 seconds.

0-60 times were not the only measurements Engine -boning Was looking. The publication also put the big sedan on the test on the quarter-mile drag strip, where the sapphire-on his old tire-ald was king. It had previously set a quarter-mile of 9.21 seconds at 157.1 MPH, but with the new tires it was about to drop a few tenths and to fall to 9.03 seconds. Strangely enough, the false speed was slightly lower at 154.8 mph.

These new tires mean that the car can also inhibit better. MT Says that the Air Sapphire can reach a complete stop of 60 km / h in just 93 feet. That is apparently an improvement of 10 feet compared to the standard car and connects the Taycan Turbo GT Weissach for the best stopping EV for the shortest stop distance in cars it has been tested.

If someone who has tested the Air Saffle, I can say with confidence that the magic of the car lies in how usable it is as a daily driver. If you don’t romp on it, there is nothing that suggests that it is not a normal, practical, everyday driver. According to the EPA, it even has a lot of reach of its 118 kWh battery: 427 miles. Yet you and four of your friends can sit comfortably while you almost break the sound barrier of a dead stop and go to a top speed of 205 mph. There are many very good cars that are there, but it is difficult to think of many who are better and more impressive than the Air Sapphire.