U-Drags Race: Lucid Air Sapphire vs. Porsche Taycan Turbo GT | Quarter Mile, Handling & More

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- Setting up the car to race is easy using the central display, including switching to track and drag strip modes.
- For optimal performance, Lucid recommends track mode for stability control.
- The Ferrari F40 had 450 horsepower, the Lucid Air Sapphire has 1234.
- The Lucid Air Sapphire's seats are not super aggressive; it feels like a luxury sedan.
- With stability control off, all four Pirelli tires will light up.
- The Lucid is eco-friendly, not so much. Good for Edmund's U-Drags? Probably.
- The Porsche Taycan Turbo GT has a Drive Mode button for Sport Plus mode and has a button for traction control.
- Its 'Attack Mode' boosts horsepower on the way back for about 10 seconds.
- The reviewer thinks the car brakes are the best that he has experienced and that, with the PSM switched off, the rear is trying to scramble for grip.
- Lucid is still cooling off after a fast run.
- Lucid has the upper hand in quarter mile acceleration, top speed, cornering, and drag conditions.
- The Porsche Taycan handles more viscerally than the Lucid.
- Porsche is the first EV in its size that "really felt like a sports car."
- It has, really, good brakes, and really, great feeling.
- You really have to drive the Porsche; it really moves under "Axel" (acceleration), breaking.

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