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MotorTrendMotorTrend * News * Reviews * Buyer's Guide * Magazines * The Future * Videos Join Newsletter WATCH THIS WACKY TRACK COMPARISON! 1,234-HP LUCID AIR SAPPHIRE VS. MCLAREN 750S SUPERCAR It's a matchup that makes more sense than you might think. Joe BerryWriterWilliam WalkerPhotographerJul 17, 2024 CLICK TO UNMUTE Now Playing TRACK COMPARISON: 2024 LUCID AIR SAPPHIRE VS. 2024 MCLAREN 750S COUPE 2:06 IS THE 2024 LUCID AIR PURE AN ENTRY LEVEL LUCID? 0:51 2024 LUCID AIR SAPPHIRE: 2024 PVOTY CONTENDER 1:21 2024 LUCID AIR SAPPHIRE FIRST TEST: QUARTER-MILE MASTER 13:06 INSANE LUCID AIR SAPPHIRE VS TESLA PLAID COMPARISON TEST! 1/2 MILE DRAG RACE, 2200+ HP, 1 SUPREME EV 3:14 RUNNING OUR 2022 LUCID AIR TO ZERO 7:07 THE LUCID AIR IS THE 2022 MOTORTREND CAR OF THE YEAR 1:53 LUCID AIR EV IN-CAR LAP AT WEATHERTECH RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA (COURTESY OF LUCID) 0:57 FROM THE PRESS ROOM: LUCID AIR UNVEILED! 6:24 2021 LUCID AIR FIRST RIDE REVIEW: HOW MUCH RANGE? 10:36 2022 LUCID AIR VIDEO REVIEW: MOTORTREND BUYER'S GUIDE 6:23 2022 LUCID AIR FIRST DRIVE: EXAMINING ITS REAL-WORLD USABILITY A McLaren versus a Lucid isn’t your average comparison test, but then again these aren’t your average cars. There is a little method behind our madness, though. The first time we got our hands on the Lucid Air Sapphire was for the recording of the first episode of Head2Head Drag Race. Lucid kindly brought out its rolling development car, which quickly dispatched the almighty Ferrari SF90 through the quarter mile, and while the Sapphire was very much still in development back then, we knew it was going to be special. Three electric motors, all-wheel drive, and a monstrous 1,234-hp, 1,430-lb-ft powertrain. It’s more than worth mentioning that during that test the Sapphire development car laid down the quickest quarter mile time in MotorTrend testing history. We made this point to Lucid when, some months later, the company offered us seat time in a production version of the 2024 Air Sapphire. We wanted to conduct a comparison test with it, but we hadn’t decided which car should challenge it. Of course, the Air Sapphire’s natural rival is the Tesla model S Plaid with 1,020 hp and 1,050 lb-ft of torque. Both cars are trimotor EVs, both fit for a driver plus four passengers. Lucid agreed with this idea—but in the same breath its reps made a surprising suggestion. See All 28 Photos WHY NOT COMPARE IT AGAINST A MCLAREN? So confident was Lucid that it had a fantastic-handling vehicle on its hands, indeed it wanted us to compare it against a car from a marque at the cutting edge of supercar development. At the time, our desire to compare it against the Tesla won out, and we spent a week comparing the pair—not just down the quarter mile but across the half mile, as well as in many other categories including range and livability. Sponsored Content THE 2024 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE RIDE IS THE ADVENTURE. Nissan | Jul 1, 2024 However, the idea of a Lucid versus McLaren comparison stuck in our head, so when this year’s MotorTrend Performance Vehicle of the Year program rolled around (congrats to the BMW M2) and McLaren provided a 750S for that evaluation event, the time was upon us. The 2024 McLaren 750S Coupe sits below the 765LT in the pecking order and is the spiritual successor to the quite sublime McLaren 720S. The 720S is a phenomenal machine and arguably didn’t need to be “improved.” It makes 710 hp and boasts some of the most satisfyingly comprehensive steering, suspension, and brakes ever experienced on a road car. However, when it came time for McLaren to put a bow on it, the company happily obliged by pulling 176 pounds of mass from the 720S, strapping on a few bits from the Senna hyper track car, and jacking up the price. The result was the arguably too-extreme-for-the-road 765LT with 755 hp. Now we have the 750S, which walks the performance line between the 720S and 765LT. After driving it, we can tell you it delivers phenomenally rare joy to anyone fortunate enough to give it a rip. See All 28 Photos Meanwhile, we know how incredible the Lucid Air Sapphire’s straight-line performance is, and it handles damn well, too, especially for something of its bulk. But comparing it with a conventional supercar as devastatingly comprehensive as the 2024 McLaren 750S is an altogether different challenge. Check out our video to see how it all went down. 2024 Lucid Air Sapphire Specifications 2024 McLaren 750S Coupe Specifications BASE PRICE $250,500 $350,300 PRICE AS TESTED $250,500 $476,453 VEHICLE LAYOUT 1 Front and 2 rear-motors, AWD, 5-pass, 4-door hatchback Mid-engine, RWD, 2-pass, 2-door coupe MOTOR TYPE Permanent-magnet electric 4.0L Twin-turbo port-injected DOHC 32-valve 90-degree V-8 POWER (SAE NET) 1234 hp 740 hp @ 7,500 rpm TORQUE (SAE NET) 1430 lb-ft 590 lb-ft @ 5,500 rpm TRANSMISSION 1-speed automatic 7-speed twin-clutch auto CURB WEIGHT (F/R DIST) 5,335 lb (49/51%) 3,204 lb (41/59%) WHEELBASE 116.5 in 105.1 in LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 195.9 x 78.5 x 55.4 in 179.9 x 76.0 x 47.1 in 0-60 MPH 2.2 sec 2.7 sec QUARTER MILE 9.3 sec @ 156.0 mph 10.2 sec @ 141.1 mph HALF MILE 14.5 sec @ 185.9 mph 96 ft BRAKING, 60-0 MPH 109 ft 1.09 g (avg) LATERAL ACCELERATION 1.05 g (avg) 22.5 sec @ 0.97 g (avg) MT FIGURE EIGHT 22.6 sec @ 0.94 g (avg) 15/19/17 mpg EPA CITY/HWY/COMB FUEL ECON 108/101/105 mpg-e 323 miles EPA RANGE, COMB 427 miles Now ON SALE Now Trending Pages 1. 2025 Cadillac Escalade First Look: Yo Dawg, We Heard You Like Screens ... 2. No Honda Has Ever Done What the Prologue Electric SUV Does So Well 3. Can We Forgive the 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid For Being Slow? 4. 2024 BMW X1 M35i Tested: Is a More Powerful X1 Better? 5. 2026 Honda Passport First Look: Two-Row Pilot SUV No More? SHARE MOTORTREND RECOMMENDED STORIES POWER + MONEY: 2024 LUCID AIR SAPPHIRE VS. TESLA MODEL S PLAID! Eric Tingwall | Feb 21, 2024 2024 LUCID AIR SAPPHIRE FIRST TEST: THE QUICKEST QUARTER-MILE CAR WE’VE EVER TESTED? Erick Ayapana | Feb 13, 2024 DRIVEN! THE 2024 MCLAREN 750S IS CIVILIZED LUDICROUSNESS Scott Evans | Nov 16, 2023 LUCID AIR GTP VS. PORSCHE 911 TURBO S: IT'S ELECTRICITY AGAINST GAS ON HEAD 2 HEAD DRAG RACE! MotorTrend Staff | Jul 10, 2023 2020 MCLAREN 720S SPIDER LONG-TERM REVIEW: 1,500 MILES’ WORTH OF THE SUPERCAR LIFE Mac Morrison | Nov 11, 2021 DRIVEN: THE 2021 MCLAREN 765LT WILL WARP YOUR PERCEPTION OF SPEED Conner Golden | Nov 30, 2020 From Around the Web Recommended by RELATED PAGES MOTORTREND'S BEST RATED CARS, TOP CAR RANKINGS, AND AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AWARDS HOT ROD NETWORK - MUSCLE CARS | CUSTOM CARS | CAR PROJECTS | WHERE IT ALL BEGAN HOW-TO CHEAPEST PICKUP TRUCKS YOU CAN BUY IN 2024: STICKER SHOCKED FEATURES INTELLICHOICE AWARDS MotorTrend * MotorTrend Group * Our Team * Careers * Help * About Us * About Ads * Contact Us * Newsletters * Advertise With Us * Magazine Subscriptions * Discovery, Inc. * Terms of Use * Privacy Policy * Ad Choices * Cookie Settings * Reprints/Permissions * Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Join Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletters to get the latest in car news and have editor curated stories sent directly to your inbox. 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