Lucid’s Air Grand Touring Performance will do 0-60mph in 2.6s

Californian carmaker Lucid has revealed a new version of its Air EV, and it is one geared towards “maximum thrills”. The [deep breath] Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance is a 1,050bhp luxury electric saloon capable of 0-60mph in 2.6secs.

Very thrilling, though not quite as thrilling as Lucid’s own [deep breath] Air Dream Edition P, which is both more powerful (1,111bhp), and a fraction faster (0-60mph in 2.5secs). Still, sub-three seconds in a big luxury saloon is startling pace whichever way you cut it.

Lucid reckons on a range of 446 miles for the GTP, while new distinguishing features include “bespoke wheels and subtle badging”. All Air Grand Tourings get that wonderful glass canopy, a 34in glass cockpit in 5k resolution (better resolution than actual life), lots of driver assists including LIDAR, 21-speaker surround sound and a 900V fast charging system.

Fast all round, then, especially considering it’ll top out at 168mph. Read TopGear.com’s full Lucid Air review here. Spoiler alert: it’s really very good.