Watch A Porsche Taycan Turbo GT Go Head To Head With A Lucid Air Sapphire [Video]

• The Porsche Taycan Turbo GT and Lucid Air Sapphire are two of the most powerful sedans ever built.
• In a new video, Edmunds pits them head-to-head on in a race that incorporates drag race, braking and cornering performance.
• The Porsche may be lighter and have a two-speed transmission, but it can’t match the tri-motor Lucid Air in acceleration.

In 2000, a four-digit horsepower figure in a production car was unheard of. In 2006, Bugatti made it possible in the hypercar market. In 2024, you can get over 1,000 hp in a pickup truck, in a hypercar in a family sedan. Among those family sedans, two reign supreme: The Lucid Air Sapphire and the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT. Now, Edmunds has pitted them against each other.

And yes, me leaving out the Tesla Model S Plaidwas intentional. Because it’s one thing to provide 1,000 hp. It’s another to build a chassis and braking system that can handle that …