New Lucid Gravity Owner Says Its “Mind-Blowing” Ability to Hit 80 MPH With Every Window Down and No Buffeting Is a Feature Reviewers Missed, Despite Ongoing Soft-Close Door Failures

The Lucid Gravity arrives at a moment when the electric SUV landscape resembles a county fair demolition derby with better paint jobs. Everyone is trying to outdo everyone else on range, power, and lounge-like interiors, yet few manage to carve out a fresh identity. Lucid’s entry does not shout for attention. It has the quiet confidence of something engineered rather than marketed, a machine built by people who care about airflow and silence as much as acceleration. 

“TLDR: you can go fast with windows down.

New Gravity owner. I've watched and read every scrap of news, reviews, and info on this car since placing my order in November of last year. Obviously, it hasn't been issue-free (some of you may have seen my post about getting locked out of the car at a charger and having to be rescued by my wife. Also, the driver's side door soft close and electronic trigger to exit doesn't work, so I have to open it using the mechanical release every time, but this car is amazing. Took a couple of days to learn the car, get comfortable, etc, and figure out my regen preferences, but once I figured that out, it's like the car is just an extension of your brain. It's incredible!

But the best feature--one that not one single reviewer has mentioned--is that you can drive 80 (and maybe faster?) with all the windows down and get basically zero wind buffeting. Maybe that's normal in some other cars I haven't been in, but in the handful of cars I'm familiar with, you usually have to roll the windows up between 30-55 to avoid that uncomfortable air jam effect. Combine that with the panoramic windshield, and this is the closest experience I've been able to have to a convertible/open top car.” 

The Gravity does something most modern cars have forgotten how to do. It lets you drive fast with the windows down without punishing you. At 80 mph, you get clean air, steady pressure, and old-fashioned elbow-out-the-window freedom. Anyone who has driven a contemporary SUV knows that dropping the windows at speed usually produces a rhythmic, low-frequency thump that feels like your skull is a bass drum. The Gravity sidesteps that entirely. This is the kind of engineering mastery that rarely makes headlines but transforms the driving experience.

Lucid Gravity: America’s Newest Electric SUV

• This electric SUV is built by Lucid Motors at its manufacturing facility in Casa Grande, Arizona, USA. 
• The first production unit rolled off the assembly line in December 2024, marking the start of manufacturing for this model. 
• Development from concept to production took approximately three years after the vehicle’s unveiling, aligning with the company’s timeline from reveal to build. 
• As the brand’s first SUV, the Gravity represents a strategic shift from its initial sedan offerings and is intended to broaden the company’s market reach.

Other Gravity owners immediately recognized the phenomenon. Reddit user AmyCornyBarrett described it as the first aerodynamic design they had experienced that allowed a single window to be lowered without blasting their eardrums. They even pointed out that a fully extended headrest can create its own turbulence, a reminder that aerodynamics is as much about the shape of the cabin as the sheetmetal. The fact that the Gravity remains stable and comfortable with both crosswindows open shows that Lucid took airflow management seriously, not only under the car but through it.

The quiet competence of the Gravity is beginning to reveal itself in other subtle ways. Another user, mmcnell, noted that the vehicle is so free of wind noise at high speeds that it can deceive the driver into cruising faster than intended. That kind of acoustic discipline is rare in SUVs, especially ones shaped to balance three rows, cargo room, and aesthetics. Lucid’s reputation for aerodynamic excellence in the Air suggested the Gravity would do well, yet even Air owners like cynicaljerkahole have remarked that the new SUV is noticeably quieter at speed. That says something about Lucid’s learning curve. They are not just reusing sedan tech in a bigger shell. They are adjusting the playbook.

Even longtime enthusiasts acknowledged that Gravity breaks from expectations. User Zulishk pointed out that despite the Air's class-leading coefficient of drag, it still generates buffeting unless three windows are cracked in unison. The Gravity apparently avoids that well-known airflow trap. Something in the combination of its frontal area, cabin volume, and airflow channels seems to settle the oscillations that plague other vehicles, electric or otherwise. It does not need a trick spoiler or active shutters to achieve it. This is elegant engineering, the sort that hides itself behind an effortless result.

Of course, the Gravity is not flawless. The owner who discovered the no buffeting gift also mentioned soft-close door issues and an incident where they were locked out at a charger and needed a rescue ride. These early build quirks are not surprising for a young automaker scaling up production. What is notable is that even with those frustrations, the owner remained enthusiastic about the vehicle’s abilities and called it an extension of their brain. That is a strong endorsement, one that emphasizes how gravitational the driving experience can be when a machine gets the fundamentals right.

One of the more charming comparisons in the thread comes when the owner mentions their wife's ID Buzz, a vehicle they admire but one that cannot overcome severe buffeting above 30 mph. The Buzz is beloved for its personality, yet the Gravity exhibits a level of aerodynamic calm that seems almost anomalous in a vehicle of its size. Lucid has taken a category known for noise and turbulence and infused it with quiet, composed capability. This was not a promised feature, nor a headlining innovation, yet it may be one of the most quietly impressive achievements of any modern SUV.

The Gravity proves that engineering excellence often announces itself not through the obvious measures like acceleration tests but through the lived experience of driving. A serene cabin at highway speeds with the windows down is not a spec sheet achievement, yet it reconnects the driver with the simple joys of motion. It is here that Gravity separates itself from the pack. It manages to be a family hauler, a technological showcase, and a rediscovery of wind in the cabin without the punishment. That kind of result is not hype. It is a craft. And in a market where so many SUVs feel interchangeable, that may be the Gravity’s most meaningful accomplishment.

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Noah Washington is an automotive journalist based in Atlanta, Georgia. He enjoys covering the latest news in the automotive industry and conducting reviews on the latest cars. He has been in the automotive industry since 15 years old and has been featured in prominent automotive news sites. You can reach him on X and LinkedIn for tips and to follow his automotive coverage.