to my eyes at least, this ain't no ugly!
The Lucid Air is absolutely stunning, but look at the spec and the environment as well: these are like 21-22” wheels, sporty in styling, and there are similar ones for the EQS as well. And of course these are official photos, but I think at the end it will still look better than the EQS.
If we go into details imho the problems are the following:
The EQS extended the greenhouse, but meanwhile kept the same curvature at the top, thus making it more bubble like, and not as elegant and sleek as a new S or CLS. On the Lucid the greenhouse appears to be just as long, but flatter at the top, which makes the car appear lower and sportier.
The nose of the EQS Concept was very similar from profile to the Air, more vertical, but on the production version its again too soft.
I don’t like how low the door handles are, makes the car look very tall, even though we saw it on photos together with the w223 during testing and saw how much more sportier it looks.
So while I believe the right wheels, no camo, a good color like high tech silver, in AMG styling and the digital grill will make a big difference and the car will be pretty, I think there are many small details which make a difference, and could have been done better.
Another thing is that Lucid also has not really good specs, like put a smaller wheel than this onto it and it looks weird on such a long and wide car. This is a particularly good photo of the car, so let’s keep these things clear.