Fisker Karma

[vfx]

Ha!

So here we are a year later and it's still the only driving footage of the car besides that one time on the track.

 

[tdelta1000]

Ha!

So here we are a year later and it's still the only driving footage of the car besides that one time on the track.

Interesting... I never looked at it in that manner before good point. It seems that Fisker still has a ways to go and Tesla is moving ever so slightly to the production finish line.

 

[trevorlsciact]

I feel bad for Henry Fisker, his company seems to have setback after setback. To have your vision of the perfect car not even ready to give test drives in when it was supposed to have come out years ago.

 

[vfx]

Sullivan said that at the LA Auto Show November 19-28 there would be full-sized Karma mockups showing off color and interior combinations. Immediately after the show, prospective customers can go to the dealer and take the car on test drives, and with production beginning in Q1 of 2011 the deliveries would begin in March and April. You'll find Sullivan's take after the jump. We just hope this time everyone's on the same page.

http://green.autoblog.com/2010/07/2...-says-karma-test-drives-and-ordering-start-i/

ho hum

 

[DrTaras]

I feel bad for Henry Fisker, his company seems to have setback after setback. To have your vision of the perfect car not even ready to give test drives in when it was supposed to have come out years ago.

Old Car Companies: Over promise & under deliver
New Car Companies: Under promise & over deliver

Where does Fisker belong?

 

[FiskerBuzz]

Small update:

Fisker Automotive actually posted on our forum and answered a few questions, which you may find interesting:

http://fiskerbuzz.com/forums/Forum-Fisker-Karma-and-Sunset

They are reading and noting our concerns.

I think we'll really see the Karma come to fruition at the end of this year. While it may be late, all the funding and production plans are in place so I have little doubt the car will reach the garages of those on the wait list.

The real question in my mind is what the journalists will think.

 

[vfx]

New commercial.

Note the interior is not covered. As much as Frisker loves to love their car they have not made a buck without a lid so they can photograph the interior properly.

 

[DrTaras]

Tru dat, VFX!

 

[Jaff]

Note to Fisker...keep the girl, lose that goofy looking grill...the grill shape reminds me of Jack Nicholson's "Joker's" mouth...

Shame as the profile of the vehicle is very sleek.

New commercial.

Note the interior is not covered. As much as Frisker loves to love their car they have not made a buck without a lid so they can photograph the interior properly.

 

[kgb]

Note to Fisker...keep the girl, lose that goofy looking grill...the grill shape reminds me of Jack Nicholson's "Joker's" mouth...

You aren't looking at the grill correctly. The front of the vehicle looks like a catfish. You see the grill as the mouth, I see it as a mustache. The mouth is actually the vent below the grill in the spoiler.

When I look at that car, I think, "What a cool looking catfish car."

If there was a catfish superhero... that would be his/her car! "C'mon little buddy, to the catfish mobile!"

 

[EVNow]

All aero cars will start resembling fish/insect/bird. Billion years of fine tuning ....

 

[Jaff]

A mustache, eh?...sort of a heavy duty Snidely Whiplash specimen...:biggrin:

You aren't looking at the grill correctly. The front of the vehicle looks like a catfish. You see the grill as the mouth, I see it as a mustache. The mouth is actually the vent below the grill in the spoiler.

When I look at that car, I think, "What a cool looking catfish car."

If there was a catfish superhero... that would be his/her car! "C'mon little buddy, to the catfish mobile!"

 

[vfx]

Guys.
Check out the beginning of this thread. Lot's of grill comments with posting of humorous pictures of similar cartoon looks.

 

[kgb]

My bad.

but in hindsight, I now think it reminds me of the Courageous Cat's car.

 

[vfx]

...but in hindsight, I now think it reminds me of the Courageous Cat's car.

HA!

You win for the most obscure cartoon reference of the year!

 

[Jaff]

Thanks VFX!...the Fisker has a face only Mother could love...

 

[vfx]

Quantum receives $30M purchase order to produce components for Fisker Karma

 

[dpeilow]

Fisker Karma debuts

It’s not just the major carmakers that are preparing to turn on the glitz and glamour at the Paris Motor Show. Fisker Automotive, the US-based maker of the Karma plug-in hybrid, is preparing to show the first, full factory-produced version of its four-door coupe.

...

The firm is set to announce how the car will be marketed and sold at the Paris show.

 

[Iz]

It is being advertised as a plug-in hybrid and most write-ups idicate this. Some articles on Volt can be confusing because it is presented as a pure EV.

 

[TEG]

Some articles on Volt can be confusing because it is presented as a pure EV.

Check out the title of this page:
http://www.chevrolet.com/pages/open/default/future/volt.do
"2011 Volt | Electric Car"
It isn't just articles... The manufacturer calls it electric (not hybrid) much of the time.

Back to Fisker:
http://www.ecoworld.com/transportation/fiskers-luxury-electric-car.html

...Fisker Karma, the Fisker Electric Car
Here comes another all-electric automaker...

http://www.motherearthnews.com/energy-matters/fisker-karma-electric-car.aspx

...The Fisker Karma: An Electric Car With Curb Appeal
...One of the newest entries in the electric-car market...

Yep, plenty of articles lump them in the same category with pure electric vehicles.