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0Report: Fisker Karma prices tanking on used market 1369490400
Buying into a new, fledgling automaker is always a big risk – the early-adopter upside has the potential to be great, but the downside can look like the mother of all hangovers. Unsurprisingly, that's the unpleasant financial reality facing Fisker Karma owners as they look to unload their extended-range electric sedans while the company's future ...
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Report: Fisker-based Destino V8 still in the works, hundreds of Karma owners seek conversion 1367847900
Wards Auto reports the VL Productions Destino is still moving forward. As you may recall, that machine takes a Fisker Karma hybrid, guts the drivetrain and replaces it with a honking 556 horsepower V8 from General Motors. Bob Lutz, while speaking with Wards, confirmed that VL Productions had obtained 20 Karma "gliders" without a battery, engine or ...
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Report: Fisker could file for bankruptcy protection as soon as this week 1365544620
Fisker Automotive looks to be headed towards bankruptcy protection and judging by our photo above, it seems someone may have already started digging a grave for the automaker too. Automotive News reports the automaker could file Chapter 11 as soon as this week as the US Department of Energy (DoE) attempts to get the company to give back around US$200 ...
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Breaking: Fisker PR team and many other employees face layoffs today [UPDATE] 1365196560
The entirety of the public relations team at Fisker is about to be laid off. That's according to an email Autoblog received this morning from a credible source stating that the entire PR team, along with a large number of other Fisker employees will be furloughed at 8:00AM PST this morning. The luxury plug-in-hybrid car startup launched with a splash ...
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Opinion: Fisker's Farewell 1363731300
Not The First, Nor The Last Dreamer To Fail The departure of Henrik Fisker from his self-named car company adds yet another name to the list of dreamers who thought they could be successful automakers. Whether or not he goes down in history a Gaston Chevrolet or John DeLorean depends on the current managers at Fisker, with whom Henrik cited as having ...
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Followup: Fisker reportedly drops US$33M lawsuit over Super Storm Sandy damaged cars 1362243600
In the wake of Superstorm Sandy hitting the east coast, Fisker Automotive and insurer XL Insurance wound up in a legal battle over 338 Karma models destroyed in the storm. The cars were sitting in Port Newark, New Jersey when the enormous storm struck, washing away US$33 million worth of viable automobiles. Fisker sued XL Insurance in New York State ...
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Detroit: Editors' Choice: Top 5 Detroit Auto Show Debuts 1358355420
What a show! The first automotive expo of 2013, Detroit Auto Show turned out to be quite a good one, with huge debuts of both production and concept cars taking place under the lights of Detroit's Cobo Hall. Automakers normally use this space as a way to roll out their big debuts, but there were some really important showings from a number of foreign ...
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Detroit: Corvette ZR1-powered Fisker Karma debuts in Detroit 1358177040
There's nothing wrong with the Fisker Karma that a honkin' Chevy V8 engine won't fix. At least according to Bob Lutz, it seems. Called the VL Automotive Destino, this machine is the brainchild of industrialist Gilbert Villereal and the aforementioned Lutz, and is intended to compete with such well-regarded performance sedans as the Porsche Panamera and ...
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Video: Top 5 Most Expensive Celebrity Cars of 2012 1357750800
Hollywood celebrities are known for driving some of the hottest and sometimes most ridiculous six-figure exotics. From Justin Bieber's chromed-out Fisker Karma to Tyga's "gold covered" Audi R8, these superstars seem to enjoy spending big bucks on their fast cars in 2012. Check out the recent video, as Vibe TV declares these as the Top 5 most expensive ...
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Featured: Top 10 automotive oddities of the past year 1357577820
With every publication hammering through their "best & worst" lists we couldn't help but wonder about the top news-making announcements and launches this year that sparked conversations, debates, and sometimes heated arguments amongst the enthusiast fray. After careful consideration we have compiled our first-annual list of the Top 10 automotive ...