(techno music)
- Hi and welcome to Car Stuff.
I'm Scott Benjamin.
- And I'm Ben Bowlin.
- And today we're talking about Fisker.
- Oh yeah! That's what
we're talking about!
Founded in 2007 by Henirk
Fisker, Bernhard Koehler,
and a little company called,
Quantum Technologies.
- That's right and Fisker
debuted the Fisker Karma
in 2008, but they didn't deliver any cars
to customers until about 2011.
- This is a pretty new mark
but they've been racking up awards.
Just to name a few,
in 2011, they were Luxury Car of the Year,
according to Top Gear Magazine.
In 2012, Auto Bild called them
the classic car of the future.
- [Scott] Not bad, you know what?
I got to mention this, Ben,
while we're talking about them.
- Yeah
- This is kind of a
back from the dead story
because they suspended production in 2012.
- Oh yeah! But luckily,
their new owner decided that they're going
to resume production in 2014 and 2015.
So, it'll be easier and easier
to see a Fisker, hopefully.
- Uh-huh. That's good news.
And there's a lot of them here today,
so let's go take a look.
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- Boom! The 2012 Fisker Karma!
- That's right. This is
a plug-in luxury hybrid.
- Yeah, this has two rear wheel motors,
powering it through a
limited slip differential.
Scott, it's also got a 20.1 kilowatt hour
lithium ion rechargeable battery.
But, that's not the only
thing under the hood.
- [Scott] That's exactly right.
There are two power sources here.
There's also a gasoline engine upfront,
it's got a 2-Liter Ecotec
turbo in-line four engine
that's good for about
400 horsepower combined.
- Yeah, pretty good, right?
And, one of my favorite things
about the Fisker Karma,
is if you look at the top,
you'll see a solar panel on the roof.
- [Scott] Very cool feature.
- [Ben] Yeah. And it has a heavier weight,
it's a bigger car than
most people would think.
It's about 5,300 pounds but
that doesn't slow it down.
- [Scott] No, definitely not.
It's got a top speed of about 125,
0 to 60 time is about 6.3 seconds,
so not bad, but I'll tell
you Ben, this car looks fast.
- Yeah, it does and one of the best parts
about it is the range.
- [Scott] That's right, it's
got a decent range as well.
230 miles is what you can expect
out of the range on this vehicle.
- Can you believe it?
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- So stay tuned for more updates
on Fisker Automotive from us in 2015.
- Thanks for watching everybody.
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I think we got it.
- I think that's it.
- Did we get it?
- We got it.
- Ok, they're probably not still rolling.
- I wouldn't think so.
- I mean who would stay and
watch a video that long?
- No, I'm going to unplug this thing.
- Yeah, go ahead and unplug it.
I think I'm going to, I
don't know, get a gyro.
(laughter)
- Now they debuted the
Fisker Karma in 2008,
but, they didn't deliver any road cars
to customers until about 2011.
- I forgot what I was
supposed to say next.
- That's alright.
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