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Having an A-list of celebrities like Leonardo Di Caprio, Al Gore and Justin Bieber as your clients is good for promoting your brand-new hybrid luxury sedan.
- Fisker Karma Once Again Lambasted By Consumer Reports In Its Latest Tests
With over 8 million subscribers and more than 50 labs, Consumer Reports claims to be the world’s largest independent product-testing organization. As far as the automotive industry is concerned, falling short of CR’s standards could spell...
- Fisker Says Consumer Report's Karma Shut Down To Protect Itself
You most likely remember the much talked about incident with Consumer Report's Fisker Karma sedan that broke down only a few days after the magazine purchased a brand new example from a dealer for $107,850 (€82,500) during routine speedometer...
- Fisker Whistleblower Claims Karma Was Rushed Into The Market To Meet Doe Loan Deadlines
It's a time-honored adage: "there's no such thing as bad publicity". However, Henrik Fisker may beg to differ as his company's Karma sedan has been making the headlines for a variety of problems ever since its delayed launch. Now,...
- Fisker Forced To Halt Work On Delaware Factory After U.s. Blocks Loan
Making yet another pun with Fisker and its Karma is easy. After all, the California based carmaker has faced several problems with its extended-range hybrid luxury sedan over the past couple of years. However, its latest issue is quite serious. The U.S....
- First Fisker Karma To Be Delivered To Leo Di Caprio, Company Has More Than 3,000 Orders
Fisker is finally starting deliveries of its Karma luxury plug-in hybrid sedan later this month –and the lucky person to get the first car will be none other than Hollywood star Leonardo di Caprio (....the spicy female model featured in the firm's...
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Lights Out: Fisker Karma Breaks Down During Consumer Reports Testing [Video]
Having an A-list of celebrities like Leonardo Di Caprio, Al Gore and Justin Bieber as your clients is good for promoting your brand-new hybrid luxury sedan.
On the downside, receiving an EPA consumption rating far-far away from your own figures, issuing a recall over a potential fire risk just a couple of months after deliveries started and having your US$529 million federal loan blocked are quite serious setbacks.
Now Fisker has to face another publicity disaster after the US$100,000 Karma evaluated by Consumer Reports went kaput during speed testing. We'll remind you that Consumer Reports buys its test vehicles from regular dealers.
Read more »- Fisker Karma Once Again Lambasted By Consumer Reports In Its Latest Tests
With over 8 million subscribers and more than 50 labs, Consumer Reports claims to be the world’s largest independent product-testing organization. As far as the automotive industry is concerned, falling short of CR’s standards could spell...
- Fisker Says Consumer Report's Karma Shut Down To Protect Itself
You most likely remember the much talked about incident with Consumer Report's Fisker Karma sedan that broke down only a few days after the magazine purchased a brand new example from a dealer for $107,850 (€82,500) during routine speedometer...
- Fisker Whistleblower Claims Karma Was Rushed Into The Market To Meet Doe Loan Deadlines
It's a time-honored adage: "there's no such thing as bad publicity". However, Henrik Fisker may beg to differ as his company's Karma sedan has been making the headlines for a variety of problems ever since its delayed launch. Now,...
- Fisker Forced To Halt Work On Delaware Factory After U.s. Blocks Loan
Making yet another pun with Fisker and its Karma is easy. After all, the California based carmaker has faced several problems with its extended-range hybrid luxury sedan over the past couple of years. However, its latest issue is quite serious. The U.S....
- First Fisker Karma To Be Delivered To Leo Di Caprio, Company Has More Than 3,000 Orders
Fisker is finally starting deliveries of its Karma luxury plug-in hybrid sedan later this month –and the lucky person to get the first car will be none other than Hollywood star Leonardo di Caprio (....the spicy female model featured in the firm's...