I took a test drive- AWESOME car! Impressive handling & braking. This is a true series hybrid (gas engine doesn't drive the wheels at all) and truly one of a kind! Plus its good to know its a more stable battery than the Volts that catch fire when crashed! Its rumored there will be a couple more models coming in 2-3years in a lower price range :)
@carsismeZ06
13 жыл бұрын
I don't care how fast it goes; it is like a very nice looking luxury sedan, and you can actually be proud when you tell people it's a hybrid. On top of that, it's very unique and that is one of the first things I look for in a car.
@enokiy
3 жыл бұрын
Uploaded in 2011 but recommended 9 years later.
@stephano1990
13 жыл бұрын
It's an amazing looking car, and the fact that it's a relatively unknown brand makes it extra exiting when people look at your car and cant seem to guess what it is. After we saw it at a car show in Amsterdam my father actually considered buying it.
@EVILSPAWN1000
13 жыл бұрын
I`m SO glad i`ve had my licence for 20 yrs,got to drive REAL cars and is now "grown up" to the point that i own the cars i both want and need.Because i SERIOUSLY dread the future of cars.
@k0walsk
13 жыл бұрын
Not to mention the design which is absolutely top-notch.
@ChristewieTV
12 жыл бұрын
What happens if you forget to charge it and you run out far away from any charging station? With this, as long as you have a little fuel in the tank to run the generator, you are good. No range anxiety.
@Rafaew23
13 жыл бұрын
Half of Hollywood sold their prius after seing this. What an amazing looking car
@rawsketch
13 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with this car the first time I laid eyes on it years ago. Its staggeringly beautiful, especially with that "Boston Blackie" pencil-thin mustache. That this is a hybrid gives the "green" car movement some much needed sex appeal. This is the only hybrid I'd own, if i had the money to buy it. Hell, I'd just sit in the garage and stare at it all day.
@G0Far
11 жыл бұрын
No, your taxes went towards the $40 Billion dollar bailout for GM, and another $31 Billion towards Food Stamp users, and another $431 Billion towards the unemployed. In total, the government spends $2 Trillion every year funding programs. The money that went to Fisker is 0.00025% of total fundings, and only for a year, not every year for the rest of our lives like the whole lot of the funded programs.
@lucrativeelfmongrel
12 жыл бұрын
I love this car, I want one so badly. As a day to day car, what a great piece of kit.
@theGoogol
13 жыл бұрын
@ArtemiyPavlov : Another thought ... since electro motors have (so to say) indefinite torque available, weight shouldn't be as much of a problem anymore. The Fisker has a 2 litre turbo charged engine and still does all it does at the weight it has.
@NathanPl
13 жыл бұрын
first thing you do to that car after getting it - dechroming the 'stache. honestly though, i wish Fisker all the best and hope the car will sell well.
@PassportBrosBusinessClass
12 жыл бұрын
You do realize if we run out of petrol, we'd run out of electricity too right? Solar power is far too inefficient to run any machinery and all the other alternative energy requires petrol to produce since the factories we make parts in need it. O and by the way, if we ran out of petrol, we could still use other forms of internal combustion. Alcohol for example or even steam.
@exooc
13 жыл бұрын
this is revolutionary car.. lot of ppl dont get all details and implications... idea snippet: this car has 175KW generator (ECO 2l turbocharged engine)... it can supply power to your entire neighborhood ...
@iAztec
12 жыл бұрын
yeah I completely agree with danny, It has the Fisker beat in all aspects accept for your opinion on looks.
@Anoush13
12 жыл бұрын
How could Autocar have so many subscribers and gets so many views, even though they're videos are boring, while other car reviewers are awesome to watch, and they get no subscribers or views.
@janrdoh
12 жыл бұрын
Sport mode-what you use all the time. Stealth mode-what you use when people are watching.
@Augustus222
13 жыл бұрын
@rudiratte1 And those numbers are calculated with fully charged batteries (plug in hybrid). For the distance the car can travel without using the combustion engine are seen as 0 emisssion although the car needs some form of electricity to charge the batteries in the first place. This is the reason the Porsche 918 hybrid concept was advertised with 3 liters per 100km. And it has a high revving 500hp v8 in the back, yeah rigth :D.
@zeBlindi
13 жыл бұрын
I'm impressed. I thought it would be a pointless car, but actually it seems like a decent GT car.
@Molo9000
13 жыл бұрын
@ArtemiyPavlov Porsche says the 250hp diesel Panamera emits 172g/km of CO2. That's double the emissions of the Karma, if Fisker's calculations are correct.
@Waffleater1
13 жыл бұрын
Wow that is a real feat of engineering! Incredible! Congrats to Fisker :)
@nadzorka2929
12 жыл бұрын
There is an option for people that love piston power and that is a stirling piston engine and if you don't know stirling engines don't use fuel and don't have an intake or exhaust but run just like a normal piston engine and can be run with electricity, stirling are vacuum engine not combustion and the gas volume is sealed internally and move from one side of the piston to the other so is no intake or exhaust and are run on heat and that can come from an electric source, so that means---->
@matt8863
9 жыл бұрын
0:32 - They've got 1.1 Billion dollars in the bank...And went bankrupt. This ridiculous vehicle made Mr. Fisker more money than he could have ever imagined, and in such a short period of time.
@Chrisuu
13 жыл бұрын
I still think the car has a moustache. But I stil think the design is great this shows that electric cars do not have to be driving lunch boxes. I love this car.
@timaustin2000
12 жыл бұрын
@BlackHawk2669 simple answer; yes. But car sized turbine generators are at the very early prototype stage still. Note that the Jaguar PIH won't have them when it hitters the roads, despite sporting them in the prototype. Reason? Heat. Blimey they get hot! This means they wear out quickly.
@theGoogol
13 жыл бұрын
@ArtemiyPavlov : You're not getting that normal petrol engines also drive a dynamo besides the wheels (loss of return). You're not getting that electro-motors have an enormous torque advantage over petrol engines. You're also not getting that ALL electricity is generated somehow / somewhere. Mostly electricity is generated by coal and the distribution of it is costly and wastes a LOT of energy. Having power generated on site is far more efficient than having it generated hundreds of miles away.
@NachoAItz
13 жыл бұрын
@hyperv69 However the turbos are not actually considered turbos because they are extremely small and the lag is absolutely huge
@radiodiary1
12 жыл бұрын
A good .."Start Up Car..From A Start Up Company"..that is a pretty fair statement....
@FIuxWave
12 жыл бұрын
For me this is the best electric car when it comes to style.
@Molo9000
13 жыл бұрын
I thought this must be another 200grand toy, that's double the price of a comparable petrol car, but it's priced to compete directly with Maserati Quattroporte and Porsche Panamera. Very impressive.
@pope400
9 жыл бұрын
147,000 views in four years. Ugh. I remember driving this car and thinking it wasn't going to make it. I wanted to see the second generation Karma because I thought that's where Fisker was going to iron out all the bad details of this car. It's sad they didn't get anywhere. Their battery was terrible and the interior felt like a fake designer handbag. They really approached this segment wrong. I still don't think it would take much to go head-to-head with Tesla. Part of me believes Fisker was trying too hard and fumbling any attempted brand identity in the process.
@ArtemiyPavlov
13 жыл бұрын
@Molo9000 did Fisker calculate that with the petrol range extender only? I doubt so, and in that case, they didn't take into account the electric power station CO2. Then there's the weight again, and cost of the vehicle which is 30-40% more than Panamera diesel that you mentioned.
@AKCanadian
12 жыл бұрын
Why can't other electric cars be like this? Its expensive, but it looks good, has a nice interior, its quite fast, luxurious, its just like a normal luxury car.
@Runarmeddenlilastave
12 жыл бұрын
Drive on the electric engine then? The petrol is only there for long distans drives or when you drive in sport mode.
@ArtemiyPavlov
13 жыл бұрын
So you're saying the petrol engine drives the generator motor which charges the batteries which then drive the two main motors? Can you imagine how much energy is wasted in between all these steps compared to driving the wheels directly by the petrol engine? Or am I not getting something?
@Molo9000
13 жыл бұрын
@ArtemiyPavlov Fisker didn't calculate that number, the American SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) did the testing and calculation according to one of their standards (don't know which. Can't read standard anyway because SAE standards cost lots of money) That calculation is based on an assumption on how much you drive all-electric and how much you drive with the petrol engine running and where the electricity is coming from.
@rx7guy21
13 жыл бұрын
so does the petrol engine power the car like a typical hybrid, or does it just provide power to the batteries?
@pex3
13 жыл бұрын
@Skalde76 that's not very surprising. i assume the engine is super or turbocharged.
@Aratixwrx
13 жыл бұрын
@colenbrak no not at all. The Subaru WRX STI has been making 305 horsepower out of a 4 banger for years now, and can be modified up to 700, 800, even 1000 horsepower.
@iAztec
12 жыл бұрын
Are you referring to the Tesla Model S or the Roadster? The Karma is more comparable to the Tesla Model S which is also a sedan and I promise you it is not tiny whatsoever. It has a trunk in the front, a trunk in the back and can seat 5 passengers and 2 children
@nemotimothy
13 жыл бұрын
This car makes me interested in hybrid/electric vehicles.
@TheMontegonian
13 жыл бұрын
A very fair assessment. Well done.
@Arkadij19888
12 жыл бұрын
this car looks awesome. Head lights and grille kinda resemble that of BMW z8's, rear is similar to Maserati 3200gt. This is how Porsche Panamera should look like...
@shadman1911
13 жыл бұрын
@colenbrak a Lancer Evo X has 2L 4 cylinder engine and makes 354 bhp... but mostly due to the huge turbo. Volvo makes the most powerful normally aspirated 4-cylinder. 1800 horsepower at 1800 rpm (the turbocharged versions are rated at 2500 horsepower) Size is 9.7L (about 600 cubic inches) That is 185.5 hp per liter.
@47ambrose42jpm
13 жыл бұрын
If they fixed the happy moustache, that car would look stunning.
@theGoogol
13 жыл бұрын
@ArtemiyPavlov : Ever seen a tiny petrol generator provide power for an entire stage? The thing is : petrol and diesel engines consume more fuel when the torque demand goes up. Driving away from standstill, overtaking and uphill driving make the fossil fuel engines work harder. In the end only a small petrol engine is needed to charge electro motors that would replace a huge, thirsty engine (in cars like these anywhere from 3 to 7 litres). Plus ... imagine the cost of distributing weighty fuel.
@forrestang
13 жыл бұрын
much better review than MotorTrend.
@joako2706
13 жыл бұрын
Absolutely gorgeus car which in design terms puts to shame the ghastly Panamera and the unimaginative Rapide,however the alleged starting price is quite high.Good to know there are some entrpreneurs left out there willing to challenge the establishment.
@ArtemiyPavlov
13 жыл бұрын
@Molo9000 Well but we can only assume which proportion of stealth and sport mode they've used... This is pure speculation for now, for both sides, mine or yours. I just remember all the performance/spirited tests of recent electric or plugin vehicles, and in many cases their batteries run out of juice too quickly. I am still very skeptical of this direction, too many questions!
@Castellan_Chris
12 жыл бұрын
This car is a mind boggler. 201 Horse Power with...960 lbs of torque? Thats one hell of a ratio...however, 0-60 in 6.3... Cost 6 figures and its going green.
@TheBigBazzy
12 жыл бұрын
i love the car. only thing i would change is black out the chrome part around the front grill and also the fake chrome exhaust tips.
@CSIS25
13 жыл бұрын
@vsc1217 i agree, after looking at it for a while it looks really nice
@A-37Bdragonfly
6 жыл бұрын
I own one (#45 of first 100 build) excellent review
@iAztec
12 жыл бұрын
You're saying the Tesla Model S sedan is a sports car? I realize it is fast, but it also has many features that would make it a luxury sedan. You sure you're not thinking of the Tesla Roadster?
@94jrose
13 жыл бұрын
Great car i would consider buying this if i had the money
@mazda6tuner99
13 жыл бұрын
I know this is a dumb question, but the electric motor can still power the heat and A/C?
@ArtemiyPavlov
13 жыл бұрын
@Molo9000 I am just saying that if YOU had a hundred grand, would you spend all on this one, or buy a still very efficient and cheaper, lighter diesel limo like Panamera or 730d for example and leave 20-30k in your pocket?
@ArtemiyPavlov
13 жыл бұрын
@fokGoogol I am well aware of all of this, of course. I am just not seeing how all this fuss is better than a diesel. It costs more, weighs more. And if you talk about generating power on site, why not direct it to the wheels right away?
@Molo9000
13 жыл бұрын
@ArtemiyPavlov A few grand price difference is not the deciding factor here. It's for people who want to support the new technology and who don't really care about a few grand. btw: The options list on a Panamera is incredibly long. You have to add at least 10grand to the base price before you have a sensibly specced car, another 10grand if you want leather and some toys.
@ThePhiltastic
12 жыл бұрын
@Arkadij19888 the designer of the fisker also worked on the z8 so that's why
@Johan_Granath
13 жыл бұрын
@colenbrak yes but if you think about konigsegg(ccx(then they have 800hp and a V8 engine.
@PassportBrosBusinessClass
11 жыл бұрын
Solar Panels haven't improved very much because they are still hostage to the Sun's availability and cloudy weather. They would work best if buildings in very sunny places had solar panel windows. In a city built that way, charging EV's would be a snap.
@Je_suis_Jefe
12 жыл бұрын
well the reviewer also forgot about its really "sexy looks", i showed it to a female co worker to inform her that not all Eco friendly cars are ugly her exact words for this car is "wow sexy , must be like a million dollars?" I said no actually it costs lest then supercars under 100k, she was doubly impressed. And if you live less then 50 miles from work which most people do in a big city no gas needed. She wanted one right away!
@heyedmond
13 жыл бұрын
so were the grilles designed with the pringles man as inspiration?
@dagnut
13 жыл бұрын
It's no greener than any big luxury car but it's allows too maintain your sense of smug self satisfaction like all the other hybrid drivers.
@s.flanders
13 жыл бұрын
@LancerVX What's wrong with it? What should they have put in it?
@Scotracer1987
13 жыл бұрын
@colenbrak No...both Evos and Subaru's are 4 cylinders (the Subaru being a 4 cylinder boxer engine and the Evo an inline 4). Try using Google.
@Lamborghini210490
13 жыл бұрын
from wikipedia.. :) 'KARMA' (Sanskrit: कर्म IPA: [ˈkərmə] ( listen); Pali: kamma) in Indian religions is the concept of "action" or "deed", understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect (i.e., the cycle called saṃsāra) originating in ancient India and treated in Hindu, Jain, Buddhist and Sikh philosophies..
@pex3
13 жыл бұрын
@Pezdetz666 right, he just failed to mention the turbocharger.
@shadman1911
13 жыл бұрын
@colenbrak it's not for a car for obvious reasons, maybe a boat ... the only use it has it's probably to power a vessel, has an electric generator or for heavy machinery...
@gmf1minion
12 жыл бұрын
Why don't car companies just drop the batteries all together and go diesel electric like freight trains? Batteries cost a fortune and weight a ton. And why does it have a petrol engine?
@Rangeroversport12
13 жыл бұрын
finally, a hybrid that i actually want!
@joschmo85
12 жыл бұрын
@thediabetesclub You should google the company and do the homework on it. Wasn't a big believer in EVs till I researched them a few years back for a marketing project. Their the real deal. Most exciting car company right now. Model S that drops this summer, and the model x for 2013, have already pre-sold out for their first years inventory. People have heard plenty, but yes they definitely could use even more press.
@Timtom412
11 жыл бұрын
What a dumb comment. Your tax dollars also go to oil companies to the tune of $52 BILLION annually. If you are going to complain about a measly $529 million that went to Fisker, than you should be SCREAMING at the top of your lungs about oil subsides. The model T was not perfect when it first came out either. Typical.. very typical
@nadzorka2929
12 жыл бұрын
---->we can have piston engines with zero emissions that run on batteries and this is a fact and works as advertised! BTW did you know stirling engines came into being 200 years ago?:))
@ArtemiyPavlov
13 жыл бұрын
@fokGoogol Totally agree, I wonder why hydrogen is no longer so much talked about as it was a couple years ago? We're drowning in electric/plug-in/hybrid marketing nowadays.
@NachoAItz
13 жыл бұрын
@colenbrak Not really, Mitsubishi got 498bhp from the 2litre 4cyl in the Evo, Mazda managed 240bhp in the 1.3litre wankel rotatory engine of the RX-8, the Fisker Karma, that's just revolucionary because it only produces 270bhp because of the 1.4litre petrol engine and the other 2 eletric engines, and if you were to sum up the power-to-weight ratio it would come as 600bhp per ton, that's twice more than a Koeniggsegg Agera
@theGoogol
13 жыл бұрын
@ArtemiyPavlov : I do agree, though, that hybrids are probably a bad intermediate solution towards fully electric vehicles but power storage tech is not advanced enough yet to fully exploit the benefits of electric vehicles. In the end electricity is pure power and fossil fuels are just inefficient power storage media. No one wants to charge their car for 8 hours to be able to drive a mere 100 miles the next day.
@nadzorka2929
12 жыл бұрын
There are new battery chemistry's on the way that will either give more range for the same weight or more power for the same weight or less range for less weight! Liquid carbon batteries will give all electric cars 1000 mile range with weight the same as whats out now or you can run all series and get double the voltage for the same weight or you could run a smaller battery half the weight and still get 300-500 miles so knowing that combustion is over people just don't know it yet!!
@Law19157
12 жыл бұрын
I'm jealous of this company...I want company like this
@gweflj
13 жыл бұрын
A very mature review. Well done Autocar.
@pex3
13 жыл бұрын
Isn't 270 horsepower ALOT for a 4-cylinder? Is that true?
@Monkeylabs
13 жыл бұрын
The car kinda looks funny but very good at the same time.
@theGoogol
13 жыл бұрын
@ArtemiyPavlov : You're absolutely right there but You don't go servicing your Range Rover or RR Phantom any more than you'd service your Civic. Heavier cars have more durable components (except for maybe Chinese vehicles). More durable components make the car even heavier but in this class brabds cannot afford negative publicity so I can only assume the Fisker would be as maintanance-sensitive as other respectable brands in that price range. They can't all be Civics :)
@bejba6661
13 жыл бұрын
@rudiratte1 - it doesn't work same way as Prius. and m5 does 12 mpg or some crazy shit like that. so... but yes, you're right - I would most probably go for a proper beamer like 530d instead of this car. but I still like it though. I guess it all depends on taste..
@mskz06
13 жыл бұрын
the US loan was for the Delaware plant that will make their second car (Nina?)
@TEnneking
13 жыл бұрын
@marshknute just the mid centre only all the butens are gone and look at it a 4 door super car the same line as the porsche
@danielwoods404
11 жыл бұрын
Steam is not combustible, and the hope is that, just like internal combustion engines, solar panels will be greatly improved.
@Narza85
13 жыл бұрын
@jamiebridges123 you kinda have to start making hybrids, coz the oils running out.
@ArtemiyPavlov
13 жыл бұрын
@fokGoogol yes I am well aware than one horsepower is a huge 1.38 kilowatts, so just a few horsepower could power at entire house. I am just not a fan of big weight, that's it. Heavy batteries and high cost really kill this idea for me. I think hydrogen is a much better area to work on.
@8184Antonio
13 жыл бұрын
Honda s2000 made 246 HP out of a 2.0 liter 4cyl naturally aspirated meaning no turbo 236 to 240 brand new and 246 when broken in.
@sereneturmoil
13 жыл бұрын
This is a good looking car with potential, no doubt. But, and this is a huge "but", for a car that is going up against the Mercedes CLS there is nothing about it that would really make me want to buy this over the car it's targeting. Obviously this car has much better looks - even though I love the CLS - but when you consider that the Fisker is going to have a starting price that is almost $40 000 more than the base CLS there is no way you could sell me on this car that much.
@Acidicheartburn
13 жыл бұрын
@BedsideGnome Those lithium ion batteries are REALLY heavy. Same battery that goes in your laptop, but there's way more of them.
@Molo9000
13 жыл бұрын
@ArtemiyPavlov Real world emissions/efficiency depend a lot on how u use the vehicle. If you drive less than 50 miles per day, you'll achieve better efficiency, if you often drive long distances, you'll have worse efficiency. No Porsche Panamera Diesel owner has ever achieved the 6.5l/100km fuel consumption Porsche claims.
@xGabicca
13 жыл бұрын
this needs more Mat Watson
@Runarmeddenlilastave
12 жыл бұрын
@JCompany8 You can recycle the batteries to! :)))
@ErnestHemingwayJr
13 жыл бұрын
@8184Antonio Uh.. and so? Random specific power data game? In 1967 Alfa Romeo made 200 HP out of a 2.0 liter N/A V8 in its 33 Stradale roadcar. 1967.
@randomstough
13 жыл бұрын
Great Review, a lot better than Motor Trend
@pex3
13 жыл бұрын
@shadman1911 wow... in what car is this volvo engine in?
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