Sadly, this is what I was thinking too. When you put it all together it doesn't seem to have a great foundation, and you can tell that they had a "few: kinks if you followed the development process.

 

Seems that this car is gonna turn into this generations Tucker model( movie reference from true story,,Tucker: a man and his dream). Doesnt seem that this car is gonna gets it's legs to run, and the complicated problems with this car seem to hold it back. It does look to be a handsome beast however. Think Ashton Kutcher drives one around on Two and a half men.

 

Great way to start a future for a vehicle. I saw the youtube video, pretty funny.

 

see one all the time by my house, and it was broken down on the road one day as well.......

 

The Sage continues:

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/14/t...gets-new-batt/

 

I saw one yesterday in Austin, off of one of the highways near Nalle Wood.

 

Consumer Reports finally posts Fisker review, finds litany of owners suffering from bad Karma

You can buy a bunch of information for $107,000.

Consumer Reports is learning all sorts of things about the Fisker Karma now that it has purchased one for testing, only to have it die with less than 200 miles on the odometer. After 48 hours in the dealer's repair shop – under warranty – the car is back in the CR fleet and is starting to get put through its paces.

With that public breakdown making waves, CR discovered that lots of Karma owners have been reporting their own issues with their new and expensive plug-in hybrids. Things like needing a new differential after less than 1,000 miles, a car shutting itself off at 35 mph and lots of trouble with the shifter. Most of these reports were put up by owners on FiskerBuzz. Of course, before CR got its Karma, the company issued two recalls, one for a software glitch and another for battery issues.

So, with all the problems, how does CR like the Karma on the track? The design is "simply stunning," it says, but the range-extending gasoline engine is loud when the 22-kWh battery is depleted. And the Fisker's SUV-like 5,395-pound weight doesn't help with handling. On the inside, CR says the touchscreen is also less than ideal, with a grayscale look and plenty of menu flipping that "makes MyFord Touch look like a brilliant design." Ouch.

Then there's this:
Just this weekend, for example, the speedometer and energy meter display disappeared when driving, on top of having several other rogue warning indicators appear last week. It is expected we'll be revisiting the dealership soon. We've had cars in the past that have been troublesome, but never anything like this

SOURCE AND VIDEO here:
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/19/c...w-finds-litan/

 

and this kind of honesty is what lacking from C&D, R&T, etc. the ability to buy retail version of the car and focus not just on performance but reliability, ease of use, fit and finish is so important to everyday drivers.

you can almost bet your life that C&D, R&T will never had this kind of issues should they review the car because Fisker will definitely cherry picking the best one out of a bunch

 

^^ this battery powered tank would never run long enough for those mags to review.