Fisker Karma

Nice looking car except for that horrible mustache grill.

 

whoa. Ugly nose. Looks like that bizarro Chinese car. Or a catfish.

The side profile and rear quarters look nice though.

 

So Fisker has used this "signature" before in their other (presumably successful) projects? Tell me more.

The word mustache did not at first come to my mind either - the words "sardonic smile" were what immediately surfaced.

BTW, I always thought the F-22, while it may indeed be a great airplane, as not nearly as pretty as say an F-16.

BTW2, funny how people can see a little Rorshak in the grille of a car (kind of like with clouds)? They say the designers of the Edsel saw "classic car, Mercedes-like" - but the public cruelly saw either "horse collar" or "toilet seat ring".

 

Looks like a cartoonish caricature of an Aston Martin, made for The Joker in a Batman movie.

 

Love it! Don't like the grill though.

 

Looks good except for mustache. Provided it doesn't have major reliability problems--which is a big concern for such a technology-laden vehicle, especially considering the target market (which brings up the question of what is the Fisker dealer network like?)--and a price point of $80k, I can see it selling quite well. I'd sure as hell want that Fisker in my garage before any of the Lexus hybrids. And with the Porsche Panamera, and maybe Jag XF and Benzes, having hybrid drivetrain in the next few years, the "sporty-luxury-eco-sedan" segment should be interesting.

 

I hate that name Karma also, makes me think of something like a Geo Metro!! ugh.

...if they're going to design a sophisticated car, at least give it a more elegant name?

 

Maybe they need some further meditation on both the name, and of course that shnozzola.

Perhaps the Geo people could reply back with the Geo Tao?

 

I don't like the grill but that wouldn't keep me from owning one. I'd like to see how it stands up in a crash test, front and side, without any B-pillar.

 

That's a good one.

 

Agreed on it looking nice besides the grill. Although... the hood reminds me of a curvy Gran Turismo-front.

 

They stole too much from the BMW Z's

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tToh2QVkyMs

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best regards,
Jerry

 

Fisker had a part in the design of the Aston Martin that has a similar front end to his "Tramonto" which must be Italian for "Trout Mouth".

Other than the "signature" front ends all of his cars look pretty good. Problem is he butchers them with that schnozzola and the end result is You Ga Lie (That is Ugly with a capital U!)

 

I know what to do with it now...what we do is to take it to Chris Bangle to have it rebodied, and then straight on over to the Jesse James team as a project car.

If this guy were God, and it was up to him to design Eve, she would have turned out to be Celine Dion.

 

I'll bet that they know each other, they are probably drinking buddies. Of course consumption of lots of adult beverages might explain why both of these guys seem to create things that are ugly, ever tried to do design work with a severe hangover???..

Let's see, if he could get Chris to "Bangle" the back end and keep the front as it is, would it be considered "double ugly"???

 

Fell through that UGLY TREE and hit every stick.

I would rather do my drinking with actress Ellen Barkin, thanks.

(you know, beautiful body, great attitude, but put an adhesive bandage on that nose)

 

Overall I like the car but needs to smooth out some of the lines the lines a bit to depart from the BMW Z style. Some odd shapes too... and the grill has to go.

 

Well, the general direction of the negative comments would indicate what I think would be the popular reaction to something that looks like that grille. The people that said it was ugly, (and I was certainly one of them), do not hate Fisker per se, (or you for liking it, of course)...but here is the deal:

If you are an artist, and you make a piece of art, and you exhibit it to the public, you have to accept the reaction of the critics, the buyers, and the general public.

This thing to me is kind of like a Jackson Pollock; a few might see great art down in the dribbles and splashes he made, I in turn prefer Escher, Monet, or the classic Dutch Masters.

 

Again as I said, I really like the car, save the front grill treatment. Other then that, it looks great! I wouldn't mind one of those for a daily run around at all!