Fisker Karma Down the Drain

Mar 22, 2012 10:02 PM EDT | Staff Reporter

Electric car Fisker Karma, despite the athletic looks, receives most disappointing encouragement from the national media. Funded by the U.S. government and built in Finland, the Fisker Karma completely fails from performing a good show on real roads. It was one the electric car that was hoped for better complete package and in design, but the deliverance is an example of what not can be expected.

Failing to make any good impressions on the driver seat, many reviews carried in national media points out that indeed the $528.7 million loan funded by the Department of Energy to develop Fisker Karma is a waste of money and time. As reported in the latest several media network, the Fisker is a combination of an uninspiring performance in terms of fuel mileage which is disappointing. In full-electric mode, it gets to 52 m.p.g. But the EPA rates the overall mileage of Karma as a paltry 20 m.p.g.

But the reviews of car’s interiors and bodywork comes as a relief, with the reviews pointing out that Fisker can be comparable with Aston Martin Rapide and Porsche Panamera as a fastback sedan coupe. Seems the Henrik Fisker, company founder, is not bothered with reviews. Stating to a media house, he says that indeed Fisker Karma is not as bad as it is deserved, in terms of its design it stands out from the rest. “As a former designer of BMWs and Aston Martins, I also believe hybrids don’t have to be boring,” Fisker comments in an earlier interview.

Despite Karma’s supposedly high-performance hybrid-power train, it is slower than literally any other luxury sedan in the market.

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