Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Green
A few more details on the upcoming Fisker hybrid
Fisker Tramonto shown for demonstration purposes
Although it barely registered on most of our radars when it was announced a few weeks ago, Fisker Automotive is set to debut an all-new hybrid vehicle. Best known until now as a custom coachbuilder that adds a new suit of custom tailored duds to Mercedes SLs and BMW 6-Series cars, Fisker is set to debut a unique hybrid at the Detroit Auto Show next year. While we reported the basic idea a little while ago, now we have a few more details to share, but still no photos. The car will be a sedan. It will be a plug-in hybrid. It will start at around $80,000. It will debut at NAIAS in January and go on sale sometime in 2009.
Fisker Coachbuild is the company that Henrik Fisker founded after leaving Aston Martin as chief designer. His designs are some of the most elegant and stylish in recent automotive history. The Aston Martins alone earn him a spot in the automotive hall of fame, but he was also with BMW for a while, helping with the Z8 among other projects. So now you might better understand why we eagerly await a glimpse of this new plug-in sedan, that could conceivably beat the big manufacturers to market.
[Source: Fisker via Fortune]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SPG 7:12PM (9/27/2007)
Some Prius drivers are not hippies.
Some Prius drivers are not obsessed with smelling their own farts and talking with their eyes closed.
However, pretty much everybody thinks that's what a Prius driver is.
That or a taxi driver. Many Prius taxi's over here in Winnipeg.
Anyhoo this car is cooler and more innovative then any of the Hybrids on the market now and I can't wait for them to be sold.
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Hey 9:07PM (9/27/2007)
He must be one of the most talented designers of our times. The only thing that comes close to him is the Mercedes design team, as an entity.
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Wm J. Rountry 1:37PM (9/28/2007)
Well they have not killed off all of the sheetmetal bending talent yet, on the out side it grrrreeeaaattt. The out side is just "EYE-CANDY'!, ISN'T IT?.
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Tom Design 3:28PM (9/30/2007)
Kudos! Beautifully sculpted front end. Thanks for the awesome job.
Now, AUDI take a lesson. Your stubborn, ugly grill opening spread across an entire car line, then infecting VW needs to stop! You can't make something beautiful out of a pig's snout. Such beautiful cars and such ugly faces. Beauty may be only skin deep, but you have to attack that front end with a crowbar to see the wonderful AUDI underneath!
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Budo 10:57AM (10/30/2007)
How far will it run on a charge and how long does it take to charge up?
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ronshep 1:15PM (10/30/2007)
Fisker did a great job designing a nice looking hybrid car but if the cost of the car is so high that the people that really need it can't afford it WHAT GOOD IS IT? Come on let's just step back and use some common sense when it comes to hybrid cars.
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