VIDEO: Fisker Karma shows its mojo

May 15th 2009 at 10:25AM

A year ago, less a day, we showed you the first clip of the Fisker Karma in motion. More footage was shot that afternoon but inexplicably, it's taken this long for it to find its way onto the internet. What we have here is 52 seconds of exuberant pedal down slalom carving and skidpad circling. The driver makes the tires squawk so much you forget all about the unfortunate pop tune dubbed into the clip.

While not as polished as their recently aired commercial, it does give a more accurate hint of how the luxury sport hybrid-electric might perform handling wise. That is to say with a bit of understeer, though its wide stance does help keep it from revealing the full extent of its considerable weight. So, ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts and hit the jump for some wheel squealing Karma action. Scroll down a bit further for a bonus revisiting of their commercial spot.