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Fisker Automotive, Inc., a blooming American exceptional sports car company, apparent its aboriginal accumulation car, the Fisker Karma, at the 2008 North American International Auto Appearance (NAIAS) in Detroit. The aboriginal of its affectionate four-door constituent amalgam exceptional sports auto will accept a starting amount of $80,000. Initial deliveries of the Karma will arise in the 4th division of 2009 with anniversary accumulation projected to ability 15,000 cars. The aboriginal 99 cars off the accumulation band will be alone numbered and active by Henrik Fisker and will be produced in the blush and trim of the appearance car apparent at NAIAS.

In Buddhism/Hinduism, Karma is authentic as the force generated by a person's acceptable or angry accomplishments which determines the attributes of the person's abutting existence. The Fisker Karma allows consumers to convenance acceptable Karma - active a car that is environmentally affable - after sacrificing the acute abundance and appearance of the affluence auto category.

"In creating Fisker Automotive, Inc. we approved to advance a ambit of beautiful, environmentally affable cars that accomplish ecology faculty after compromise," said Fisker Automotive, Inc. CEO Henrik Fisker. "Our achievement is that the Fisker Karma will be the alpha of a new trend in the automotive business - beneath acknowledgment with added efficiency."

The car appearance cutting-edge constituent amalgam technology, bound as Q DRIVE, developed by Quantum Technologies alone for Fisker Automotive. The Karma's Q DRIVE agreement consists of a baby gasoline agent that turns the generator, which accuse the lithium ion array pack, powering the electric motor and axis the rear wheels. This proprietary architecture allows consumers to drive the car discharge chargeless for up to 50 afar a day provided the car is answerable every evening. It's believable that if consumers chase this circadian routine, they will alone charge to ammunition the car but already a year. This Q DRIVE technology will accommodate a abject for all approaching derivatives from Fisker Automotive.

• 0-60 mph in less than 6 seconds
• Top speed beyond 125 mph
• Torque: The karma will have maximum torque available from 0 mph with a dramatic acceleration to its top speed
• Stance of car: The low center of gravity provides optimal sport vehicle driving dynamics
• Innovation: The Karma will feature a newly developed lightweight body and structure
• Braking: The Karma will feature regenerative brakes to recapture braking energy

Together, Henrik Fisker and Bernhard Koehler are architectonics on one of the world's greatest handcrafted adventures in car architectonics - coachbuilding. They are crafting a band of automobiles that will redefine automotive performance, breeding and absolute luxury.

Earlier this year, Fisker and Koehler recruited a baby accumulation of all-embracing investors to accompany the FISKER COACHBUILD acquaintance to life. A branch was rented…a scattering of craftsmen hired... and assembly of the FISKER TRAMONTO and LATIGO CS angry from dream to reality.

The FISKER COACHBUILD 2006 TRAMONTO is a sculpted account of exotic, two-seat, amphitheater motoring. Beneath the skin, the engineering arete of what its abject architectonics already was - a Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG - remains. The countless arrangement of Mercedes-Benz's finest abstruse innovations, from the power-retractable auto to Active Body Control (ABC), abide clear - as do assurance systems, including crumple zones and airbags. At the aforementioned time, the TRAMONTO has become article abundant more, and the differences go above what meets the eye.

Fisker Automotive, the new American architect of exceptional blooming automobiles, apparent the Fisker Karma S abstraction at the 2009 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The four-seat, constituent amalgam auto convertible furthers the company's acceptance that active appearance and achievement allegation not be compromised for ecology friendliness.

The amphitheater Fisker Karma S abstraction shares its aluminum spaceframe architectonics and apple-pie Q-DRIVE® powertrain with the Fisker Karma sedan. Designed and engineered by Quantum Technologies alone for Fisker Automotive, Q-DRIVE® provides 50 emission-free afar on a distinct allegation to its lithium-ion array pack, and up to 403hp from two electric motors. The ability retractable adamantine top, a aboriginal for Fisker, glides neatly into the block and a different architecture accent sets the Fisker Karma S abstraction apart.

"Our cold is to actualize a atypical architecture accent and ancestry about our advanced Q-DRIVE® powertrain," said Fisker Automotive, Inc. CEO Henrik Fisker. "The Karma S is an addendum of the Fisker Automotive artefact ambit of eco-conscious automobiles and sets the accent for our future."

Fisker Automotive revealed the newest addition to its lineup at NAIAS 2009, exactly a year after the independent carmaker unveiled its first concept vehicle, the Karma.

Southern California-based coachbuilder Henrik Fisker has created the Latigo CS, based on a BMW M6 platform. Additions to the new car are entirely hand built, featuring extensive use of aluminum, stainless steel, carbon fiber and magnesium alloy.

The car's dimensions have been shortened both front and rear and the C-pillars have been redesigned. A sculptured 'power dome' highlights the hood while slimmer head lamps tie together the front graphic and Fisker's distinctive, black powder-coated or anodized aluminum grille. A 3-dimensional milled aluminum and hand painted badge, side indicators (set in a chromed aluminum bezel), carbon fiber rear diffuser and twin stainless steel round exhausts are all bespoke elements; as are the integrated rear bumper and the lightweight 10-spoke, 3-piece 20-inch wheels.

Inside, the coachbuild craftsmanship continues with hand-stitched leather on the seats, headliner and three-spoke steering wheel. The gear shift knob incorporates an aluminum Fisker logo, while the polished carbon fiber sill panels are adorned with aluminum sill plaques bearing the company's name.

Only 150 Latigo CS models will be built worldwide, in a combination of coupes and convertibles.

Source: cardesignnews