2010 Fisker Karma

Looking at the recent economic history, karma and begins to make sense. Here is the cycle: the increase in demand for oil, record oil prices, the record gasoline prices, consumer panic and a slew of new vehicles about to solve our dilemma of dependence on oil. It can be argued that this series of actions were undertaken by karma. Translated from the Sanskrit "Karma" means "labor action, the law of cause and effect."
Fisker then launched its own vision on the Karma. Irvine-based Fisker Automotive offers its four-door hybrid electric karma as a bonus-oriented, sport sedan of the environment. The style itself, the $ 87,900 Karma seems to fly. It looks like a design study Italian GT, the headlights are pure Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, while the rest could double a Maserati GranTurismo or an Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, depending on the angle. The proportions fall in line as well, Karma is 1.4-in. and more than 1.0-in. greater than the GranTurismo, and is larger than the 599 0.9-in.
Unlike a car like the 599, however, with its ferocious V-12 Flat-Plane and crank, the karma will have a 2.0L turbo origin of General Motors. The Ecotec four-banger develops 260 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque - an insult to modern standards of figure Maranello.
But the engine does not transmit your energy directly to the wheels. Instead, like the Volt E-REV is the future of GM, which only serves to recharge the lithium-ion batteries for the electric transmission of Karma, one with two electric motors that Fisker says it produces a peak power of 408 horses and 959 ft-lbs incredulous. torque. Now that's more like it.
Fisker calls the powertrain "Q-Drive" - and he seems to harbor a distinct two way split personality. In friendly, eco-conscious fashion "Stealth", the title moves Karma electricity and can travel 50 miles without using the engine. To save power, acceleration and top speed is limited (the last at 95 mph). When the tricks are allowed, the driver can select "sport" mode for the complete picture of power. Here, the Karma can accelerate from zero to 0 to 60 mph in 5.8 seconds and reach a top speed of 125 mph. All this while the car behaves as a full hybrid vehicle with brake and engine start / stop technology. Fisker estimates of the total range of 300 miles.