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Offline CG6468

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Poor Widdle Blammo. Another One of His Dream Cars Has Flunked Big Time
« on: March 09, 2012, 10:45:04 AM »
Another one of his wet dreams is going, going, going.........

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Oops! $100,000 electric car flunks track test

What do you get a boy who has everything for this 18 birthday? A $100,000 electric car, of course! That's the generous gift Justin Bieber's manager gave him on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" Thursday. TODAY's Natalie Morales reports.

DETROIT -- Remember when heartthrob Justin Bieber received a Fisker Karma luxury hybrid for his 18th birthday earlier this month on the Ellen DeGeneres Show? Well, he may be driving a lemon.

A $100,000-plus Fisker sports car died during Consumer Reports speed testing this week for reasons that are still unknown, leaving the struggling electric car startup with another blow to its image.

"It is a little disconcerting that you pay that amount of money for a car and it lasts basically 180 miles before going wrong," David Champion, senior director for the magazine's automotive test center, told Reuters, on Thursday.

In a statement, Fisker said it was assessing the source of the problem that caused its Karma plug-in hybrid to fail. Fisker dispatched two engineers Wednesday night to examine the car.

Fisker has benefited from the publicity generated when actor Leonardo DiCaprio was handed the first Karma last summer and Bieber received his as a gift earlier this month.

But the breakdown of the Consumer Reports car is more bad news for a company that has found itself under the microscope as its woes have mounted.

Over the last month, Fisker changed its chief executive and halted work at its U.S. plant as it renegotiates the terms of a $529 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Fisker has already recalled some Karmas and in January it halted Karma sales for four days to fix a software malfunction that at times triggered warning lights while temporarily freezing navigation systems.

Dem Wunnerful Green Machines...
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Re: Poor Widdle Blammo. Another One of His Dream Cars Has Flunked Big Time
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2012, 12:22:22 PM »
529 million dollar government loan to make 100,000 dollar cars for the 1%.

If they clear 10 thousand per car, that's 52,900 cars they need to sell...I don't think they will make it.
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Re: Poor Widdle Blammo. Another One of His Dream Cars Has Flunked Big Time
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2012, 02:47:21 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on March 09, 2012, 12:22:22 PM
529 million dollar government loan to make 100,000 dollar cars for the 1%.

If they clear 10 thousand per car, that's 52,900 cars they need to sell...I don't think they will make it.

What else can I say but TFB?
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Re: Poor Widdle Blammo. Another One of His Dream Cars Has Flunked Big Time
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2012, 08:00:25 PM »
The name of the car is "Karma." I mean, seriously, how much more of a joke can this be made out to be?
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Re: Poor Widdle Blammo. Another One of His Dream Cars Has Flunked Big Time
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2012, 08:54:29 PM »
I just got back from a 500 mile trip. Most of it on the interstate. I passed several of these hunk of shit electric cars, mostly Prius, and they were all driving under the 70mph speed limit. Toyota loses $2k on everyone it sells so how in the world does an American mfg. come close to breaking even with these turds. Another give away of millions to another electric car company, Tesla, who announced they are canceling their $100k sports car and will build $50k sedans. It is unbelievable that our politicans keep throwing tax dollars down a rat hole.
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