Fisker Karma Will be Made in Finland
The Fisker Karma caused great waves when it was first unveiled at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show and plans are in full motion to commence the production of the vehicle. In an announcement made today we can reveal Fisker has hired Finnish firm Valmet Automotive to build the car which will begin to arrive in dealerships in 2009.
"After an exhaustive global search, we are thrilled to have found the ideal manufacturing partner in Valmet Automotive," Fisker CEO Henrik Fisker said in a statement. "Valmet offers us the quality and speed necessary to meet our production goals, and given that more than half of Fisker Automotive's sales are expected to be outside of North America, Valmet represents an ideal international foothold. We do have a strategic plan to utilize an American manufacturing site for future models of the Fisker Karma."
The news is sure to come as some relief to Valmet after they recently lost their contract to build the Porsche Boxter and Porsche Cayman after 11 successful years and 200,00 units to Austrian firm Magna Steyr.
no actually the front grill is a mongrel, a sort of hybrid betweent the Aston Martin grill and the BMW grill!
lol The grille is classic Fisker, who spent time as a coach builder modifying Astons. So your argument is a bit founded. I'm excited to see what this car will look like in the metal.
Probably good car just grill looks like beemerized aston's. Will Finns drop American Karma too?
what a beautiful car...havent seen anythin this hott since the bmw cs concept!!!!
Atually, Where is Fisker from? The First time i hear of this Car?
The idea (and looks) of this car are very exciting. I'll be curious to see how it performs compared to your BMW, M-B, Audi, Lexus crowd in real world driving. Also wondering how much electricity it consumes to charge overnight. Nonetheless, very exciting and will probably be a great first start into this market.
Wow-rear and nicely smiling front! So beutiful car.
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Come on Fisker get rid of that obvious bmw grill ripoff, it looks like a moustache! lol apart from that the car is very aesthetically pleasing especially the rear 3/4 view.