Fisker 3-Series Rival Delayed Due To Funding Issues

Fisker Automotive has been forced to delay its ‘Project Nina’, a range-extended saloon to rival the BMW 3-series, until autumn 2013 at the earliest following a funding dispute with the US Department of Energy (DoE).

Fisker is relying on $529 million of DoE funding to kickstart Project Nina, which will be built at the former General Motors plant in Delaware. So far, Fisker has received $193m of the DoE loan that has allowed it to begin to re-commission the plant and reach an advanced stage of engineering, design and development of the car.

 

iamdabest1 - 2/13/2012 9:07:38 PM

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i drove a prototype karma a few months ago in ny.. just by looking at the car, i thought " this is the most beautiful 4 door car in the world" then i drove it... it was just horrible !
the karma isnt for everyone, but im pretty sure with the design if the car were just gas/ diesel it could reach the sales numbers Fisker is looking for.. this company will NOT survive.

coltonbrav - 2/14/2012 3:00:29 AM

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I drove the Karma last week and it was sublime....Top Gear agreed and made it their Car of the Year.

100octane - 2/16/2012 5:52:49 AM

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strange, i heared the quality of this car is a joke.

btw, TG is about entertainment and not about cars.please don't tell me that you care about their reviews. I prefer the opinion of people who understand a car and who know how to drive. That's where the TG hosts fail massively.

you should compare Ben Collins and Clarksons opinion about the Alfa 8C, shouldn't be a problem to find it on the web. it gives you an idea what i'm talking about