TRUE or FALSE: Is The Fisker Karma The "World's Most Interesting Car" ?

One of the auto biz's top writers is Dan Neil, who will be glad to tell you he won a Pulitzer Prize. Recently, in one of his columns in The Wall Street Journal, Neil was reviewing the Fisker Karma and wrote that it was the world's most interesting car.

While there is NO question that the Fisker Karma is an intriguing product, it really is a writer's wet dream. There are so many stories and angles to talk about, you could literally write about this car for days.

But really, the world's MOST interesting car?

I can think of several products that have better stories to tell and didn't cost me my valuable taxpayer dollars.

But before more of my bias kicks in, I'll let the Spies decide...


...Meet the world's most interesting car. Every square centimeter of the Fisker Karma riots with clarity and design intent and vested individuality and scorn for convention the likes of which we haven't seen since the Tucker Torpedo. Which is to say, the Karma is radically different from any other car. "Different" might strike you as an empty accolade, but believe me, in the global car business, the forces of homogenization (fuel economy and crash standards, aerodynamics, limited supplier base, material costs) are almost irresistible. That's particularly so in the premium luxury segment. Yes, the BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar and Lexus full-size sedans and four-door coupes are great, but they are for the most part interchangeably great. A car so far outside the mainstream as the Karma is nothing less than a Nietzschean act of will. And cojones...

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AgentOrange - 2/18/2012 6:01:16 PM

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False.

coltonbrav - 2/19/2012 2:23:59 AM

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Well look at it. Quite the stunner. Fisker did everything I'd want in a car that nobody else had the balls to do. And, look at that beast. That rear-wheel drive, American four-door sedan that leads the world in tech. I think its true.

Mugwump00 - 2/19/2012 6:18:06 PM

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Amazed at some of the comments here. This would appear to be a decade-defining automobile; I may never see one, let alone stand a chance to own one, but that doesn't diminish the fact that it exists, it delivers the technology and it looks exquisite. I'm not american, not especially a fan of US cars, but this seems to rank up with the Duesenburgs, Cords, deVilles etc. as an era defining classic. But I could be wrong...

coltonbrav - 2/20/2012 12:23:34 AM

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Yes, Mugwump00, it is true and really common in this country. Just go check the comments section on any highly traveled public news website. With the ability to comment anonymously, it seems 99% of people are psychotic and seriously disturbed! In fact, many of the news stories would indicate the same thing. I don't know what is going on, but it is alarming and I'd recommend staying away from the comments cesspool to maintain sanity!

jtz7 - 2/20/2012 4:27:18 PM

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Grilles: Lincoln MKZ, Pontiac, BMW and the Fisker.