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Artega GT Nearing Production, Hundreds Cheer
It's been nearly a year since a promising little coupe rolled into the Geneva show floodlights. Back then, the Henrik Fisker-designed Artega GT was just a rolling chassis with Porsche cues atop, accompanied by promises of 300-horsepower VW engines, light weight and a fair asking price. We saw it again in Frankfurt, where its builders said it was on track for a 2008 release. Of course, by production we mean only 500 will be built per year at around a $100,000 a pop (€75,000). For that you get an aluminum space-frame chassis and carbon-fiber reinforced body, which, plus its 3.6-liter V6 (with six-speed DSG automanual), adds up to only 2,425 pounds. Colin Chapman, call the front desk.
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Teaser of Fisker Coachbuild Hybrid Breaks Cover
Yesterday, we saw designer-coachbuilder Henrik Fisker striding through the SEMA crowds. Dressed in ultra-European finery, the portly, blond Dane looked like Lord Mountbatten at a Good Charlotte concert. Now, the company that bears his name has released an image of the car that may redefine what we think about hybrids. It's a joint project of Fisker Coachbuild and Quantum Fuel Systems, a luxe gas-electric hybrid Fisker says will debut at the coming Detroit Auto show in January. The price will be under $100,000, and it'll be the height of a 911 with the interior space of a Mercedes S-Class. And potentially, according to this official rendering, the face of a Fisker. [Motor Authority]
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