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    World's First Fisker Dealership To Open In Portland, Oregon

    Tesla Motors Loses Arbitration Hearing To Fisker Over Stolen Model S Designs

    Fisker Lines Up $65 Million Investment For Developing Plug-In Sports Car, Legal Fees

    Fisker Karma Gets Approval To Go Finnish
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    03/02/09

    In reply to World's First Fisker Dealership To Open In Portland, Oregon
    I'm surprised there aren't any dealerships in California (yet). Fisker is from Irvine, I believe, and there are plenty of greenies with lots of loose change for toys such as this in the Bay Area and SoCal.


    And to those of you who think Tesla is a failure, know that their Menlo Park store can't stock 'em fast enough, and I saw roughly one a day when I was home for a month on winter break. The company itself still isn't out of the woods yet, but they've delivered a couple hundred cars by now, so you can't claim that they're peddling vaporware anymore.

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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    03/02/09

    In reply to World's First Fisker Dealership To Open In Portland, Oregon
    Portland seems like a good choice: they have money, love technology and have that special Pacific-northwest sense of style...

    / may I suggest a special "flannel edition"?
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/02/09

    In reply to World's First Fisker Dealership To Open In Portland, Oregon
    There's no way that's a Fiskar. It's not sharp at all. Hell, it's not even orange.
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    03/02/09

    @Foozy Ploosh Room: But the end is rounded off enough, so people won't hurt themselves when they run with them.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    03/02/09

    In reply to World's First Fisker Dealership To Open In Portland, Oregon
    Hey, good for them. Still fucking ugly though. Think they might have a bit more success if they designed it to, you know, not cause you to dry-heave?


    Okay, I exaggerate, but the nose is awful, and it looks like it's sagging in the middle. Reminds me a little of Denise Richards...

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    03/02/09

    In reply to World's First Fisker Dealership To Open In Portland, Oregon
    Damn, this car is sexy. I love that it's a hybrid, okay? And I love that it'd be perfect for a V10 swap, too.
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    03/02/09

    @A strolling player is campaigning for engineerd's star: Just wish it didn't have the moustache.


    Seriously, I think that is going to cut heavily into sales.

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    03/02/09

    @imag: I think I'd have to grow a moustache to go along with it, honestly.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    03/02/09

    In reply to World's First Fisker Dealership To Open In Portland, Oregon
    How much capital investment does an existing multi-make dealer really need to front for this? It's not like they are building a standalone Fisker dealer, banking on the vehicles coming to fruition.


    It's like they said, "we have an existing infrastructure, and we can cram one of your cars somewhere in the showroom, when and if you send us one...sure, we'll be a dealer."

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    Image of piththeelder piththeelder
    03/02/09

    @smalleyxb122: Sounds like a much better strategy than say, building a bunch of standalone dealerships for cars which are already completely sold out and/or have no hope of existing.
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    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    03/02/09

    @piththeelder: That sounds like Saab...
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    03/02/09

    @smalleyxb122: Good point. Maybe he's re-using a former Hummer lot...
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    03/02/09

    In reply to World's First Fisker Dealership To Open In Portland, Oregon
    I'm opening the world's first unicorn dealership. Through an amazing process of finding unicorn DNA in mosquitos covered in sap, we have successfully cloned unicorns, and now can deliver you a unique pet for your brat. Now accepting $25,000 deposits through Paypal.
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    Image of OldeEnglishD OldeEnglishD
    03/02/09

    @SirNotAppearing: I will wait for the Chinese to clone your Unicorn and sell it for $25.
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    03/02/09

    @OldeEnglishD: Yeah, but let's see their unicorns' crash test ratings.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    03/02/09

    @SirNotAppearing: Can I custom order a twonicorn?
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/02/09

    @OldeEnglishD: Yes, but that Unicorn will collapse on impact and its horn will be too sharp leading to lawsuits.


    Sometimes you have to pay a little extra for a union-built Unicorn that will be overweight and overly safe and, therefore, no fun.

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    03/02/09

    @SirNotAppearing: Don't forget to ask the government for a bailout because of how important your magical technology is! After all, it's the future of horse-and-buggy technology.
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    03/02/09

    In reply to World's First Fisker Dealership To Open In Portland, Oregon
    Ugh. This must have been in a long term planning type phase, because the economy is no better here than in most other places at the moment.


    Still we do have a surprising number of exotic dealerships around here considering PDX is fairly small for a "big city" and a lot more sedate than most big cities as well.


    I have seen a couple of GTs' and Ferraris', lots of Maseratis' but no Lambos and only one Bently (Trailblazer car).

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    Image of TR3-A TR3-A
    03/02/09

    @logruszed: This is also a center for hard-core Lefties and tree huggers with too much money. It might just be the perfect spot to sell a few over-priced, high-performance electrics.
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    03/02/09

    @TR3-A: Well if I had to choose between seeing a new group of ridiculous vehicles on the road to replace the F-350's and other retarded trucks driven by "hard-core righties" (you know, because you really need a farming truck to get from LO to the Blazer games) I guess I'd go with a quiet electric vehicle.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/02/09

    In reply to World's First Fisker Dealership To Open In Portland, Oregon
    Fisker?! I don't even know her!
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    Image of WilliamG. WilliamG.
    03/02/09

    In reply to World's First Fisker Dealership To Open In Portland, Oregon
    So Fisker is the new Tucker now? I'm so confused.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    03/02/09

    @WilliamG.: @leavethegun-takethecannoli: I think it might be a scam. I thought Fiskers were scissors.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    03/02/09

    @skaycog: They most certainly are scissors.
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    03/02/09

    In reply to World's First Fisker Dealership To Open In Portland, Oregon
    I hope this isn't a scam, like Tesla.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    03/02/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: Funny you would say that.


    I saw a Tesla parked DOTS this weekend.

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    11/04/08

    In reply to Tesla Motors Loses Arbitration Hearing To Fisker Over Stolen Model S Designs
    Kind of expected this to happen, didn't seem like Tesla had much solid evidence entering into this case. But this petty fight doesn't amount to much anyways.


    Apparently Tesla just got an additional $40 million of investment so they can start churning out those Roadsters at full speed and even continue work on Model S. Should be exciting with the Karma, Model S, Volt, all coming out in similar time frames.


    I know the speculative photo of Road & Track doesn't represent Model S at all, but I think it looks tons better than the Karma (given the mustache, without it I might reconsider):


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    11/04/08

    @stopcrazypp: Well, it has a nose that looks like a fish...
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    Image of 1300ccsoffury 1300ccsoffury
    11/03/08

    In reply to Tesla Motors Loses Arbitration Hearing To Fisker Over Stolen Model S Designs
    Big deal. I can throw some batteries and an electric motor in a beater 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix and achieve the same result. Fisker's no revolutionary.
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    Image of General_Zad's_Chicken General_Zad's_Chicken
    11/03/08

    In reply to Tesla Motors Loses Arbitration Hearing To Fisker Over Stolen Model S Designs
    So the big question is who's going to win the rich uneducated celebrity/rich guy who only wants to make a fashion statement with his eco-friendly car vote? Let's check the polls, and dont forget there is a 2-3% variance.


    It seems the Tesla gets more of the democratic segment due to it's being completely electric. Republicans seem to favor the Fisker due to it's ability to hold 3 more people to brag about your car to in. Independants are undecided, some citing neither candidates dedication to 1 issue.


    Those who aren't voting cite not giving a damn about either candidate or having the money to buy either. They also tend not to give a damn about who sees them in the vehicles.


    At this junction it is too close to call. We'll have to wait until the poll's close. This one will come down to the wire folks.

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    11/03/08

    In reply to Tesla Motors Loses Arbitration Hearing To Fisker Over Stolen Model S Designs
    I'm glad that Fisker has come out ahead in this sideshow.


    Fisker came up with a uniquely styled sedan rather than just a revamped Elise. And the Fisker concept I saw at the Detroit Auto Show was very nice looking. If you're going to rework my Elise then give me the Rinspeed Squba, thank you.


    Now, I really hope they're able to make more than just promises, like maybe some saleable vehicles.

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