Anybody in the market for a sports car?

treitz3
treitz3 Posts: 19,013
edited January 2013 in The Clubhouse
How about this one? You can get one to go green or one that isn't so environmentally friendly....

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Look real, real close....see anything "untypical" about this particular sports car?

Tom
~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,224
    edited January 2013
    The back windows roll down?? It don't look like a 4 door, and if it was it wouldn't be a sports car.. The car looks amazing..

    What type of car is it?
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    edited January 2013
    Yeah, it's indoors! Typically, sports cars are used outdoors!
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  • Malbec
    Malbec Posts: 552
    edited January 2013
    Destino by VL automotive. made in Auburn Hills.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,013
    edited January 2013
    Cheater! You just had to go and back trace the photo, didn't you?

    Correct. Do you know the original car though?

    Tom
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  • Malbec
    Malbec Posts: 552
    edited January 2013
    The Fiskers Karma?:smile:

    I confess Tom, guilty as charged:redface: I just had to find out the car maker though.

    Ford has a new concept pickup truck that's sweet too.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,013
    edited January 2013
    You nailed it. It's the Fisker Karma. http://onward.fiskerautomotive.com/en-us

    From the website...403Hp to the wheels, 959 pounds of tourque. Zero to 60 in 6.3 seconds. The link above is the stock hybrid/electric version that gets 54 mpg. Far cry from a Toyota Prius, eh?

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • Malbec
    Malbec Posts: 552
    edited January 2013
    Untypical? Are you talking about the turn signal side marker?
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,013
    edited January 2013
    Nah, I was actually referring to the four doors. I can't recall ever seeing a sports car that looks so "sexy", if you will. Even though to some, it may not be [technically] a sports car. Now, if you go the Destino route? Holy smokes. Power to weight for a family sedan? Hubba, hubba...

    Tom
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,224
    edited January 2013
    I thought the fisker had the solar panels on the roof?? The ones I saw at a car show had them anyways. And I don't remember them looking like that. Maybe it's the angle of the picture..

    BTW the ones I saw we're awesome!! The quality of the build was balls out IMO!!
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,013
    edited January 2013
    Larry, the Fisker does. The photo on the OP is actually the Destino. Perhaps they took out the solar panel on the mod. If they did remove it for the Destino, they should have kept it for a battery powered sound system free of artifacts from the power source. Yeah baby!

    Tom
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  • Bigerik
    Bigerik Posts: 149
    edited January 2013
    Very pretty.
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  • TurboGTU
    TurboGTU Posts: 187
    edited January 2013
    That car looks amazing!!
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  • cambir
    cambir Posts: 1,045
    edited January 2013
    Here's the Fisker Karma.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited January 2013
    Pretty impressive!

    403hp
    0-60 6.3 seconds
    54 MPG




    And the Fisker Sunset is pretty slick too!

    fisker-sunset.jpg
    --Gary--
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited January 2013
    Gorgeuos car, but isn't that a pretty weak 0-60 time for something with 900+ ft/lbs of torque?
    Wristwatch--->Crisco
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,772
    edited January 2013
    attachment.php?attachmentid=7725&d=1358451909

    So the oddest thing I see in the first photo are the little arrows on the seats. Does the car's intended market require instructions as to where to sit?

    cambir wrote: »
    Here's the Fisker Karma.

    Begging the question - will their inevitable SUV be monikered the Truckma?
    Or... perhaps they'll contract Ghia to design and build the body of their forthcoming Karma Ghia?

    Thank you, thank you. I'm here 'til Thursday. Try the veal.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited January 2013
    Very attractive...
    Jake
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  • PolkGTI
    PolkGTI Posts: 23
    edited January 2013
    Looks awesome but 0-60 in 6.3 sports car my ****... Yea looks sporty but speed wise not so much.

    Personally I would never get one.
    Mitch

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,013
    edited January 2013
    Gotta keep in mind that it is a "green car", four door and it's a hybrid. It only has a 4-banger and batteries but it does get 54 mpg. Try getting that kind of mileage out of a Bugatti seen below.

    bugatti-veyron-main-post-1.jpg

    Yeah, it'll get you 0-60 in 2.5 but it'll cost you $2,400.000.00 and a whopping 3 mpg. Slight difference...

    Tom
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  • timalan
    timalan Posts: 106
    edited January 2013
    The Karma is pretty amazing in person. They had one they were give test rides in outside the Philly Museum of Science when I was there a few months ago. Stunning vehicle, though we decided not to stand in line to ride... still very cool and drew a huge crowd.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited January 2013
    strider wrote: »
    Gorgeuos car, but isn't that a pretty weak 0-60 time for something with 900+ ft/lbs of torque?
    PolkGTI wrote: »
    Looks awesome but 0-60 in 6.3 sports car my ****... Yea looks sporty but speed wise not so much.

    Personally I would never get one.


    Yall musta not read the fine print. This is a GREEN car. lol For what it is, with a 4 cylinder and 54 mpg. I hardly think that 6.3 seconds is a bad trade off for that....and hot looking styling.
    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • Malbec
    Malbec Posts: 552
    edited January 2013
    http://natgeotv.com/ca/search/bugatti

    Saw this on Natgeo about the Bugatti.

    I looked for information on the sound system for the Destino but found very little. Choice of 100 or 295 watt system.

    If the Destino is to rival the Porsche Panamera, they need to drop a Burmester system in the cabin.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,013
    edited January 2013
    Burmester makes mobile audio?

    Tom
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited January 2013
    Unless the "fine print" reads the thing weighs 8000 lbs or has pizza cutters on the drive axle, that 0-60 time doesn't make sense.
    halo71 wrote: »
    Yall musta not read the fine print. This is a GREEN car. lol For what it is, with a 4 cylinder and 54 mpg. I hardly think that 6.3 seconds is a bad trade off for that....and hot looking styling.
    Wristwatch--->Crisco
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  • PolkGTI
    PolkGTI Posts: 23
    edited January 2013
    true 53 MPG vs 3 but really when you can spend that much on a car who gives a **** how much fuel it will cost you its not like you can't afford it..
    Mitch

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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited January 2013
    strider wrote: »
    Unless the "fine print" reads the thing weighs 8000 lbs or has pizza cutters on the drive axle, that 0-60 time doesn't make sense.
    PolkGTI wrote: »
    true 53 MPG vs 3 but really when you can spend that much on a car who gives a **** how much fuel it will cost you its not like you can't afford it..

    Yeah, yall are right! lol I digress.....
    --Gary--
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,720
    edited January 2013
    PolkGTI wrote: »
    Looks awesome but 0-60 in 6.3 sports car my ****... Yea looks sporty but speed wise not so much.

    That was in first gear. JUST first gear.

    Great looking car, but I think I'll stick with the Veyron.
    Sal Palooza
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited January 2013
    halo71 wrote: »
    Yeah, yall are right! lol I digress.....
    No, you do have a good point about the green factor and (believe it or not) I wasn't trying to be argumentative. Those numbers just don't make sense to me.
    Wristwatch--->Crisco
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,013
    edited January 2013
    They actually do not make sense to me either. I'm guessing that it depends on what speed or gear the car is in. What I do know from the professional old radio control cars I used to play with is that their is no way a "real" car could take off that quick. Perhaps the measurement was taken from the lower speeds and not the upper end where the electricity power tends to drain considerably. Honestly, I do not know but I did think the same things as Strider when I first read the stats. 900 ft'lbs of torque should come close to snapping an unsecured neck upon takeoff. That's an insane amount of torque.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • htrdln
    htrdln Posts: 116
    edited January 2013
    i"m still saving back for cl65...
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