Wednesday, September 14, 2011

2012 Fisker Surf review

The idea behind Fisker's all-new Surf - the brand's second production model, riding a wave into the 2011 Frankfurt auto show - is simple, According to Henrik Fisker, founder and CEO of Fisker Automotive.
 

Fisker's publicity materials also refer to the Surf as "a design masterpiece." The Surf's wagon body is obviously new, but Beneath the skin it's all Karma sedan-aluminum space frame, suspension, and electric power train. The battery pack is capable of running the car-be it Karma or Surf-50 miles on electricity alone, According to Fisker.
 

"(The Surf) is really a kind of merger of a sports car with a station wagon," Fisker said at a private media reveal just before Frankfurt. With the  Fisker Surf , he and his team melded utility, style, and 



eco-friendliness into a package fit for active living Lifestyles affluent buyers. In the flesh, the Surf's Long, Lithe Physique is intriguing. "We have a whole different design process compared to other car Pls companies," he explained. We designed the four-door with [the thought] in mind That We Were going to do the Surf, and [the Karma] was also designed to do a convertible. Pratt pointed out evidence of the Surf's very early development. We designed the Karma this way from the beginning.
 

Front and rear bumpers sport diamond Fisker's trademark styling cues in the fog lights and "exhaust" the area. A new 3D honeycomb grille Further differentiates the two Karma-derived cars.