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‘King of Lemon Laws’ lawyer successful with Fisker Karma in Wisconsin [w/video] – Autoblog
Vince Megna certainly has a way with words. In one five-and-a-half minute video, he calls the Fisker Karma a “modern-day Ford electric Pinto.” He also says, “This is a beautiful car. It’s just too bad it catches on fire.” Would we expect anything less florid from the man who calls himself the King of Lemon Laws?
Megna was referring to two cases of the Karma being involved in fires, one in California and one in Texas. The reason Megna is concerned is because he was bringing a Karma to a dealership for his unnamed client in Wisconsin, who apparently needed to keep his vehicle in the shop for 120 days during his first seven months of ownership. That’s well above the 30-day threshold set by Wisconsin’s lemon law. Megna says Fisker refunded his client the $103,000 that the car cost, even though he wouldn’t agree to Fisker’s request to keep his complaints quiet. It was the first lemon law buy-back for a Karma, Megna says, adding that he doesn’t think it will be the last. We’ve contacted Fisker about Megna’s claims, but have yet to hear back.
But what’s Justin Bieber – or a cardboard cutout of His Bieberness – doing in the image above? Well, Megna has a bit of Michael Moore in him, and he went to a Fisker dealer to ask if the Karma is safe for celebrities like Bieber to drive (the teenage phenom has – had? – a custom chrome Karma in his garage). Thoughtfully, Megna brought along his video camera to record his visit. And a Bieber t-shirt-wearing paralegal with her mouth taped shut. You can see the comedic results below.
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/26/fisker-karma-lemon-law-wisconsin-justin-bieber-video-megna/
Enter,,, the Fisker Destino….with a ZR1 power train.
http://editorial.autos.msn.com/detroit-auto-show-vl-and-bob-lutz-debut-karmas-with-corvette-engines
Fisker, GM Volt, energie revolution, sustainable planet, ObamaCare, New Economy, Spreading the Wealth, the jargon of SCAM ARTISTS
Based on seeing Fiskers in a number of music videos it’s apparent that Fisker must have had a large promotional budget (tax payer funded).dedicated to product placement. Bieber’s Fisker was probably given to him for free by Fisker just for the exposure and publicity. .
Bub Lutz is trying market the remaining Fiskers with GM LSX V8 engines installed in place of their previous POS power plantrs.
Just wait until car makers start putting batteries in body panels.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/volvobatterybodypanels.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/168964-volvo-develops-battery-infused-carbon-fiber-body-panels&h=544&w=770&sz=105&tbnid=nETj0KlCMejmPM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=138&zoom=1&usg=__5UStQHcwmPHb3rWak3PDtXdhvao=&docid=xn476t3La9dKiM&sa=X&ei=oiJtUv3hMtTJ0AWBk4DICQ&ved=0CGgQ9QEwBg
How many of those 2013 chevy volts were purchased by the government?
You mean the tax payer. !
In other words it is GM’s best electric car since the EV-1. Although, again the Volt is just a hybrid with a bigger battery and built in plug in charging capability. There are many cheaper hybrids available, and many high MPG cars available as well. I calculated the relative payback, and even with lots of annual mileage and at $5/gallon gasoline, the Volt just isn’t worth it. It was a decade or more to cover the higher cost of the Volt relative to other hybrids and cars. Which is why the average income of Volt buyers was $170,000 per year, early on. It is not about the economics, but about feeling good.
Answer to my own question. According to the Motley Fool about 15% to 19% of the volt sales were fleet sales to the government. GM dropped the price of the 2014 volts by $5,000 to compete with the Leaf. They also have a real sweetheart deal if you lease one. All of this pumped the sales and they were still puny.