Fisker Karma V8 Conversion Company Has “Hundreds” Of Orders

For those of you who follow the green car industry, you may have heard that hybrid startup Fisker Automotive is basically in bankruptcy. Despite being a gorgeous car, the Fisker Karma suffered from subcompact interior room, poor performance, worse gas mileage, and an expensive plug-in hybrid drivetrain. It was pretty much doomed to fail.

Which is a real shame, because the Fisker looks great. But what will the hundreds of Karma owners do now that the company that built their expensive car is going belly-up? According to Wards Auto, at least a hundred Fisker Karma owners have approached VL Productions to replace their hybrid drivetrain with a 556 horsepower LSA engine.

The VL Productions Destino was originally intended to be a niche within a niche, a vehicle for people who didn’t mind doubling the price of their already-expensive plug-in hybrid and completely negating any environmental benefits the car may have. With the curtain about to fall on Fisker Automotive, however, there has been a renewed interest from Karma owners in the Destino conversion.

So believe it or not, converting to a 556 horsepower LSA engine would actually simplify this car, and make it faster and lighter too. The Destino had been slated to get the 638 horsepower LS9 engine, but many buyers wanted an automatic, which is unavailable in a turn-key form with the Corvette ZR1 engine. According to Bob Lutz, who is working with VL Productions, there have been hundreds of inquiries, and over 100 orders. Doesn’t sound like a lot until you consider that the conversion costs $85,000 to $90,000 on top of the cost of an actual Fisker, and only about 2,000 of the hybrids were even built in the first place.

http://www.lsxtv.com/news/fisker-karma-v8-conversion-company-has-hundreds-of-orders/

sweet

What that car should have been ALL ALONG!!!

So true, Carguy.

With a bit of restyling to the nose and tail, new interior, and an LS engine this could be to Corvette what the Panamera is to Porsche...