They say that “everything sells at a price,” but right now no amount of money will buy you a Fisker Karma. And, according to a leaked internal email obtained by Fiskerbuzz.com, the price of the Valmet-built luxury plug-in hybrid is rising.
In 2008, pricing was originally estimated to be around $80,000. This estimate was then more clearly defined in 2009 as an MSRP of $87,900 and has now increased another $8,000 to the final pricing of $95,900 for the EcoStandard model.
Is this price bump in any way related to Fisker’s recently-announced production delay, or is it just bad Karma? Fiskerbuzz pleads for calm:
The Karma’s solar roof, the largest continuous and most highly curved solar roof in a passenger car, was planned to be a $5,000 option. The roof is now standard.
With an MSRP of $95,900 the Karma is within 10% of the originally announced MSRP of $87,900 announced in 2009 – an incremental change over the course of two years.
More pricing info and apologia/perspective (depending on how you look at it) after the jump…
Fisker’s new pricing structure now looks something like this (before all government incentives):
EcoStandard Trim: $95,900
EcoSport Trim: $103,900
EcoChic Trim: $108,900
Destination fee is $950.Tri-Tone Leather is a $2,200 fee.
Diamond Dust Paint is a $3,000 fee.
Special Paint is a $3,000 fee.
And though there are a lot decimal places in those prices, fiskerbuzz insists that the increase to the Karma’s already-high price doesn’t change the fact that the sleek PHEV is unique… and good value?
At $88,400 after federal tax incentives, the Karma is within $500 of its originally announced MSRP of $87,900. Local incentives offer additional savings.
The Karma starts $1,400 less than a Porsche Panamera S (both 400hp) after $7500 federal tax incentives are applied. Local incentives offer additional savings. Additionally, the Karma is significantly more efficient and will be much more exclusive.
The Karma starts $19,500 less than a similarly-equipped Tesla Roadster — $20,500 less when you include destination charges.
Because the vehicle is produced by Valmet (Finland) in Euroland, maybe they should price it in Euros to avoid the bad press of price increases due to a weakening dollar.
I suspect that they could price this car in unicorn eggs and it wouldn’t ultimately make any difference.
This car will be available soon enough. It is priced well within the range of exclusive Euro sport sedans except this one has real green credentials. And IT IS HOT!
Fisker sounds like a brand of cat food . I realize that car brands are egotistically named after the person who started the company , but that name sounds so silly might as well call it Fancyfeast !
Ever since the price was first announced I’ve been saying that there’s no way they could profitably sell the car for so little. So these increases don’t surprise me in the slightest. But if I could see this, why couldn’t they?
If the other design goals are being met, it’s not a total Chevy Volt fiasco.
When these cars sell in Volt-like numbers, we’ll see.
Now that is exclusivity.
There are actually no decimal places in those numbers. ($100,000 has no decimal places. $9.99 has two.)
While I’m skeptical of Fisker, this article is a bit much.
“according to a leaked internal email”
It was an email to customers/reservation holders. No point trying to play up the info as secret.
“And though there are a lot decimal places in those prices,”
I see no decimal places in those prices, which leads me to believe the author doesn’t know what a decimal place is.