04-14-2009, 12:03 PM | #1 |
Drives: 69 Convertible Camaro Join Date: Sep 2008
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Fisker Karma Hybrid Hot Rod
How about a hybrid that has speakers to make it sound like anything you want. Only thing that I don't like is the price, msrp of 80,000
"You know how we love the electric cars around here, but internal combustion sure does sound sexy -- a big V-8 literally brings the noise in a way the nearly-silent whir of an electric motor can't hope to match. Well, it looks like the mad geniuses behind the $80,000 Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid have hit upon an appropriately high-tech solution: speakers placed inside and out that allow drivers to give their rides any sound they want, including one described as "like something between a Formula One car and a jet plane." Interesting, to be sure -- but seeing as the Karma can hit 125mph and go from 0-60 in six seconds, we'd be happier if that rig just screamed at people to get out of the left lane". |
04-14-2009, 12:05 PM | #2 |
just can't seem to leave
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car sounds half-way cool except for that
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04-14-2009, 12:09 PM | #3 |
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I'm with ya, one of those buttons you never touch, fast hybrid though.
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04-14-2009, 05:38 PM | #4 |
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Can it do a steam engine sound? That's how I would roll.....pop..hiccup..pow pow...puhhh
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04-15-2009, 10:15 AM | #5 |
I used to be Dragoneye...
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The best part, imo? This company came to GM requesting parts for it, since they had so much experience with this sorta stuff.
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04-19-2009, 11:58 AM | #6 |
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Like the turbocharged ecotec that they're using as a generator?
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