Hope nobody here bought a Fisker...

https://www.thestreet.com/electric-vehicles/fisker-fire-sale-deal-comes-with-giant-asterisk

Is that why Fiskers are so cheap to buy now.

I did an Autotrader search for EVs in general, priced low to high, and there were a surprising number of Fiskers nestled in with the Leafs and ten year old Model Ss.

Always hate to hear these kind of things. I don't know much about Fisker's and wasn't in the market to buy one but I do know that more competition is always better than less.

Nobody has any business owning these now other than wealthy enthusiasts, they basically went from a new car in the showroom to something like an ultra-rare classic overnight, parts are rare treasures right now and the specialty shops that work on these will need to start substituting or fabricating parts quite soon.

from the link above:

Of the 3,321 vehicles set to be transferred to the NYC-based ride share vehicle leasing firm, 2,711 of the Oceans are described as being in “reasonably good working order” and having a “Manufacturer’s Certificate of Origin." These vehicles fetched the most expensive price, selling for $16,500 per unit. 

Additionally, 351 vehicles that were previously titled are set to be sold for just $3,200 each, and other EVs that have ‘mechanical, cosmetic, or other damage or defects that require repair’ (estimated at over $5,000) have been sold for rock-bottom prices as low as $2,500.

Lets say that there are no major problems that take the whole fleet off the road , how many years can they keep enough of them on the road to make it worthwile ?

At least they have a bunch to use for parts !

I would be in for $19700 for a brand new untitled example along with a complete parts car with some sort of flaw.  Assuming you have access to the technical information and the tools to maintain it, if you only got 5 years of service our of them I figure it's still a win.

And imagine the thousands of folks who ordered one and payed $50k or more, that now have vehicles worth 1/3 or less of the original investment.  Scary.

I think I'd rather jump on one of those used Hertz Model 3's before a Fisker.

Loweguy5 said:

I would be in for $19700 for a brand new untitled example along with a complete parts car with some sort of flaw.  Assuming you have access to the technical information and the tools to maintain it, if you only got 5 years of service our of them I figure it's still a win.

The biggest problem is that the service software is locked down.  From what little I've read it's cloud based (or at least the authentication is) so there is no way for anyone to use it standalone.

I've seen these around, kinda goofy.  But at fire sale pricing and a BMW V-12 twin turbo, you might actually have something.

In reply to 914Driver :

Same guy, different company.

The ones on fire sale now is the current Fisker company, the one that made the Karma went belly up years ago.