The warranty is with Fisker. The dealer is their agent, and gets paid to make warranty repairs.Michael said:What happens to the warranty if fisker goes bust.
The dealer should take the warranty but will they if fisker should go bust?
dennis said:The warranty is with Fisker. The dealer is their agent, and gets paid to make warranty repairs.
This is a joke, right? If not I would recommend getting that in writing.Michael said:The thing is my dealer said dont worry, we will support the 4 year warranty if anything happens.
You're asking a loooot of questions lately.Michael said:What happens to the warranty if fisker goes bust.
The dealer should take the warranty but will they if fisker should go bust?
My dealer is doing exactly that for his Saab customers. Fisker not going anywhere tomorrow so enjoy your car and stop generating bad Karma by speculating on the futureMichael said:The thing is my dealer said dont worry, we will support the 4 year warranty if anything happens.
There's a good reason why you can find Delorean parts. They made 9,000 cars and when they went under about 100 cars were waiting for production and a lot of extra parts in storage. I grew up in Columbus and remember a company called Consolidate (Big Lots) bought all the remaining cars and parts in the early 80's. They later sold the whole operation to someone else. I think a guy in Texas.Sigurd said:Anybody know how many Deloreans were made? No problem finding parts for them today. I'd imagine the same thing would happen to Fisker.
Cheers,
It is because of concerns like these that I believe Henrik Fisker needs to communicate the company status to the owners. This could be done either by a letter, or better yet with an owner conference call. Without that communication we will all be left to speculation.ffcars said:Without knowing how much cash they have and their burn rate, it's hard to speculate on how financially secure they are. So I'm worried about this too.
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I hope Fisker makes it because I love the car. Time will see.
On the UK show Wheelers and Dealers, they had an episode on the DeLorean. Basically, DMC had ordered enough parts to build 30,000 cars, but only built around 9,000 or so. When the company went bust, an investor bought all the remaining parts and started to create "new" DeLoreans using "original" parts - i.e. all brand new parts for the 21,000 cars never built by DMC. The Texas-based investor also bought rights to the brand/names. They can be found here: http://delorean.com/ffcars said:There's a good reason why you can find Delorean parts. They made 9,000 cars and when they went under about 100 cars were waiting for production and a lot of extra parts in storage. I grew up in Columbus and remember a company called Consolidate (Big Lots) bought all the remaining cars and parts in the early 80's. They later sold the whole operation to someone else. I think a guy in Texas.Sigurd said:Anybody know how many Deloreans were made? No problem finding parts for them today. I'd imagine the same thing would happen to Fisker.
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About 2,000 or more cars have been involved in wrecks and were parted out.
The Delorean was less complicated and used off the shelf engine, tranny, fuel injection, etc. No need to OBD-II, complicated sensors, etc. With enough talent and money you could theoretically keep a Delorean running until "back to the future".
Let it be known that Fisker Automotive is now in better shape than they have ever been.Michael said:What happens to the warranty if fisker goes bust.
The dealer should take the warranty but will they if fisker should go bust?
I watched Henrik tell a reporter two days ago that the co is "self sustaining and making a profit". Yesterday I find out that my customer care rep Arun had been laid off for the opposite reasons. Arun is the reason that I maintained my confidence and stayed the course. My inferno is allegedly at sea on the Don Juan. I tried the VIN tracking site and could not get it to work. Bad Karma.plugitin said:Let it be known that Fisker Automotive is now in better shape than they have ever been.Michael said:What happens to the warranty if fisker goes bust.
The dealer should take the warranty but will they if fisker should go bust?
PS. Saw one one a hwy in Minneapolis today. Gave it the thumbs up! I LOVE the Karma!!!!!!!!
Managing your workforce/cashflow and being self-sustaining and profitable aren't mutually exclusive. From what I can tell the second tranche of the DOE loan payment was delayed months ago, and while Fisker is renegotiating the loan conditions and milestones with the DoE they have reduced their headcount to better manage cash flow. Fisker still has over 600 full time employees in the US, so I think the doom and gloom scenario you're painting may be a bit overstated.MArkansas said:I watched Henrik tell a reporter two days ago that the co is "self sustaining and making a profit". Yesterday I find out that my customer care rep Arun had been laid off for the opposite reasons. Arun is the reason that I maintained my confidence and stayed the course. My inferno is allegedly at sea on the Don Juan. I tried the VIN tracking site and could not get it to work. Bad Karma.plugitin said:Let it be known that Fisker Automotive is now in better shape than they have ever been.Michael said:What happens to the warranty if fisker goes bust.
The dealer should take the warranty but will they if fisker should go bust?
PS. Saw one one a hwy in Minneapolis today. Gave it the thumbs up! I LOVE the Karma!!!!!!!!
No doom and gloom intended! Simply stating the facts. I'm the ultimate optimist, I'm all in, paid in full and eagerly awaiting the Don Juan to dock on the 23rdLonePalmBJ said:Managing your workforce/cashflow and being self-sustaining and profitable aren't mutually exclusive. From what I can tell the second tranche of the DOE loan payment was delayed months ago, and while Fisker is renegotiating the loan conditions and milestones with the DoE they have reduced their headcount to better manage cash flow. Fisker still has over 600 full time employees in the US, so I think the doom and gloom scenario you're painting may be a bit overstated.MArkansas said:I watched Henrik tell a reporter two days ago that the co is "self sustaining and making a profit". Yesterday I find out that my customer care rep Arun had been laid off for the opposite reasons. Arun is the reason that I maintained my confidence and stayed the course. My inferno is allegedly at sea on the Don Juan. I tried the VIN tracking site and could not get it to work. Bad Karma.plugitin said:Let it be known that Fisker Automotive is now in better shape than they have ever been.Michael said:What happens to the warranty if fisker goes bust.
The dealer should take the warranty but will they if fisker should go bust?
PS. Saw one one a hwy in Minneapolis today. Gave it the thumbs up! I LOVE the Karma!!!!!!!!
I feel badly for Arun if he was in fact layed off since by all accounts he was a good employee, but making hard choices is what good businesses do. I'm not privvy to any specific about who or why someone was let go, so I have no reason to second guess the company.
Building a factory before producing their first car was one of the main reasons why DeLorean went spectacularly bust. Fisker's deal with Vlamet and others to be a fab-less car company was one of their best business strategies.Michael said:The plan to outsource the production to valmet I think was an good idea.