Best quotes by Henrik Fisker on Cars

Checkout quotes by Henrik Fisker on Cars

• ‟ The car industry has invested a lot in hybrid, but my opinion is electric cars will take over a lot of hybrids quicker than people think now.

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• ‟ At a European auto show, I had someone from a German car company come up to me and say the Karma should cost $125,000, not $87,900, but our development process lets us lower the costs. I guarantee it's profitable.

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• ‟ I used to have to pick up the phone and talk to people who placed orders for the car. When you reach a certain size, you need to have processes in place.

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• ‟ If you think about jeans or phones or television, we are used to new brands popping up right and left. But in the car industry, we grew up with Mercedes, BMW, General Motors, and Ford, and nobody can remember during his or her upbringing a new car brand coming to life.

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• ‟ I remember, as a kid, riding in the back of my dad's old Saab 95 in Denmark. We were on the highway, and suddenly this silver Maserati Bora came upon us, then passed. At the time, to me, this car looked like a spaceship.

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• ‟ We designed a car that is for daily commutes and that you charge every day. The less you use the gasoline engine, the better mpg. Essentially, the Karma can achieve dramatic savings and low CO2 output when used as intended, as a daily commuter.

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• ‟ We believe that there are many buyers who want a stylish, sporty car that sends a positive message about their concern for the environment as they drive it down the street.

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• ‟ When I was at BMW and Aston Martin, I realized how difficult and how many resources it takes to create a car - let alone a car company.

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• ‟ A painting doesn't have to have a real usability other than you looking at it. Obviously, a car, an engine, or battery has to fit people's needs.

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• ‟ I like to come up first of all with a free idea, thinking about and obviously understanding what is necessary for it to become a car.

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• ‟ The car is the most regulated thing in the world. It's more complicated to make a car than it is to send a rocket to space.

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• ‟ Any car designer always dreams about designing their own car - if they say they don't, they're lying... For me, it was never about starting my own company just to make another car.

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• ‟ My motivation for starting Fisker was simple: I thought there must be a market for beautiful, exciting, fast, environmentally friendly cars. The car is probably the only product you can still fall in love with and have a relationship with.

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• ‟ You know what? Starting a car company is risky.

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• ‟ People feel very emotional about cars, and I don't want them to feel bad about driving a fast car.

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• ‟ As a car lover, I ask myself, 'What am I going to be buying in the future? Will it be a boring, underpowered, dorky car because the government tells me I shouldn't pollute? Or do I come up with a cool-looking, sexy dream car that is also part of the future?'

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• ‟ I like to have the widest part of the car being the wheels and not the body. It gives it a more athletic look and, with the sculpture, helps make a car look sexy.

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• ‟ When I see a car I've designed going down the street and somebody admiring it, that's a nice feeling.

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• ‟ I don't take on projects that are a hassle or when someone comes in and says, 'We really need this design,' and I'm like, 'OK, fine, I'll do it.' It really has to be something that I personally feel intrigued and excited about - any product, as long as I'm excited by it. It doesn't have to be a car.

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• ‟ In a startup car company, everything you do has to be done in a different way than a traditional car company. And the main reason is that all of these big car companies are operating like giant well-oiled machines - you could put a very seasoned executive in, and all he has to do is make sure the machine keeps running.

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• ‟ In this industry, you have to have passion. It's tough; there's no mercy. But I just love cars - I love to bring a new car to market. And every time I do this, it gets a little easier.

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• ‟ The market needs a super car with no excuses.

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• ‟ I believe there is room in the market for a daily driver that embodies all the attributes of the best track racing car and the comfort of a luxurious sports car.

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• ‟ When I design a car, I want people to look at it and go, 'Wow, that's kind of interesting,' and do a second take.

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