Fisker Fire Sale

[DickiePhitt]

Just received an email from Fisker advising up to £15k off the Ocean models.
I quite fancied one of these so took notice.
Buried in the small print
"Due to the current economic situation of the manufacturer Fisker Group Inc. and the Fisker sales companies in Europe, there is a risk of limited support and limited services for the vehicles. Buyers must expect a permanent loss of the enforceability of claims for material defects and warranty claims. By concluding a vehicle purchase contract after April 5, 2024, the buyer of a Fisker Ocean declares that he has been informed accordingly and nevertheless wishes to purchase a Fisker Ocean in view of the risk described."

What a pity it's come to this. Some angry owners with expensive paperweights outside their houses.

Edited by DickiePhitt on Saturday 6th April 17:02

[MrGTI6]

I got lumbered with one last week, though I'd never even heard of the car/brand until then.

It felt very "Chinese" and I was surprised to read that it wasn't.

Not sure what they're selling them for but it's almost certainly too much.

[Crumpet]

I sat in one of these in a shopping mall ‘showroom’ in the US. Every surface you touched moved and numerous bits had fallen off. The salesman explained that the electric seats no longer worked because a child had been sat in the car and they’d broken them.

It was the cheapest, nastiest piece of junk I’ve sat in for a while.

To be fair, it’s not much different with Teslas. Great drivetrains, I’m sure, but my heart sinks when I call an Uber and it’s a Model Y or Model 3 - just awful, jittery, uncomfortable rides with nasty interiors.

[anonymous-user]

Crumpet said:

I sat in one of these in a shopping mall ‘showroom’ in the US. Every surface you touched moved and numerous bits had fallen off. The salesman explained that the electric seats no longer worked because a child had been sat in the car and they’d broken them.

It was the cheapest, nastiest piece of junk I’ve sat in for a while.

To be fair, it’s not much different with Teslas. Great drivetrains, I’m sure, but my heart sinks when I call an Uber and it’s a Model Y or Model 3 - just awful, jittery, uncomfortable rides with nasty interiors.

Sure, we believe you.

[Hub]

I don't know much about it but it seems odd they would go under at this stage in the car launch, has the car been out in the states for a while or something and been a flop?

To be honest I thought Fisker had already gone bust years ago after the 'Karma'

[DSLiverpool]

Moral is never put your Mrs in charge of the finances like Henrik has. It’s a car crash when they were covering unpaid for cars and not cashing buyers cheques in the USA

[Crumpet]

James6112 said:

Sure, we believe you.

I’m actually wrong! I’ve just realised it was a Lucid.

I take it back about Fisker……maybe they’re alright!

[revilo87]

You’d have to be mad to consider it surely? If I had one I’d be looking to offload it at the earliest possible convenience, must feel absolutely awful if you’ve paid top dollar for one (and may even like it)

Interesting question maybe… surely any new ones will have insane insurance? Basically any kind of crash could be a write off if there’s no support network?

[Presuming Ed]

revilo87 said:

You’d have to be mad to consider it surely? If I had one I’d be looking to offload it at the earliest possible convenience, must feel absolutely awful if you’ve paid top dollar for one (and may even like it)

Interesting question maybe… surely any new ones will have insane insurance? Basically any kind of crash could be a write off if there’s no support network?

I’m assuming that nearly all were bought through lease/pcp so the residual collapse sits with the bank and not the customer. It’s why if i was looking at electric anything it would be on pch/pcp as the future is so undecided on these cars.

[jules_s]

Fisker Ocean enthusiasts FB page makes interesting reading...

Possible non insurable due to lack of software support
But two so you can part one out
Only get one if the OS the software

Edit: added some of the content after a twitchy post button!

Edited by jules_s on Saturday 6th April 21:26

[cj2013]

Looks like this private seller went all in on their purchase

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402297...

"Doctor has jut (sic) advised I cannot drive for the foreseeable future so it has to go"


I'm assuming he said "you'll have a heart attack if you see what's happening with that brand"

Edited by cj2013 on Saturday 6th April 22:02

[Jader1973]

A clip just popped up on my Insta feed of someone I the US claiming their 12 month old Fisker had just been valued at $21k. It was $70k new!

And that is before they go bankrupt.

[car user]

Crumpet said:

I sat in one of these in a shopping mall ‘showroom’ in the US. Every surface you touched moved and numerous bits had fallen off. The salesman explained that the electric seats no longer worked because a child had been sat in the car and they’d broken them.

It was the cheapest, nastiest piece of junk I’ve sat in for a while.

To be fair, it’s not much different with Teslas. Great drivetrains, I’m sure, but my heart sinks when I call an Uber and it’s a Model Y or Model 3 - just awful, jittery, uncomfortable rides with nasty interiors.

You're not the only one.

I had a Tesla taxi on the way to the pub and Polestar on the way back. I thought the Tesla rode really poorly, but the Polestar was on a different level of crap, both the ride and interior were awful.

[ACCYSTAN]

cj2013 said:

Looks like this private seller went all in on their purchase

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402297...

"Doctor has jut (sic) advised I cannot drive for the foreseeable future so it has to go"


I'm assuming he said "you'll have a heart attack if you see what's happening with that brand"

Edited by cj2013 on Saturday 6th April 22:02

I put the reg from the advert into WBAC

Valuation £150!

Not a typo

[HTP99]

There is one of these local to me, poor sod, I hope he didn't buy it outright!

Just run an insurance quote on one just out of curiosity; £955, tbh I expected way more.

[ChocolateFrog]

cj2013 said:

Looks like this private seller went all in on their purchase

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402297...

"Doctor has jut (sic) advised I cannot drive for the foreseeable future so it has to go"


I'm assuming he said "you'll have a heart attack if you see what's happening with that brand"

Edited by cj2013 on Saturday 6th April 22:02

I'm guessing that's many thousands more than you could buy a brand new one for.

Poor guy, even the plate will be devalued.

[fflump]

ChocolateFrog said:

cj2013 said:

Looks like this private seller went all in on their purchase

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402297...

"Doctor has jut (sic) advised I cannot drive for the foreseeable future so it has to go"


I'm assuming he said "you'll have a heart attack if you see what's happening with that brand"

Edited by cj2013 on Saturday 6th April 22:02

I'm guessing that's many thousands more than you could buy a brand new one for.

Poor guy, even the plate will be devalued.

The poor chap has already knocked 19% off the asking price-it was originally on at £59k.

[Auto810graphy]

ChocolateFrog said:

Poor guy, even the plate will be devalued.

To be fair is was not even worth the DVLA £80 transfer before.

[gotoPzero]

I think with zero warranty and zero long term support (as it sounds like they are going under) I would want a LOT more than £15k off.

You can get a decent M3SR for £25k @ 2 yr old with sub 20k miles. 2 year warranty left, updates for a long time yet.

[Yomamaisasnowblower]

Will take a punt at £5k!