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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 949078" data-attributes="member: 12952">(Reuters) - A&nbsp; $100,000-plus Fisker Automotive luxury sports car died during Consumer&nbsp; Reports speed testing this week for reasons that are still unknown,&nbsp; leaving the struggling electric car startup with another blow to its&nbsp; image.&nbsp;&quot;It is a little disconcerting&nbsp; that you pay that amount of money for a car and it lasts basically 180&nbsp; miles before going wrong,&quot; David Champion, senior director for the&nbsp; magazine&#039;s automotive test center, told Reuters, on Thursday.Consumer Reports, which buys the cars its tests anonymously, purchased the car from a Connecticut dealer last Friday.On&nbsp; Wednesday, Consumer Reports engineers were just starting to calibrate&nbsp; the Karma&#039;s speed by driving 65 miles per hour down the magazine&#039;s test&nbsp; track in East Haddam, Connecticut, Champion said.&quot;During the gentle run down the track, a light on the dashboard came on,&quot; he said, referring to the battery light.The&nbsp; speed test was completed despite the light on the control panel, but&nbsp; after it was parked, officials were unable to get the car restarted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 949078, member: 12952"] (Reuters) - A $100,000-plus Fisker Automotive luxury sports car died during Consumer Reports speed testing this week for reasons that are still unknown, leaving the struggling electric car startup with another blow to its image. "It is a little disconcerting that you pay that amount of money for a car and it lasts basically 180 miles before going wrong," David Champion, senior director for the magazine's automotive test center, told Reuters, on Thursday. Consumer Reports, which buys the cars its tests anonymously, purchased the car from a Connecticut dealer last Friday. On Wednesday, Consumer Reports engineers were just starting to calibrate the Karma's speed by driving 65 miles per hour down the magazine's test track in East Haddam, Connecticut, Champion said. "During the gentle run down the track, a light on the dashboard came on," he said, referring to the battery light. The speed test was completed despite the light on the control panel, but after it was parked, officials were unable to get the car restarted. [/QUOTE]

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