Inked Mag Staff
July 25th, 2018
My Top 10: By Henrik Fisker
An automotive icon rates his top cars by design
An automotive icon rates his top cars by design
What do the BMW Z8, Aston Martin DB9 and V8 Vantage, Fisker Karma, Galpin-Fisker Mustang Rocket, VLF Force 1 V10 and Destino V8, all-electric luxury sedan, Fisker EMotion, the Viking motorcycle, and Benetti Fisker 50 superyacht all have in common? The answer is Henrik Fisker — the man who designed each of these luxury rides.
The Danish-born American automotive designer and entrepreneur is the founder of HF Design & Technology, co-founder of VLF Automotive, founder and former CEO of Fisker Coachbuild, founder and former CEO of Fisker Automotive, and currently founder, chairman and CEO of Los Angeles-based Fisker Inc. With credits like that you know this list is going to be legit!
745 hp, pure American supercar— I take it out over the weekend to drive to dinner. Large steak, no veggies or salad, large apple pie for dessert. Sometimes it feels good to be naughty.
I love those large American luxury coupes of the early 1970s. I had one and made it into a six-seater convertible.
With the wide wheel arches, but no body kit. On my wall as a kid.
This was the time when American companies brought more extreme design to the masses than the exotic car companies. This car is brilliantly designed, soft nose with no visible bumper, T-top, V8, screaming chicken and cool aluminum wheels!
I love the fact that this is one of the only successors that is actually lower than the car it replaced! Designers talk = perfect highlights, perfect sculpture and perfect graphics. Sadly, I never owned a Porsche, as I was always working for somebody else’s. Someday.
I wanted to design the ultimate compact gentleman’s sports car: pure, understated, yet muscular. I had to restrain myself and not add any unnecessary lines or clutter: again. The only change from concept to production was 20-inch versus 18-inch wheels.
I like the V12 as it had a slightly wide track and flared fenders. The long hood is glorious and so long that even somebody who has no interest in cars will turn around and look at it!
The ultimate GT, with its long nose, pure clean sculpture and perfect graphics. It will always remain the Picasso of automotive!
It was an incredible project where I could design the ultimate pure roadster with the perfect proportions. The only change from concept to production was downsizing the wheels from 20-inch to 18-inch, but that’s an easy upgrade.
I put all of my experience into this car back in 2007 when I designed it. It has extreme proportions with a long hood, sculptured fenders and standard 22-inch wheels that make the body look lean and sexy. It’s one of my daily drivers. I mostly drive it in electric around LA.
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