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Combining performance, luxury, style, utility and economy with an enduring concern for the sustainable use of resources, the Fisker Surf is a treehugger's dream machine. That basically sums up the Fisker's station wagon, which was unveiled today at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show.
The Surf is Fisker's vision of a plug-in hybrid that slots in between a sedan and crossover and shows how Fisker is expected to expand on it its Karma platform with additional models that fill a niche.
If you see a bit of Ferrari FF in the Surf, that's apparently intentional, as Fisker execs have already been quoted as saying, "The shape is a bit like a Ferrari FF. But with four doors!" And, as Fisker says, the Surf will check in at around one-third the price of Ferrari's shooting brake. Neat as it is, we don't see a lot of cross-shopping going on here, do you?
Despite increased quantities of glass and bodywork, Fisker says the Surf weighs just 66 pounds more than the Karma sedan, but the real bonus comes in terms of cargo space, which grows from inadequate to almost acceptable. Fisker says the Surf will launch in 2013 and we're guessing that its price tag will be a bit above $100,000.
In other news, Fisker has confirmed a new partner in wheelmakers Claus Ettensberger Corporation, who will provide various alloy wheel patterns and "aerodynamic components" as optional extras for the Karma's newly formed Reserve program.
Check out live pics of the Surf in our high-res gallery as well as the press release after the jump, then let us know what you think of Fisker's latest in Comments.
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