2024 Fisker Ocean Consumer Reviews
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Overpromised and Underdelivered
I actually love the car, the design and looks, how it drives and feels on the road. I prefer driving it over my '23 Tesla Y. However I rate it low because many of the features you paid for are promised in the "next upgrade", which will never happen. The business model of Henrik Fisker is flawed and the cause of the company's failure. You'll never have proper support for the car, the software will never be upgraded to the car you thought you were buying, so you're out of luck and stuck with a dead car if anything goes wrong. It's a handsome car. Too bad H. Fisker and his family bungled the business so badly and has left 7K+ owners just hanging.
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Pay strict attention
This is a awsome vehicle, and a bit of a turd as well. Keep in mind that you are looking at buying a $60K to $70K originally priced vehicle for under $25k. Where can you get a 564HP 4wd for $25k or less. Where can you get 22" wheels and a sweet looking ride for less than $25k. leather seats and a Pano operable window for $25k. how about a 17" display, and a 6foot bed with the seats down. a full electric 350 mile range for $25k. look at what else is on the market for 25K. Nothing compairs. here is what doesn't work: Apple Carplay - Do other $25 k cars have that on their 17" screens? Adaptive Cruse control - Is there any other $25k car with that? Warranty - yep... you are SOL. but the car is way less than half price. Worth it? Parts and service - an organization called FOA that you can join for part discounts, forums, on everything fisker, and possibly some of the lacking updates for the $70k originally priced car. So take your pros and cons, and think it over. I did. The 106 usable KW battery can be modified (Yes at a cost) as as a huge home solar battery that is 10x the capasity of the Tesla wall units . I have (2) Tesla batteries at my house and they cost me more than this entire car. The parts on this car are worth way more than the entire car. There are lots of ways to look at it. So, someone crying today about a $25k EV that doesn't have all the tech goodies of a $70k EV is just sad.
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Ocean review
Car is great to drive! Very peppy as long as you know how to operate it. Reading the owners manual is a must as this is a very complicated car, but once you learn its ins and outs it is a great car! The ability to convert the car from front wheel drive to four wheel drive with the touch of a steering wheel button is amazing. No other car allows the driver to do this! 350 miles of range is amazing too.
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Should be 5 stars but pending features via OTA
The car is an amazing drive as it is. The hardware is mostly solid and the potential the car has once all features are activated via OTAs is going to be a market changer, in my opinion. I am trying to be fair but balanced, keeping my bias in check. As a first time EV owner, there were several things that I had to get educated on before fully understanding some of the 'whats and whys' (Regen breaking, charging locations, not turning off the car before stepping out of it, Drive & Reverse on a little stalk on the right side of the steering wheel, acceleration....), but now that I am up to speed I truly feel this is the best car I have ever owned, even with its current quirks and EV-specific travel planning requirements. Some of the negatives: Still missing key ADAS features such as adaptive cruise control, accident prevention, self parking, and basically the features that are tied to Magna's ICON Radar technology that is installed in the car. Once this technology is unleashed (if it works as intended) it will make this car a 7 out of 5 stars! According to Fisker's timetable, this is just a couple of months down the pipeline. Cannot wait! Electronic air vents. You can't adjust your air vents without using the UI. This may be a "feature" to enhance driver profiles, but it's cumbersome and prone to damage if someone with small enough fingers attempts to adjust them by hand. Adjusting the airflow with a UI is not easy while driving and instructing a passenger to do it is more of a patience and collaboration testing exercise than just a quick adjustment that should be done with a flick of a finger. Bolted down hood. It's good and bad. It doesn't rattle! No frunk because there are electronics and other things in there like a normal car, but accessing the number one failure item of any car, the 12v battery, is not as easy as driving to a car parts store to test and replace it. It requires specific knowledge and doing anything wrong is a costly mistake, so you are at the mercy of Fisker's service team. I feel like the 12v battery should be made accessible to the owner, as that single item controls EVERYTHING that is user-facing in an EV, and something as simple as a low charge on a lead acid battery will make the car inoperable. Lastly, it's a computer with wheels! This is true of any EV, and any bug in the software will make the car have tantrums and not cooperate. Soft restarts are required every so often, but credit to Fisker for pushing out updates in what I feel is a timely manner that have vastly improved the car thus far. The great: Acceleration and driving performance. Comparing this to a sports car is unfair, because this is an SUV. When you drive it, however, it does not feel like you are driving an SUV at all. It behaves like a sports car, and it is really easy to forget that you are driving a 5000+ lbs heavy vehicle. The drive is amazingly smooth and makes you feel extremely confident and safe with its handling. 0-60 in less that 4 seconds without having to use the Boost Mode is enough speed to forget that Boost Mode is even there. Limited to 500 uses? It's fine. It's a gimmick to use for fun, and knowing that you can push the pedal to the metal in all of the other drive modes without causing the car any damage is perfectly fine for me. It. Will. Pin. You. To. Your. Seat. And it's acceleration curve is still amazing at 70mph. You will easily reach 100mph and not realize it because the drive is so smooth. Interior is minimal but feels good to me. No leathers or metals in the cabin. The interior boasts over 100 pounds of recovered and recycled plastics and material, but I don't feel that it cheapens the car, if you understand what you are getting. For those people who like leathers and metal, then it will feel like plastic, because it is. But to me, it feels higher quality than other more common vehicles that start with a T and end with an esla. The seats look simple and basic at first glance, but they do a good job of contouring to the body and grabbing you in place. They are much more comfortable than they look and the Alcantara material is a breeze to clean. Overall, this is a great car for the price, exceeding most (if not all) others in terms of driving range and potential features at this price range. I felt the advertising was cheesy when they mention the emotional aspect of this car, but truth be told, I feel it. When I drive it, it's a special vehicle. It is a top performer and quality car, and knowing that it has the least environmental impact of any other EV is something to feel good about as well. I bought this car on a whim, and have no regrets at all. This has been, by far, the best car I have ever purchased, and even with some of the negative press, I don't doubt for a second that it will push itself into the EV market and become a high quality standard to beat in the near future.
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Incredible performance
Just stoned and impressed by this car.
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