And now for something completely different. Two things that are completely different actually. If you’ve got $100,000 worth of luxury car money burning a hole in your Costanza-sized wallet you’ve got a lot of options to choose from. Add in the necessity for 4 doors and the desire for some uniqueness, however, and your options quickly narrow. As the last week has shown me, you could do a lot worse than picking either the Porsche Panamera 4S or the Fisker Karma even though these two cars are worlds apart in terms of design, engineering, and purpose. One has been meticulously crafted by experienced German engineers while the other is a Hail Mary from a small start-up in California. Where one was likely focus group tested, the other was the sole brainchild of the company’s founder.
The electric Fisker Karma and the Porsche Panamera are also more alike than you might think. Both have 4 doors, 4 bucket seats, look like nothing else on the road, have sumptuous interiors, and pack around 400hp. But where one is an eco-friendly earth-savingmobile, the other is a German reincarnation of the classic muscle car sedan that seems to actively take pleasure in turning hydrocarbons into noise. Beautiful beautiful noise. So which is better for the money? Keep reading to find out…

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