If and when it comes time to write the obituary for Fisker Automotive, there is one question that cannot be properly answered without a decade’s worth of historical perspective: Was the Karma—former BMW executive Henrik Fisker’s plug-in hybrid electric vehicle—the right car at the wrong time, or simply the wrong car, period?
There is, however, one aspect that can be reliably addressed at present. The Karma is a gorgeous vehicle, a fact that is helping to keep the company alive, at least for the time being. Th…