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The Fisker Latigo CS is one of the two models developed and produced by
Fisker Coachbuild Fisker Coachbuild was a car design firm based in Orange County, California. The company produced custom luxury cars. It produced the Tramonto and Latigo CS. It also designed and manufactured aftermarket parts such as aluminum alloy wheels, ...
. It debuted at the 2005 Frankfurt Auto Show along with the Fisker Tramonto. The Fisker Latigo CS was intended to be limited to a run of 150 cars. Ultimately, only two Latigos were ever produced, car #000, which was the prototype car built on a BMW 645i chassis, and car #001, which was ordered by a Southern California Customer in the Spring of 2007.


History

The Fisker Latigo and Tramonto were intended to bring back the lost art of custom coachbuilding. The intent was to allow high-end luxury customers to get the greatest exclusivity by both limiting production and by offering many customizable options. There may have been many reasons for slow sales in 2006-2007, but one reason was clear: steadily rising oil prices that were under $30 a barrel in 2004 but were headed toward $80 per barrel and higher in 2007. According to Henrik Fisker, many high-end customers were now expressing that their desire for luxury and performance was now accompanied by a desire for greater efficiency and for a "green" image. It was this realization, and a fateful meeting wit
Alan Niedzwieki
of Quantum Fuel Systems, that led Henrik Fisker and Barnard Koehler to start a joint venture called Fisker Automotive, whereby Fisker Coachbuild would provide design and Quantum would provide the Hybrid-EV technology to create a new range-extended Electric Vehicle, which would ultimately be named the
Fisker Karma The Fisker Karma is a luxury plug-in range-extended electric sports sedan produced by Fisker Automotive in 2012. The cars were manufactured at Valmet Automotive in Finland. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rated th ...
. Fisker Coachbuild continues to provide design services for automotive and other applications. As Fisker Coachbuild turned its attention to the new EV market, the company stopped further marketing of the Latigo. The only two Latigos ever built were car #000, the prototype based on the BMW 645i, and the only customer car ever delivered: car #001 based on a BMW M6, discussed further below.


Base architecture

The Latigo CS is a two-door coupe based on the 2nd newest generation
BMW 6 Series (E63) The second generation of the BMW 6 Series consists of the BMW E63 (coupe version) and BMW E64 (convertible version) grand tourers. The E63/E64 generation was produced by BMW from 2003 to 2010 and is often collectively referred to as the E63. Th ...
. Fisker Coachbuild customers would purchase and deliver to Fisker a BMW 645/650/M6 and Fisker would build the Latigo CS on the existing chassis. The original exterior is replaced by a partly new body designed by
Henrik Fisker Henrik Fisker (born 10 August 1963) is a Danish automotive designer and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for designing luxury cars including the BMW Z8, Aston Martin DB9, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Fisker Karma, ...
(the bodyshell and doors remain as per the E63 6 Series). The body features extensive use of lightweight materials such as
aluminium Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. I ...
and
carbon fibre Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (American English), carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers (Commonwealth English), carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics, carbon-fiber reinforced-thermoplastic (CFRP, CRP, CFRTP), also known as carbon fiber, carbon compo ...
. Customers could then choose from a number of customized upgrades to the engine/drivetrain, interior, and exterior.


Options

Fisker offere
many choices for the exterior
with custom Fisker colors including Titanium Crystal Metallic, Silver Quartz Metallic, Raptor Red, Ocean Blue Metallic, or White Sands Metallic. The base interior of the BMW was redone with new leather and color options, while retaining the electronics and telematics of the original BMW. The leather interiors could be customized to taste, with much of the work being done by an Italian firm, with colors that included Saddle, Coral Reef, Pebble, Sand, Cotto, Raised Sand, Midnight Black, or white. If desired by the customer, even the trunk can be fully lined with leather as part of the Custom Trim Package that also included upgraded center console, door liners, and instrument panels. Alcantara was extensively used in both the interior headliner and the trunk.


Engine

Customers could choose to upgrade the BMW's already potent engine with Fisker's "Performance Plus" package, which took the M6 engine from 500 peak HP to over 650 HP. The engine upgrade selected for Fisker Latigo #001 was the top possibility - advertised by Fisker as a 665HP upgrade, it was a $55,000 upgrade whereby the engine was rebuilt and tuned by RD Sport (aka Racing Dynamics) as what they refer to as their 648H
"RS58" Motor
Described on their website: ''The V-10 RS58 uses much of the same technology found in the latest F1 motors: billet crankshaft, billet rods, and a set of forged pistons that are amongst the lightest to ever find their way into a production-based motor. The ported cylinder heads boast 17% more efficiency than the stock ones, and this is mainly obtained through the use of larger valves and modified cam profiles. The RS58 Package comes complete with a full exhaust system, including Race Exhaust Manifolds, Metal Matrix Sport Catalytic Converters, Sport X-Flow Midpipe and Competition Rear Silencers with Quad Tips.''


Latigo CS #001

The only customer car ordered was based on a BMW M6. Based on thi

the Southern California customer ordered the car with Custom Trim package and upgraded 665HP engine package on March 27, 2007. The car was sold to it

in late 2011, where it was part of a private collection. On February 5, 2018. The car was auctioned off on bringatrailer.com, where it sold for $105,001.


Press coverage

Road and Track Magazine, October 13, 2005

Automobile Magazine, April 2009: http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/coupes/0512_fisker_tramonto_latigo/viewall.html Motor Trend, First Drive, November 2005: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/112_0511_2006_fisker_tramonto/ Robb Report: January 1, 2007 https://archive.today/20130201233658/http://www.robbreportcollection.com/Fisker-Latigo-CS-2007 DuPont Registry, 2007: http://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/NewsCenter/NewsCenterDetails.aspx?mmysid=2915 Car and Driver Magazine, 2005 Frankfurt Auto Show preview: http://www.caranddriver.com/news/fisker-latigo-auto-shows


References

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