2015 Galpin Fisker Ford Mustang Rocket: First Drive - Yahoo Autos (blog)
This explains why, unlike the Mercedes-Benz SL -based Tramonto and BMW 6-Series -based Latigo models that Fisker offered late last decade, the Rocket’s modifications do not attempt to disguise the car on which it’s based. We went one step further and we made the whole body new, but we still made it look like a Mustang. You can see the themes of the Mustang, but I widened it and made it more aggressive, so the whole car is more muscular. The stock front lighting units were rearranged to mimic the ’68 Shelby GT500. The hexagonal grille is no cheap plastic mesh but rather a perforated panel of matte carbon fiber bisected by a milled aluminum spear — not shiny plastic, but real... There are, of course, several other openings in the car’s bodywork meant to facilitate cooling of the engine bay and/or brakes, too, which, like the rearranged lights, evoke the aforementioned GT500. A tall, ducktail spoiler mitigates any need for... Inside, the cabin typically will remain mostly stock, but our test car’s was fitted with the $21,000 (. ) Full Rocket Interior, which fits impossibly soft Tuscan leather to nearly everything you can touch — hand-stitched to ensure a proper fit... Source: www.yahoo.com
