Debuting at the Geneva Auto Show in March is an all-new four-passenger, electric luxury vehicle featuring hand stitched seats, a double wishbone suspension and even an on-board refrigerator. It's called the Garia and it's not a bad deal for $17,499 -- unless you consider that it's a golf cart.
To be perfectly accurate, it's a golf car. Garia, headquartered in Denmark, says the car will be street legal as a low-speed vehicle when it's launched in the US in 2010. That means it has a top speed between 20 and 25 mph and can be driven on roads with speed limits below 35 mph in most states.
For the sheer ease of commuting from the driveway to the fairway, we think the Garia will be a hit with residents of those luxury all-inclusive golfing retirement communities that dot the outskirts of Phoenix.
The vehicle has quite a bit of automotive DNA, sharing a the assembly lines of Finland's Valmet Automotive Factory with the Fisker Karma, Think, and Porsche's Cayman and Boxster.
Additionally, company representatives are proud to note that the refrigerator is the very same model that's installed in the Maybach and the drivetrain is made by the same company who makes transmissions for Ducati. We've never before judged the worth of a car by the quality of its on-board refrigerator, and we're not about to start not.
We're also not too sure about the claim that the Garia "follows the renowned Scandinavian tradition of clear-cut and classic lines combined with functionality." The roofline is pretty sleek, but those tiny chrome rims have more in common with a boy-racer's Civic than a Saab Sonnett.
In other words, they might be a bit too much bling for Sun Lakes.
Photo: Garia
