Fisker founder Henrik Fisker is debuting a new muscle car at the L.A. Auto Show next month.

Less than two years after stepping down from his namesake company, Henrik Fisker is stepping back onto the automotive stage by joining forces with a California-based mega-dealer to produce the “Ultimate American Muscle Car.”

Danish designer Fisker is teaming with Galpin Motors in a pair of back-to-back vehicle debuts at the L.A. Auto Show next month, but aside from rumors about a new muscle car, details of what’s coming aren’t readily available.

The preliminary schedule for the show reveals that Fisker has consecutive press conferences for “vehicle debuts,” but lists Galpin Motors and Galpin Auto Sports as the co-presenter for the slots.

Galpin Motors is a Ford dealership in California – one of the largest in the country – that boasts an on-site restaurant at the store as well as a wealth of custom-built vehicles, including a 1024-horsepower Galpin Ford GTR1.

The company is bringing a Ford Mustang to SEMA. The 2015 GAS Ford Mustang is clad in black and gold and puts out 725 hp. The dealer has a long history with Ford and clearly knows its way around the performance car arena.

Fisker, who may be best known for his failed EV car company and its flagship vehicle, the Karma, is renowned auto designer with the BMW Z8 and the Aston Martin DB9 among his calling cards.

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Since the company filed for bankruptcy late in 2013, he’s been keeping busy by designing motorcycles, in particular the Lauge Jensen Viking. The automaker was purchased by the Wanxiang Group, a Chinese auto supplier, for $149.2 million in early 2014.

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The new company is looking to rise from the ashes riding a plug-in hybrid similar to the Volt. According to Fisker’s interim president, Tim Brown, the Karma will back next year with two siblings not far behind: the Surf, a $100,000 station wagon-like version of the Karma and the Atlantic, a smaller sedan that was originally stated to be the follow up to the Karma at about $50,000. The Surf will come in 2016 while the Atlantic is expected in 2017.

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Fisker Motors started in 2007 in Anaheim, California, with significant promise, in large part, due to the compelling design of the Karma. While it was originally slated to hit the streets in 2009, it didn’t make it until 2011. However, that didn’t prevent the company from raising $1 billion from investors and securing a $529-million line of credit from the Department of Energy to develop and build vehicles.

But after missing some key production targets, the Department of Energy froze that loan, Fisker only able to tap about $192 million. Things got worse when production of the Karma got off to a rocky start.

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