Karma's 2027 Amaris boasts 708 hp, US$200k price

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• Karma’s finally dropping some specs for its upcoming Amaris: 708 horses and a US$200k price
• The EV-with-gas-range-extender GT boasts “carbon and aluminium” body panels
• The full details should drop in a few days; production is expected late next year

Billed as a “hybrid EREV luxury coupe,” the upcoming 2027 Karma Amaris is a slinky two-door with expensive looks and a price to match. Ahead of its official unveiling on Friday at the crushingly self-important 74th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the company has dropped a few details about its drivetrain.

In all, there will be 708 horsepower and 676 lb-ft of torque on tap, produced by electric motors but, well, indirectly helped along by gasoline power. Two electric motors drive the rear wheels, powered by a 41.5-kWh battery that’s maintained by a three-cylinder turbocharged internal-combustion engine. In hybrid parlance, it is technically a generator, only used for recharging the hybrid guts and never directly powering the wheels. Highway speeds from zero are expected in less than 3.5 seconds.

Karma says this powertrain can deliver over 160 kilometres of electric-only driving range when conditions warrant, onto a 640-plus kilometres of combined driving range on electrons and internal-combustion. The beauty of these types of powertrain is they can be refuelled literally as quickly as a normal gasoline-powered car, since the “generator” (a.k.a. the gas engine) draws from a normal fuel tank. We’ll see similar tech if Ram ever gets around to releasing the Ramcharger.

Styling is very sultry, including a unique lighting signature which includes a so-called “Comet Line” or “Target Lighting” on the front bumper; and a hood that is sure to anger and/or confuse dunderhead cops.

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We understand if the naming of this car gives you a nosebleed. Danish car designer Henrik Fisker founded Fisker Automotive in 2007 and proceeded to build about 2,500 copies of a car called the Fisker Karma before shuttering the company in 2013. Chinese auto-parts supplier Wanxiang Group purchased those bankrupt bones and launched Karma Automotive, which is responsible for the car you see here. This is separate from Fisker Inc., another company started by Henrik Fisker in 2016, but which declared bankruptcy in 2024.

As for the Amaris, the manufacturer says it is slated to begin production in the final quarter of 2026, and that it will be priced from approximately US$200,000.

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