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Monterey Car Week
brings automakers and well-heeled enthusiasts to California for a week
of automotive shows, activities and debuts. A number of automakers like
to show off some of their prettiest, most exclusive metal at the show,
and this year, that group will include Karma Automotive.
Karma announced on Thursday that it will use Pebble Beach as the
backdrop for the North American debut of its GT show car. Created with
the help of famed design house Pininfarina, the GT concept debuted at this year's Auto Shanghai show in China, along with two other new Karma vehicles.
While you might be saying, "Hey, this just looks like a fancier Karma Revero,"
I say look again. Pininfarina actually turned the GT concept into a
coupe, ditching the rear doors, adding an all-electric powertrain and
creating an ultraluxe cruiser that could stand next to a Maybach and
hold its own. While it's built on the bones of the Revero, making it an
optimal choice for future production, it's unclear how long it will take
to make that happen.
The Pininfarina GT won't be the only Karma
on display. The automaker will also show off the new Revero GT plug-in
hybrid, a massively redone version of the car that Karma inherited from
when the company was known as Fisker. The GM four-cylinder engine is
gone, replaced with a BMW inline-three. It's lighter, and
it can go longer on a single battery charge. The interior has been
updated, too, which is good, because the bones of the OG Revero are now
about 7 years old.
The Karma GT by Pininfarina will be at Karma's
standard on Peter Hay Hill from Aug. 15 to 18 as part of the Pebble
Beach Concours d'Elegance.
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| © Provided by CBS Interactive Inc. The interior promises even more luxury than Karma usually offers. Karma Automotive |
