The Karma Revero has always occupied a quiet corner of the luxury-car world — a plug-in sedan more likely to earn admiring glances in a hotel valet line than on a race circuit. Eximius 1 is what happens when a commissioning client asks Karma to tear up that identity entirely. At the 2026 Concours at Wynn Las Vegas, Karma unveiled Eximius 1, the first vehicle under its new bespoke Eximius program. One detail defines the entire project: the V-8 doesn’t drive the wheels. It generates electricity for the motors that do — a series-hybrid setup that turns a massive combustion engine into an extraordinarily powerful battery charger.
From Three Cylinders to 6.2 Liters
The most consequential change isn’t cosmetic — it’s what sits where the range-extender used to be.
The stock Revero uses a turbocharged three-cylinder engine purely to generate electricity, extending range without mechanically connecting to the drivetrain. Eximius 1 replaces that generator with a 6.2-liter V-8 producing roughly 550 horsepower on the combustion side, while the electric drivetrain contributes an additional 645 horsepower. Combined output targets approximately 1,200 horsepower — with 1,195 horsepower as the commonly reported figure — though Karma identifies these as development targets, and final specifications may shift before the 2027 delivery.
What the Specs Actually Say
The hardware list reads less like a luxury-sedan options sheet and more like a circuit-homologation checklist.
- Performance targets: 0–60 mph in 2.7 seconds; top speed above 200 mph — manufacturer estimates, not independently verified results
- Chassis hardware: Carbon-ceramic brakes with two-piece slotted rotors, Öhlins semi-active dampers, and 21-inch magnesium center-lock wheels
- Body: Nearly two inches wider than a standard Revero, with exposed carbon-fiber fender sections, enlarged air intakes, wheel-well vents, a large rear diffuser, and a prominent rear wing
- Interior: Blue-tinted carbon fiber across the seats, steering wheel, center console, and dashboard; Recaro bucket seats trimmed in blue Alcantara and leather; machined billet-aluminum pedals; red emergency kill switch
- Production reality: One vehicle, one unnamed commissioning client, delivery scheduled for 2027
The Eximius program places Karma in comparable territory to Porsche Sonderwunsch and Rolls-Royce Coachbuild — the ultra-luxury personalization market where clients reshape body, powertrain, and performance specifications in direct collaboration with the manufacturer’s design and engineering teams. Karma says the program can produce up to nine bespoke vehicles per series-production model. Karma describes the initiative as serving “elite clients seeking singular expressions of extreme performance and bold craftsmanship,” according to its PR Newswire announcement.
What This Actually Means for Karma
For a low-volume manufacturer, one anonymous commission can double as the most convincing technical argument the brand has ever made.
Eximius 1 serves simultaneously as a customer project and a technology showcase — evidence that Karma’s plug-in hybrid architecture can be pushed toward supercar-level performance without abandoning its electrified identity. Key details remain undisclosed: price, battery capacity, electric-only range, and curb weight are not publicly established, and the commissioning client has not been identified. The 2027 delivery will be the real measure of whether Karma’s projected output, acceleration, and top-speed figures hold through final development and testing.
Karma has spent years demonstrating that electrified can mean elegant. Eximius 1 makes the case that it can also mean something considerably louder — a 1,200-horsepower reintroduction that no one will mistake for a whisper.
