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Old 11-23-2008, 12:44 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by DGthe3 View Post
After reading that, I have come to think of the Karma as the Volts 'Brother from another Mother'. One question though, why does it need a 260 hp engine to recharge the batteries?
That's what Leftlane pointed out. I don't know either, but it might be that the characteristics of that motor can be best tuned for fuel efficiency. It features quality forced induction, it has small displacement, and it may have other qualities, like compression ratio or build quality, that make it a prime candidate for placement into another machine.
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