Saturday, July 28, 2007

KTM X-Bow


The X-Bow is the first traditional automobile produced by Austrian motorcycle-maker KTM. KTM's first foray into car design has all the mod-cons: wheels, two seats, an engine, some bits of orange carbon fibre, brakes, mudguards. No door or windscreen through, which are considered "unnecessary encumbrances". Maybe that's because KTM are more used to making motorbikes than cars- a fact that's evidenced by the X-Bow's 220bhp Audi TFSI block that shoves it from 0-60in 3.9seconds.
Powered by a 2.0 litre four-cylinder producing in base spec a thouroghly respectable 220 horsepower, and in top spec a brutal 300 horsepower. Power is sent to the KTM X-Bow's rear wheels through a six-speed manual transmission.

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