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With its slatty insect-like face, the KTM X-Bow looks utterly mad at the best of times. But now the Austrian firm has made the carbon-heavy lightweight even more carbon-y. And menacing.Not content with just a carbon tub, KTM has made the rest of the car out of carbon fibre too. That includes a complete carbon underfloor, wheel arches and the minimal amount of body.Based off the GT that"s the less pretty but more useable windscreen"d spec adding a carbon cloak makes for a properly sinister spec. The 2.0-litre turbo is still lifted from Audi, but has been tuned up to 320bhp and connected to a new quick-shift gearbox.We haven"t been told how much weight is saved with the addition of carbon bits, but expect the 0-62mph sprint to be seen off in the low three seconds.Officially dubbed the Black Edition", for your seventy-seven thousand British pounds you also get a new sticker set (yay! Stickers!), comfort seats, aluminum handbrake and new 18 and 19-inch BBS rims painted in, you guessed it, black.Only five examples will be made, so if you need a car to go with your Batman fancy dress costume, give KTM a ring quick.
Date written: 10 Mar 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2507
With its slatty insect-like face, the KTM X-Bow looks utterly mad at the best of times. But now the Austrian firm has made the carbon-heavy lightweight even more carbon-y. And menacing.Not content with just a carbon tub, KTM has made the rest of the car out of carbon fibre too. That includes a complete carbon underfloor, wheel arches and the minimal amount of body.Based off the GT that"s the less pretty but more useable windscreen"d spec adding a carbon cloak makes for a properly sinister spec. The 2.0-litre turbo is still lifted from Audi, but has been tuned up to 320bhp and connected to a new quick-shift gearbox.We haven"t been told how much weight is saved with the addition of carbon bits, but expect the 0-62mph sprint to be seen off in the low three seconds.Officially dubbed the Black Edition", for your seventy-seven thousand British pounds you also get a new sticker set (yay! Stickers!), comfort seats, aluminum handbrake and new 18 and 19-inch BBS rims painted in, you guessed it, black.Only five examples will be made, so if you need a car to go with your Batman fancy dress costume, give KTM a ring quick.
Date written: 10 Mar 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2507
