Friday 1st March 2013

KTM X-Bow GT: revealed

Austrian track special upgraded with... erm... a windscreen and doors

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A set of official images released by KTM this morning shows what the new X-Bow GT will look like.

Windscreen makes this the X-Bow for softies

There are no official stats yet released, but the rumour mill suggests the GT will sit between the X-Bow Clubsport and the X-Bow R, with a 285hp, 310lb ft version of the VAG 2.0-litre TFSI lump

The pictures reveal not only that Bono is moonlighting for KTM as a test driver, but also that, as was predicted last year, the GT will be the first X-Bow to feature the lily-livered plushness of… er… a windscreen, and even actual doors.

No word yet on performance, but we’ll bring you more when we get a full reveal at next week’s Geneva Motor Show.

[ruta87]

Just no...

[robinandcamera]

My eyes! It looks like the love child of a sports car and a popemobile

[joe_90]

Cannot afford it (at the moment).. but just no.

[DanielSan]

I thought they'd stopped making the X-Bow? Or just not sold many.

[dom9]

Ugly as sin but doors (and a roof) I would like!

Someone did a Stratos-esque body conversion (think it was in PH news a couple of years back), which I thought looked fantastic.

KTM should have learned from those guys!

[mx5tom]

I love the look of the X-Bow. I even quite like that colour scheme.

...But how can you make something as mundane as a windscreen and doors look so ugly!

[sandersc74]

Where did they get the windows from, Stormseal?

Talk about a rush job, looks naff.

[soad]

dom9 said:

Someone did a Stratos-esque body conversion (think it was in PH news a couple of years back), which I thought looked fantastic.

The Stratosferica: KTM Meets Lancia Legend

[schmalex]

A friend of mine has a X-Bow. My abiding memory of being a passenger in it was a very, very fast run round the M25 from the M3 to the M23 at 0730 one cold and very rainy Sunday morning.

It was truly terrifying and I'm sure I let a bit of poo out a couple of times

[HustleRussell]

Call me biased but... Caterham R500 any day.

[Biggriff]

Oh my. Looks like a lean to in the garden

[[AJ]]

I'm sure the windscreen will appeal to people doing longer euro trips in their X-Bows, but I'm struggling to see a reason why they didn't go the whole hog and stick a roof on it?

[TaylotS2K]

I actually quite like the front end, then it all goes horribly wrong.

[Andy ap]

Ive seen that 'cockpit' before, oh yeah it was on my dads macwester yacht.

Here's one just like it:

[The Wookie]

Looks like they've bdized a Range Rover Sport windscreen to fit

[Hammerheadcars]

google lotus 340r to see how it should be done

[M@1975]

Looks like they should have gone the whole hog and stuck a roof on it.

[Pepsi-Cola]

What's the point of adding a windscreen and doors if they aint gonna add a damn roof!

[Raitzi]

GT, yeah right

[krisdelta]

What on earth have they done to it? Much badness