RE: KTM X-Bow GT: revealed

RE: KTM X-Bow GT: revealed

Friday 1st March 2013

KTM X-Bow GT: revealed

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



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
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.

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ruta87

Original Poster:

261 posts

188 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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Just no...

robinandcamera

265 posts

179 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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My eyes! It looks like the love child of a sports car and a popemobile laugh

joe_90

4,206 posts

230 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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Cannot afford it (at the moment).. but just no.

DanielSan

18,745 posts

166 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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I thought they'd stopped making the X-Bow? Or just not sold many.

dom9

8,040 posts

208 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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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

573 posts

172 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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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

20 posts

167 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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Where did they get the windows from, Stormseal?

Talk about a rush job, looks naff.

soad

32,829 posts

175 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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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

13,616 posts

205 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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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

24,602 posts

159 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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Call me biased but... Caterham R500 any day.

Biggriff

2,312 posts

283 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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Oh my. Looks like a lean to in the garden

[AJ]

3,079 posts

197 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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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

1,964 posts

206 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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I actually quite like the front end, then it all goes horribly wrong.

Andy ap

1,147 posts

171 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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Ive seen that 'cockpit' before, oh yeah it was on my dads macwester yacht.

Here's one just like it:

The Wookie

13,909 posts

227 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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Looks like they've bdized a Range Rover Sport windscreen to fit

Hammerheadcars

36 posts

195 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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google lotus 340r to see how it should be done

M@1975

591 posts

226 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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Looks like they should have gone the whole hog and stuck a roof on it.

Pepsi-Cola

1 posts

187 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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What's the point of adding a windscreen and doors if they aint gonna add a damn roof!

Raitzi

640 posts

211 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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GT, yeah right biggrin

krisdelta

4,566 posts

200 months

Thursday 28th February 2013
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What on earth have they done to it? Much badness