26 August 2008
KTM X Bow Coming to America
)Published on August 26th, 2008 @ 03:56:36 am, using 216 words, 34 views
The world’s best known dirt bike manufacturer, the Austrian KTM is has declared plans to bring it’s 240 horsepower track car called the X-Bow to America. The X-Bow is KTM’s first attempt at making a car and for America the X-Bow would be customised to make it street legal. KTM has always been saying that the X-Bow is only for the European and Asian markets and that too as a track car only but due to more than 600 American’s expressing interest in buying one of these, the company is going to pull out all stops and launch a street legal version of the X-Bow in the U.S market. The X-Bow produced 240 horsepower from a 2-liter turbocharged gasoline engine which is picked up from the Volkswagen GTi. With a low weight of 1,543 pounds the X-Bow would be a blast to drive. The chassis produces enough downforce to achieve 1.5-g cornering loads and the X-Bow accelerates from 0 to 62 mph in 3.92 seconds. That’s super car quick.
As of now KTM is seeking support of the VW/Audi Group in America to clear legal hurdles regarding licensing. All X-Bows would be made at KTM’s Austrian plant and they would be imported into America by 2010. It remains to be seen what they’ll cost here but in Europe an X-Bow retails at $70,000.
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