and have found a future successor to my beloved Type R.

I got word of this future vehicle at the executive meeting of Performance Driver's Club here in Vancouver. I was grilling the former president of PDC about what car he is going to get next - he currently drives a Porsche 996 GT3. He said he did a tour of the Brammo facilities in Oregon to look at the new Ariel Atom 2 - but was concerned about the safety of the vehicle as no crash testing has been done on the car and he felt the firewall was very thin and did not protect the driver from a rear collision...blah blah blah. He said he was very interested in the new KTM Crossbow. I said...what car? what's that? never heard of it.

The next day I am in the Vancouver airport and flipping through the latest issue of CAR magazine and find a story on this.....


The KTM X-Bow

http://www.fourtitude.com/news...shtml

http://www.fourtitude.com/news...shtml

-full carbon fiber monocoque chassis made by Dallara that weighs 70 kg
-vehicle weight of 1543 lbs!!
-Audi 2.0L FSI turbo powerplant with up to 300 bhp
-optional Audi DSG sequential gearbox
-F1 style steering wheel
-huge brakes by Brembo















Dennis is now looking to see if he can get the car in North America.

I told him he would have a customer if he did....




Modified by Big Phat R at 3:48 PM 2/25/2007

 

Sorry dude I think that thing is ugly hell. You going to drive that around Vancouver in the rain??

 

No - just trailer it to the track and destroy all

This car has no roof, no gauges, no a/c - no creature comforts

Just an engine, chassis and amazing handling.

Pure driving nirvana in other words.


Modified by Big Phat R at 11:41 PM 2/24/2007

 

I think that car is sweet

 

Looks like a really fast go-kart

 

 

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i think just the opposite, that bitch looks mean as ***!

Go-kart on steroids FTW

 

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Hell yeah. Awesome.

 

Any idea on how much that thing costs?

 

yeah car looks nuts.

yeah but you can't drive it when it rains tho

 

est $70K USD for performance that will beat an Enzo

It's supposed to come with custom helmets and clothing - designed for all weather use.

It also comes with a cover to protect from rain.

I bet it would be a hoot in the snow with some studded ice tires

 

1 lug FTW

 

what happend to that electric car that was supposed to be REAL fast and uses less energy than hybrid cars

 

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I think it looks nice and fast!

 

that **** looks mean

 

Street legal?

 

Doesn't KTM make dirtbikes?

 

WOW Atom still is king though

 

i thknk its ugly =0 but if its really fast and nice handeling i would drive it and i think girls would love it

 

I wouldnt own one, but I would definately love to drive it.

 

KTM, as in the same guys that build Dirt Bikes?

 

Here is a story from last week at MSN.

http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/ca...72973

 

Ariel Atom wannabe!
"Atom is manufactured by a small British company from Somerset with only about ten employees. Its Honda engine, taken over from Civic Type-R, is supplemented by mechanical supercharger which provides 300 hp. Having in mind that Atom weighs only 456 kilograms, its acceleration from 0 to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds is not surprising."
http://www.arielatom.com/?gcli...ATphA


Modified by machgo5go at 7:32 AM 2/27/2007

 

that KTM does look pretty cool, but i'd rather rock the Ariel Atom

 

looks crazy, id rather the ariel atom though.