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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    08/24/09

    In reply to KTM Halts Production Of X-Bow
    Yeah, s**t, sorry my subprime mortgage investment went down the toilet, I was planning on buying 100 of these and starting race series around the world for the super-rich.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    08/24/09

    @Mobius: Sorry, friend, they are not available in the USA, Canada or Mexico. BUT! They are available in Brazil....I have a contact there...he'll help. There might be some still around there.
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    Edited by skaycog was here at 08/24/09 11:40 AM skaycog was here was starred skaycog was here was unstarred
    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    08/24/09

    @skaycog-live,love,drink!: Uh, he said "super-rich" he could cargo them in no problem.

    Mob if you decide to settle on KTM bikes, holla.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    08/24/09

    In reply to KTM Halts Production Of X-Bow
    This is a KTM X-Bow vs. a KTM Supermoto on a wet surface. The X-Bow spun out quicker than you can say pate.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    08/24/09

    In reply to KTM Halts Production Of X-Bow
    Sure, she's expensive, and she's not much of a looker, but she'll do things that would make Jenna Jameson blush.
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    Image of Axel-Ripper Axel-Ripper
    08/24/09

    In reply to KTM Halts Production Of X-Bow
    maybe they should make the rest of the 1000 and give them away to the first 500 jalopnik readers who claim them...
    BTW... I claim number 1
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    Mobius promoted this comment Axel-Ripper was starred Axel-Ripper was unstarred
    Image of Mobius Mobius
    08/24/09

    @Axel-Ripper: 2, but I doubt very much they are gonna do that.

    Hey, I'd make do with a bike, thank you very much! :)
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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    08/24/09

    @Mobius: I doubt they will too, but since it doesn't hurt; I claim number #3. Dark blue, please.
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    Image of Axel-Ripper Axel-Ripper
    08/24/09

    @Axel-Ripper: forgot to mention... i'll take it black on black
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    Image of rocor rocor
    08/24/09

    In reply to KTM Halts Production Of X-Bow
    Price, price, price and price. Too expensive!. This is produced in Austria one of the highest wage economies in Europe, let alone the World. If you specify carbon fiber, rather than glass fiber for the outer panels it adds another £10k to what you pay. They should have developed it in Europe, and produced it in the far east, pricing it accordingly.
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    Al Navarro promoted this comment rocor was starred rocor was unstarred
    Image of Al Navarro Al Navarro
    08/24/09

    @rocor:
    I'm with you on this. This is another answer to a question no consumer segment was asking.

    While I love minimalist cars, I think we need more $30,000 Toniqs (I think that's what Randy told me they would be priced at) and less of this.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    08/24/09

    In reply to KTM Halts Production Of X-Bow
    Now this is a genuine tragedy. I love these cars -- and not just because of the Audi engines. These were potentially proof that the lightweight sports car could still exist in today's world. Hopefully this cancellation isn't proof that it can't.
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    skaycog-live,love,drink! promoted this comment Deartháir II was starred Deartháir II was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    08/24/09

    In reply to KTM Halts Production Of X-Bow
    An Aztek and a Malibu Grand Prix car were allowed to carpulate???
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    Image of Muscles Marinara Muscles Marinara
    08/24/09

    In reply to KTM Halts Production Of X-Bow
    Maybe it would've helped if they hadn't asked Stevie Wonder to style the car. God this thing is ugly.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    08/24/09

    @Muscles Marinara: So is pretty much everything out of Chrysler, Acura, Toyota and BMW. At least this thing had a healthy dose of awesome.
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    Al Navarro promoted this comment Deartháir II was starred Deartháir II was unstarred
    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    08/24/09

    @Deartháir II: The Return: Well, those run-of-the-mill cars are bland enough to not draw your attention to the ugly.

    The xbow begs to be looked at, particularly since the go-to image of it is one on a guard rail.

    Why could KTM and Ariel pull of pretty and light like Caterham?
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    07/25/09

    In reply to KTM X-BOW ABT Sportline 300 HP Upgrade Backed By Factory
    "Fuck me gently with a chainsaw."
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    Image of jip1080 jip1080
    07/24/09

    In reply to KTM X-BOW ABT Sportline 300 HP Upgrade Backed By Factory
    I just can't understand putting your money into something that looks like an over-sized rental go-kart. The Atom looks more like a real go-kart, a Se7en looks like a real car. This just looks goofy, like I should be paying 20 bucks to get 10 minutes at Jim-Bob's Fun Palace Mini-Golf and Karting.
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    Image of RamblinReck89 RamblinReck89
    07/24/09

    In reply to KTM X-BOW ABT Sportline 300 HP Upgrade Backed By Factory
    It still weighs almost 800kg. For such a niche vehicle, it sure is fat.

    There is no room for your thunder thighs here X-BOW!
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    DEAЯTHÁIЯ promoted this comment RamblinReck89 was starred RamblinReck89 was unstarred
    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    07/24/09

    @RamblinReck89: Well, fat compared to the Se7en and the Atom... that's about it. It's fantastically light compared to pretty much everything else out there.
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    07/24/09

    In reply to KTM X-BOW ABT Sportline 300 HP Upgrade Backed By Factory
    Hey look! Another hot European car I can't have!
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    Image of brickyard brickyard
    07/24/09

    @Number_Six:
    I'm glad it's not available in the US. Then it would be another hot European car I can't afford!
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    Number_Six promoted this comment brickyard was starred brickyard was unstarred
    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    07/24/09

    @brickyard: I just find it annoying that the European market can support these niche vehicles but all the money in North America can't. We clearly don't love our track-day cars.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    07/24/09

    In reply to KTM X-BOW ABT Sportline 300 HP Upgrade Backed By Factory
    I'm sorry, what did you say? All I heard was "X-BOW blah blah blah 300 hp 295 lb ft blah blah blah..." then I went and looked up the weight. 790 kg (1741 lb for us archaists).

    Impressive.

    I would still rather have the Arial Atom 500 V8. 500 hp in a 500 kilo package.
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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    07/24/09

    In reply to KTM X-BOW ABT Sportline 300 HP Upgrade Backed By Factory
    I really love the X-Bow until I see the price. I guess if you're dropping 130k another 9k for 60 hp is nothing.
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    Image of jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware
    07/24/09

    @Miscellanea's brakes are squealing: Is it really that expensive? The Atom starts at $65K.
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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    07/24/09

    @jbownsabmw: 2nd class Jalopizen and proud of it:

    This article says so: http://www.jalopnik.com/5114545/track+ready-ktm-x+bow-takes-to-snow-like-duck-to-water
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    Image of OldeEnglishD OldeEnglishD
    07/24/09

    In reply to KTM X-BOW ABT Sportline 300 HP Upgrade Backed By Factory
    Dear Grim Reaper,

    Thanks to recent developments at ABT, I will now be able to meet you much sooner. How about lunch? I can now be there in 3.5 seconds!

    Regards,
    OldeEnglishD
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    07/24/09

    @OldeEnglishD: That made me LOL. Then I ROTFLed until my boss came in, so BRB.
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    07/24/09

    @OldeEnglishD: early COTD nom for sure
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