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03-06-2013, 02:41 PM
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We've never quite understood exactly how air manages to negotiate the KTM (http://www.autoblog.com/ktm/) X-Bow's unusually contoured carbon monocoque form, but nature's stiff breeze ought to have a clearer path over the trackday hero now that this new GT model includes a windshield and side windows.
The added foul weather protection doesn't include a roof (good luck designing one of those, KTM). However, it does include an integrated defroster similar to that of a Land Rover (http://www.autoblog.com/land+rover/), along with a windshield wiper/wash system, too. Those two additions that should go a long way toward increasing the X-Bow's day-to-day livability, as one won't feel so vulnerable to bugs and kicked-up rocks when driving without a helmet. Other changes to the model include a redone center console, as well as new heating and ventilation controls.
No word yet on whether the X-Bow GT (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/x-bow/) will be available in North America (the standard car recently found distributorship in the US (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/04/ktm-x-bow-will-start-at-88-500-in-the-u-s/)). Want to learn more? Scroll down (http://www.motorgen.com/2013/03/06/ktm-x-bow-gt-video-geneva-2013/#continued) to check out the press release, and while you're there, check out a new KTM-produced video of the X-Bow Battle.Continue reading KTM X-Bow GT allows the freedom of going helmetless [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/06/ktm-x-bow-gt-video-geneva-2013/)
KTM X-Bow GT allows the freedom of going helmetless [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/06/ktm-x-bow-gt-video-geneva-2013/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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We've never quite understood exactly how air manages to negotiate the KTM (http://www.autoblog.com/ktm/) X-Bow's unusually contoured carbon monocoque form, but nature's stiff breeze ought to have a clearer path over the trackday hero now that this new GT model includes a windshield and side windows.
The added foul weather protection doesn't include a roof (good luck designing one of those, KTM). However, it does include an integrated defroster similar to that of a Land Rover (http://www.autoblog.com/land+rover/), along with a windshield wiper/wash system, too. Those two additions that should go a long way toward increasing the X-Bow's day-to-day livability, as one won't feel so vulnerable to bugs and kicked-up rocks when driving without a helmet. Other changes to the model include a redone center console, as well as new heating and ventilation controls.
No word yet on whether the X-Bow GT (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/x-bow/) will be available in North America (the standard car recently found distributorship in the US (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/04/ktm-x-bow-will-start-at-88-500-in-the-u-s/)). Want to learn more? Scroll down (http://www.motorgen.com/2013/03/06/ktm-x-bow-gt-video-geneva-2013/#continued) to check out the press release, and while you're there, check out a new KTM-produced video of the X-Bow Battle.Continue reading KTM X-Bow GT allows the freedom of going helmetless [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/06/ktm-x-bow-gt-video-geneva-2013/)
KTM X-Bow GT allows the freedom of going helmetless [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/06/ktm-x-bow-gt-video-geneva-2013/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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