Fun, Fun, Fun Till Daddy Takes the X-Bow Away

The tuners at ABT Sportline have taken KTM's wild X-Bow and decided the track-ready racer needs another 60 or so horsepower, bringing it to an even 300 ponies.
To most people, packing that much power into a car that weighs just 1,741 pounds would be enough to have them reaching for a net and that funny jacket with the too-long sleeves. But here at Autopia, it has us asking the guys at ABT to hand over the keys, please.
We’re not saying ABT is crazy in a bad way, we’re saying it's crazy in a fun way. KTM’s X-Bow is sort of like a carbon fiber Ariel Atom and a car we’ve always been keen on and hope to see coming to America soon. It’s a wild ride out of the box, so why is ABT messing with it?
Because it can. ABT has long been one of Europe’s leading tuners, tweaking Audis and Volkswagens and other assorted brands that roll out of the Volkswagen Group. Now that ABT has signed on to be an exclusive outlet for the X-Bow, it's working some magic on it, too.
For the record, a stock X-Bow uses a VW 2.0-liter TFSI mill cranking out 240 horsepower. That's enough to launch the car from zero to 62 mph in 3.9 seconds. Impressive, but ABT thinks it can do better, so its massaging the engine to deliver 300 horsepower.
That’s all the info ABT provided. It promises more details and tech specs once the testing is done, but you don't have to be J. Robert Oppenheimer to figure this one out. A 1,741-pound car with 300 horses should be an absolute hoot to drive.
ABT, you know where to get a hold of us for a test drive.
Photo: KTM

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WOW! There are so many cool futuristic cars coming out now, i don't know which to pick although I'm kinda have my eyes on the Aptera 2e. I like X-Bow because its lightweight but has awesome speed to it. I'm a little worried about crashing into stuff with that speed though.=]

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/02/abt-ktm-x-bow-3.html