From wannabe track stars to a bona fide racing car. While this might look like the midget offspring of a Bugatti EB110 and a Gumpert Apollo, it is in fact the GT4 racing version of the KTM X-Bow. And despite that appearance, it is actually based around the same structure as the minimalist original. Now clad in carbonfibre bodywork and with modified chassis geometry, it’s been built to win in the ‘affordable’ entry category for international GT racing. Which is what it promptly did, first time out in May. The rulemakers are continuing to adjust its ‘balance of performance’ as a result, but suffice to say the VW Group 2.0-litre turbo engine in the back produces in excess of 223kW. Development partner Reiter Engineering (the firm that builds Lamborghini’s racing cars) is confident the new GT4 will prove highly reliable – after all, the basic package has been deathtuned on track days for the last six years.
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Engine 2.0 TFSI turbo 4-cyl, 254kW (subject to balance of performance) › Transmission 6-speed Holinger sequential, rwd › Weight /made from 999kg/ carbonfibre › Ideal for Kicking ass in GT4 racing
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