New car news

24 November 2010 - 17:00

X-Bow has us in its sights

Hold on to your Christmas stockings - KTM is shooting a quiver full of X-Bows to our shores. And the best bit? They'll be here in time for the jolly man in a red suit to put one in your garage.

The force-fed carbon wasp will be available in four spec levels - Street, Clubsport, Superlight and GT4, all promising a 0-100km/h dash under 4 seconds and a creative method for a facelift, should you forgo your helmet.

See the Stig's Christmas present - a full-bore lap of the TG test track in the X-Bow

Now we understand that a $150,000 ask is a bit more than your average stocking-stuffer, but it does offer scenery-blurring performance for quite a bit less than your standard choices from Porsche, Ferrari and the like.

Time to start er... 'borrowing' from the rich and giving to the poor then? We think so.