There's no shortage of fast cars in the world, but only a few make hardcore compromises. Today, we've lined up a drag race between a Porsche Boxster Spyder which is made in Germany and the KTM X-Bow GT that's been played with by German tuner Wimmer RS.
While the Boxster Spyder has a flimsy tent of a roof that can only withstand low speeds, the X-Bow is even more "broken" as it has no roof at all. Thanks to the Ariel Atom, that fact seems totally natural. But do you know anybody with a car that has a waterproof starter button? Exactly.
Those who are familiar with the work of Austrian company KTM know that their primary business is motorcycles. But a few years ago, they showed interest in making a track car, and we got the X-Bow. "GT" is just the top trim level, but that's not good enough for some folks.
Because the KTM X-Bow is also sold by German tuner Wimmer RS in its showrooms, they decided to have a play and see what could be done to improve the performance.
The model tested by German magazine auto motor und sport must be brand new because we've never heard of a 420 PS X-Bow before. With that much power and a total weight of only 920 kg, it's no wonder that it makes mincemeat out of Boxster.
The Spyder is technically the most competent version of the mid-engined sportscar yet built. With a 375 horsepower 3.8-liter engine borrowed from the 911, it can compete with almost anything, but apparently not a roofless rocket.
"Oh, but the Porsche will be faster around a track, drag races are pointless," we hear you say. Except the X-Bow GT will pull 2.0 lateral Gs, so it's more like a race car with license plates in that regard.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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