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05-24-2011 | 11:38 AM
#1474
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Atom ftmfw. It's 350 lbs lighter than the KTM, with similiar hp rating = faster...a lot faster.
05-24-2011 | 12:17 PM
#1475
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From: 262 miles N of the Dragon
05-24-2011 | 12:30 PM
#1476
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approx. US$480,000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caparo_T1 
That's about as close as one could come to driving an F1 car on the street...but after reading up on it I don't think I'd want any of this happening to me on the Dragon:
That's about as close as one could come to driving an F1 car on the street...but after reading up on it I don't think I'd want any of this happening to me on the Dragon:
Jason Plato was injured in a prototype T1 in October 2007 at the Bruntingthorpe proving ground when it caught fire at an estimated 250 kilometres per hour (160 mph).[16] The T1 was being tested during filming for Five's Fifth Gear. Plato described what happened as:
There was a slight loss of power, I looked in the mirror and saw some smoke, there was a slight smell of oil and then suddenly there was this intense heat. The car spontaneously erupted into a ball of flame and I was sat in the middle of a fireball. I hit the brakes, brought the car to a stop as quickly as I could and jumped out.[17]
In the associated episode of Fifth Gear, first broadcast October 15, 2007, presenter Vicki Butler-Henderson suggested the fire was caused by a "faulty oil sealing component," which now identified, will be fully rectified by Caparo.[18]
While being tested for competing British television programme Top Gear, first broadcast on November 11, 2007, a floor panel came loose from the test vehicle as it was being driven at speed by Jeremy Clarkson, after he had already made a play of being scared about driving the car because of Plato's experience. Afterwards, there was a problem with the car's petrol injection system. In the same review, Clarkson mentioned two more incidents, one at the press launch, when "some aspect of the front suspension came adrift" while a Dutch journalist was driving, causing him to veer off road, and one at the Goodwood Festival of Speed when the throttle stuck open.[3]
There was a slight loss of power, I looked in the mirror and saw some smoke, there was a slight smell of oil and then suddenly there was this intense heat. The car spontaneously erupted into a ball of flame and I was sat in the middle of a fireball. I hit the brakes, brought the car to a stop as quickly as I could and jumped out.[17]
In the associated episode of Fifth Gear, first broadcast October 15, 2007, presenter Vicki Butler-Henderson suggested the fire was caused by a "faulty oil sealing component," which now identified, will be fully rectified by Caparo.[18]
While being tested for competing British television programme Top Gear, first broadcast on November 11, 2007, a floor panel came loose from the test vehicle as it was being driven at speed by Jeremy Clarkson, after he had already made a play of being scared about driving the car because of Plato's experience. Afterwards, there was a problem with the car's petrol injection system. In the same review, Clarkson mentioned two more incidents, one at the press launch, when "some aspect of the front suspension came adrift" while a Dutch journalist was driving, causing him to veer off road, and one at the Goodwood Festival of Speed when the throttle stuck open.[3]
05-24-2011 | 01:50 PM
#1478
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From: BROOKVILLE
Atom ftmfw. It's 350 lbs lighter than the KTM, with similiar hp rating = faster...a lot faster.
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It suppossably is available, but likely only as a track car. I know it has been brought in to the US as a reconstructed vehi8cle (chassis and body only).
As for performance the new R version hits 60 in 3.9 sec and runs like a rocket on rails.
My link
05-24-2011 | 02:05 PM
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From: BROOKVILLE
The radical KTM X-Bow - the composite sportscar built by motorcycle manufacturer KTM and using a mid-mounted Audi 2.0T engine - secured a sensational one-two-three championship finish in the debut season of the Sports Light category of the GT4 European Cup.
German X-Bow driver Christopher Haase was crowned Sports Light champion after claiming first place in class in the final race of the season at Nogaro, Italy earlier this month. Team mates Denis Retera and Catharina Felser finished second and third for the season respectively, ahead of Sports Light entrants driving cars from Donkervoort and Lotus.
The Reiter Engineering-run KTM X-Bow has dominated proceedings throughout the 18-round championship, often claiming finishes ahead of more powerful `senior' GT4 Aston Martins, Ford Mustangs and BMW Z4Ms.
True to KTM's `Ready to Race' philosophy, the X-Bow competed in near-standard road specification, with only minor revisions made only to meet FIA safety regulations.
Read more: http://www.eurotuner...l#ixzz1NJ041xar
German X-Bow driver Christopher Haase was crowned Sports Light champion after claiming first place in class in the final race of the season at Nogaro, Italy earlier this month. Team mates Denis Retera and Catharina Felser finished second and third for the season respectively, ahead of Sports Light entrants driving cars from Donkervoort and Lotus.
The Reiter Engineering-run KTM X-Bow has dominated proceedings throughout the 18-round championship, often claiming finishes ahead of more powerful `senior' GT4 Aston Martins, Ford Mustangs and BMW Z4Ms.
True to KTM's `Ready to Race' philosophy, the X-Bow competed in near-standard road specification, with only minor revisions made only to meet FIA safety regulations.
Read more: http://www.eurotuner...l#ixzz1NJ041xar
