JUST SPEEDIN’ AWAY

“SHE SAID, ‘HEY, BABE, TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE …’” - LOU REED, 1972

What does Ol’ Lou singing tales of gender-bending ’70s Manhattan have to do with me telling you about a genre-bending racetrack performance car?

To get straight to the point: Compared to the KTM X-Bow (say “crossbow”), your prized supercar languishing in the garage is morbidly obese. That’s right. Porsche GT Whatever, Ferrari Speciale Blah Blah, McLaren Anything, you name it. Fatsos. Porkers. The KTM is the 1,400-pound not-elephant in the room. No offense—KTM most definitely has entered automobilia’s wild side.

Sure, your porcine supercar has 500, 600, even 700 horsepower. And that’s the mass, the the force required to move it.