Report: KTM X-Bow will underpin mid-engine Abarth
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/" rel="tag">Europe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/" rel="tag">Fiat</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/rumormill/" rel="tag">Rumormill</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ktm-x-bow-r/"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" alt="KTM X-Bow R" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/xbow.jpg" /></a>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>2011 KTM X-Bow R - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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It looks like the fiends at <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/abarth">Abarth</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ktm">KTM</a> are looking to shack up. <em>Road & Track</em> is reporting that the two speed-bent names are joining forces for the creation of the much-rumored mid-engine two-seater from Abarth. At the heart of the program will the chassis from the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/x-bow">KTM X-Bow</a>, though in place of the turbo <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/volkswagen/">Volkswagen</a> 2.0-liter, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat">Fiat</a> plans to drop in its own MultiAir 1.8-liter turbo mill. That means that the whole kit and caboodle will scoot down the road with somewhere between 180 and 190 horsepower. <br />
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This new rumor runs contrary to the previous murmurings that had Abarth courting <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/lotus">Lotus</a> for the use of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/elise">Elise</a> chassis. According to <em>Road & Track</em>, those bones were just a little too expensive for Abarth to justify, so the factory tuners began to look elsewhere. Supposedly, we can expect the Italian machine to be a low-volume creation, with annual sales projected to hit no more than 2,000 units. Expect the price tag to land around $80,000 when it debuts in 2013. Start saving your pennies, kids.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ktm-x-bow-r">2011 KTM X-Bow R</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ktm-x-bow-r/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/ktmxbowr501_thumbnail.jpg " alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ktm-x-bow-r/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/ktmxbowr401_thumbnail.jpg " alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ktm-x-bow-r/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/ktmxbowr801_thumbnail.jpg " alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://blog.roadandtrack.com/abarth-news/?utm_source=twitterfeed&u tm_medium=twitter">Road & Track</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/12/report-ktm-x-bow-will-underpin-mid-engine-abarth/">Report: KTM X-Bow will underpin mid-engine Abarth</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:28:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/12/report-ktm-x-bow-will-underpin-mid-engine-abarth/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19668121/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/12/report-ktm-x-bow-will-underpin-mid-engine-abarth/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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