All these fantasy vehicles (it’s like cartoon babies never grew up) and not a single practical roadster (four season, spare appointments, low price, aftermarket fodder) that regular joes can rationalize for commuting.

NICE

At first I though it had Lotus emblems on the center caps. This car looks like one of those futuristic models from Matchbox. Looks nice.

I feel KTM has defined iteself through a persistent and low-marketing style. the motocross world has been dominated for the ‘top four’ for years and KTM has increased their prestige by being a thoughtful and unique company. this is a perfect summary of what this company is doing and has done. The fact that Audi even considered working with a company such as KTM on such an extreme vehicle shows the respect KTM has earned. You don’t see many extreme vehicles such as this from Yamaha, Kawasaki, or Honda. However, they would be cool

Pfft, I’d rather have airbags and “compromise the spirit of the [death machine].” Driving excitement doesn’t have to translate into driving fear.

NoobyBaboo — You must not have noticed the Pontiac Solstice GXP and Saturn Sky Red Line.

sign me up i want one.

i’d drive it! you live once

06stc,

I bet this thing is safer than 95% of the cars on the road.

i would like to have that thing in my garage

good strategy would be if the coloured panels could be replaced easily with other styles and colours, perhaps enhancing aerodynamics

if one company actually produces these vehicles at an affordable cost (especially with the DSG), it could dramatically chip into the lotus elise market

I drove the GTI with the DSG and it is an incredible system. Although stopping at a red light feels like you’re in an automatic, the nostalgia of vrrrrrrm, bap, vrrrrrrm is definately still there – a fore sure performance enhancer in many ways

06stc, I’m offended you compared this to the Saturn Sky Redline and Pontiac Solstice GXP. Bite your tongue.

yeah lambo there is no way the saturn or solstice can even be compared in any shape or form to this. i bet this will have more storage space for sure.

Hey LambZ, try learning to read. No one compared this car to the Solstice/Sky.

I didn’t compare them you monkey, learn to read. I was responding to the first post which was talking about a practical all-season roadster, which this is obviously not.

this car just looks like a lot of fun! this one’s all about driving, who cares about practicality? it looks like a more dressed up ariel atom in some ways, actually. I like the look of this one much better though. I’ll take it!

Me want.

Monkey see Monkee do.
Where was that from? Was that from a show or something?

It actually looks preety nice IMHO

what a stupid wasteful news on LLN!!!!! Come on, LLN, post more news. Better news— spy pics, preview pics, etc.

As ugly as it is, I’d rather see more news on the Razor concept than this thing that will probably never go into production.

so it wont ever be in the US! sounds great!

Bugs-in-the-teeth fun, alright!

VW GX3 with an extra wheel.

Wow…another useless over priced car the general public will just pass off

real cool. how is it gonna fair against the Ariel Atom

Auto Industrialist, your comment about the big 4, that all comes down to what type of motocross the the big 4 are, KTM is better than the big 4 in some types of motocross.

Audi and VW are completely disappointing me! BAD Audi! VW was too chicken to bring out the GX3, and Audi wasn’t onboard with this at this weight. Phooey on them.

This KTM is what people want. Screw the airbags. People will only drive this 2-3k miles per year anyway.

Maybe VW will get smart and release the GX3 under the new Lotus name…. yeah right. I will never buy any VW or Audi until they do this!

KTM, where do I sign up? Please bring it to america.

Super!
300 HP, DSG, 1500 lbs = mad performance.
Weak people no need to apply.
KTM will sell all of them in no time.

I’m on KTM’s side, here. It’s clearly focused towards a trackday role, and most cars for that application don’t have airbags. (Original Elise, Atom, etc) Besides, it’s coming from a motorbike manufacturer, and one of the best in their end of the business. (KTM makes awesome Dual-Sport bikes, and their new, more sportbike-ish effort is awesome, as well.) A lot of tracks prefer cars not to have airbags, anyway. In a car like this, it’s even more true, as top-access means that an airbag could obstruct egress in a crash. It’s also been seen, time and time again, that a proper racing harness is a more than adequate replacement for an airbag, and I’d assume that this car should be equipped with some quite nice ones.

THAT IS SICK!!!!!!!!!!

this car is NOT meant for everyday driving, i cant believe people complain about that, and this car is most definitly not rational, but its made by car enthusiasts for car enthusiasts