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KTM's four-wheeled future

By Ben Purvis Motor Industry 25 February 2008 11:26 KTM's X-Bow track day car is just the start of a five-model line-up that will include Dakar and Le Mans endurance racers. Stefan Pierer, the youthful-looking 51 year-old CEO of KTM, has revealed to CAR how he intends to turn his company into the Austrian equivalent of Lotus. The unveiling of the production version of the Audi-engined, carbon-monocoque X-Bow at the Geneva Motor Show on March 4 2008 is exactly one year on from the first showing of the prototype.

Bentley Races Ahead With High Performance Continental GT3-R

LUXURY car maker Bentley has pulled the wraps off its new racecar-inspired Continental GT3-R. Taking inspiration from the firm’s new GT3-spec competition machine, the GT3-R is said to blend high performance with Bentley’s trademark luxury approach to motoring. The GT3-R will be a rare beast, too.

Partnership Premium 2030 - Part 4

This most recent episode from Strate College in Paris, France, shows the 3D development phase of a project done in collaboration with Peugeot. The 30 students on the French university's transport design course were divided into 10 groups before subsequently choosing their direction and developing sketches for their individual scenarios. In the video, the French automaker's chief designer, Gilles Vidal, speaks about the collaboration with the school and discusses the project brief, outlining how students were asked to devise scenarios and come up with mobility solutions for a premium Peugeot for the year 2030.