KTM X-Bow
A REVOLUTIONARY
SPORTS CAR CONCEPT
For our first sports car, we applied the same approach we have always applied to our race focused motorcycles.
Racing is in our DNA
The idea behind KTM’s first 4-wheel model
KTM is a company built around racing.
The design concept.
Focused on only including elements that directly add to the performance and function of the vehicle. Trim away and leave off everything else. Assemble the best suppliers of the necessary components and use the strongest, lightest and most advanced materials available.
Only the best.
The chassis was developed with Italian sports car specialists Dallara and composites experts Wethje. KTM Technologies and engine partner Audi refined the performance and WP created a suspension system that allows exceptional handling and cornering agility
The world’s first production car with a full carbon composite monocoque. Produced by carbon-fibre specialists Wethje the monocoque weighs just 80 kg yet has exceptional safety levels. Aerodynamics derived from open-wheel racing, jointly developed by KTM Technologies and Dallara produces 100 kg of down force at 200 km/h, allowing up to 2 G of lateral acceleration – superior to any other street-legal car
What is probably the most exciting super sports car of our times was produced in only 18 months. The KTM X-BOW takes a large part of its uniqueness from its extraordinary styling. Gerald Kiska and the team at KISKA were responsible for this, creating an iconic modern sports car with their design. One that seamlessly combines form with function
Pure racing courses through every inch of the KTM X-Bow. A 300 hp
2.0 litre Audi TFSI engine uses direct injection, combining the benefits of turbocharging with highly effective charge air cooling. With a modular concept typical to racing, it is quick, easy and relatively inexpensive to repair. As long as the monocoque remains in tact in an impact, any other damaged parts bolt off easily for quick replacement. Formula derived tire and suspension technology from Michelin and WP suspension - with adjustable high- and low-speed settings as well as rebound damping – allows exceptional handling.
The new GT version of the Austrian super sports car makes an even wider, lower, more compact and more powerful impression. Even the version with a windscreen and soft top is 100% pure, radical and race bred. Now it’s possible to experience the 21st century sports car technology for yourself - without a helmet. This latest model is embedded with the same racing DNA that makes the KTM X-BOW driving experience so special. Try it yourself and feel what it is like to always be "Ready to Race
A revolutionary production plant
The KTM X-BOW has been manufactured in a purpose-built plant in Graz since June 2008. It is one of the world's most modern vehicle limited-production facilities and was built in a matter of months in accordance with the latest standards.
State-of-the-art logistics and technology
KTM has developed ingenious warehousing, special transport logistics (including specially designed transport containers for the valuable carbon-fibre parts) and special assembly technologies
From factory straight to race track
Naturally, customers and interested parties are welcome to visit us at any time in Graz – whether it be to buy new performance parts or to find out all there is to know about the KTM X-BOW. For all those who would like to collect their vehicle from the Graz factory, there is a special offer, which is supervised personally by site manager Michael Wölfling in person: "With the KTM X-BOW, we are not merely selling a car, but a unique experience. Every customer naturally receives a guided tour around our factory. Anyone who wants to can even watch their vehicle pass through the final stages of production – and then drive directly to their first driver training session on the Red Bull Ring
MEET KTM’S NEW X-BOW GT4
The extreme closed-circuit race version of the KTM X-BOW
THE AVANT GARDE RACE CAR DESIGNED FOR SPEED
MAXIMIZING THE LATEST GT4 CLASS REGULATIONS, THE ROAD-LEGAL KTM X-BOW PLATFORM WAS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE EXCITING, AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE GT4 CLOSED-CIRCUIT RACING CLASS.
SPORTS CAR PURITY ENHANCED FOR GT4 RACING
Racing has extreme demands. A pure, race-oriented and modular design allows for quicker, easier and much more cost-effective part replacement.
RACE-PROVEN X-BOW TECHNOLOGY
The existing KTM X-BOW turbo-charged 2 liter TFSI engine platform is retained
and generates almost 320 hp. It is coupled with a six-speed Holinger sequential paddle-shifted gearbox.
MODIFIED GEOMETRY AND EXCEPTIONAL AERODYNAMICS
The wheelbase is slightly longer than the original X-Bow, for more
precise race-specific handling and improved overall aerodynamics.
LIGHTWEIGHT RACING TECHNOLOGY
HIGH-TECH COMPOSITE MATERIALS ARE USED THROUGHOUT. CARBON-FIBRE MONOCOQUE, BODY PANELS AND SPECIALIST RACE COMPONENTS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
READY TO RACE
STAR DRIVER NAOMI SCHIFF PROVES THE TOP PERFORMANCE OF THE REITER ENGINEERING KTM X-BOW GT4 IN THE GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES.
GET BEHIND THE WHEEL
This innovative new race car was developed by Reiter Engineering
exclusively for KTM and is now available.
DISCOVER MOTOR RACING FOR YOURSELF
"Adventure, Purity, Performance, Extreme – these are four keywords that best describe KTM’s vision, which is naturally the philosophy that is also embedded in every single KTM X-BOW. Ultimately, KTM pursues a great goal: to compete and win in motorsports. The racing gene part of KTM’s DNA, the sporting competition is both a challenge and what drives us. The goal is always to win, and to take the title. The KTM X-BOW is a purebred racing car. It is licensed for the road but the racetrack is its natural habitat. KTM offers its customers an exceptionally wide range of possibilities with which every KTM X-BOW owner or prospective customer can get into motorsports, or just on the racing circuit, in their own individual way – always "Ready To Race"!
GT4 European Series
"Adventure, Purity, Performance, Extreme – these are four keywords that best describe KTM’s vision, which is naturally the philosophy that is also embedded in every single KTM X-BOW. Ultimately, KTM pursues a great goal: to compete and win in motorsports. The racing gene part of KTM’s DNA, the sporting competition is both a challenge and what drives us. The goal is always to win, and to take the title. The KTM X-BOW is a purebred racing car. It is licensed for the road but the racetrack is its natural habitat. KTM offers its customers an exceptionally wide range of possibilities with which every KTM X-BOW owner or prospective customer can get into motorsports, or just on the racing circuit, in their own individual way – always "Ready To Race"!
Reiter Young Stars
The Reiter Young Stars is the only program for up-and- coming young drivers in which industry partners (the sponsors) bring together marketing students, engineering students and young drivers who all jointly profit from the experience. The industry partners have an international advertising platform, which includes live TV and extensive media coverage, and also have access to more than 300,000 European students. The students in the program engage in an autonomous and very practical training with numerous additional workshops, while the drivers take part in an international GT motor racing series – all for only about €65,000. They compete with the KTM X-BOW GT4, currently the most modern and safest racing car in the world. What awaits the fastest male and female driver in the series is a fully financed season in the cockpit of a GT3 in the Blancpain GT Sprint Series.
KTM X-BOW CUP powered by Michelin
The VLN (Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenmeisterschaft Nürburgring") is probably the most successful popular racing series, which, since 1977 has been run on the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife. Different drivers, from amateur to professional, compete against each other in various classes in assorted vehicles ranging from series model touring cars to purebred prototype racing cars. The races last four hours, or in one exceptional case, for six hours, and are run on the Nordschleife in combination with the sprint section of the Grand Prix circuit over a 24,433 kilometer- long lap. In 2017, from the third race of the VLN racing series, there is an individual class called the “KTM X-BOW CUP powered by MICHELIN for the KTM X-BOW GT4. The competition offers attractive prizes during the season, and especially for the overall winner at the season’s end.
Creventic 24H Series
The "Creventic 24HSeries" came about as a result of the highly successful Dubai 24- hour race and has been launched on different racetracks worldwide. The emphasis is on Europe, and particularly on long-distance races over 12 or 24 hours. The field of starters can include everything from TCR touring cars to GT3 vehicles, which compete in different classes. The races sometimes have up to 100 starters. The KTM X-BOW GT4 is able to compete in a range of classes, depending on the BOP ("Balance of Performance"), and in recent years has won in some classes, picked up podium places and has also achieved impressive top 10 results in the midst of a GT3 cars field.
X-BOW Battle
The biggest and the most successful one-brand racing series in Europe has been bringing KTM X-BOW owners together at racing circuits since 2008. There they have the opportunity to compete against each other in the world’s most spectacular and fastest lightweight super sports car. In the meantime, in addition to the “Elite Class”, which is contested by the 360-hp KTM X-BOW RR models, there are two other racing series: a stand-alone “GT4” class with – nomen est omen - the KTM X-BOW GT4, and the entry-level “Rookies Challenge” series. Six X-BOW BATTLE events are held on Central Europe’s most beautiful circuits, with up to 60 vehicles per race weekend starting in the various classes.
X-BOW Rookies Challenge
Fair, transparent and cost-effective motor sport: The X-BOW Rookies Challenge offers the perfect platform for newcomers, amateurs and junior drivers to compete in one of the most attractive and safest racing cars in the world. The price for the complete package, which includes all expenses such as registration fees, tires, fuel, wear parts, support, preparation and follow-up, and the transport of a total of 20 identical vehicles, is sensational: from just € 25,000 (net, excluding insurance). With this, it is possible to take part in a total of 12 races on six different event weekends, and there is even a chance to compete in a one-hour endurance race at each event.
Pirelli World Challenge
North America’s biggest and most popular GT racing series is not only cooperating with the SRO, but has also set up with its own GTS-class a GT4 racing series. Races are in accordance with the rules (and the BOP) of the SRO Motorsports Group, and drivers contest two races each competition weekend. The Mantella Autosport and ANSA Motorsports teams won numerous podiums and also victories in the very first season in which the KTM X-BOW GT4 was able to start. ANSA driver Brett Sandberg even took the championship title in the "Pirelli World Challenge" at the end of the season, driving his KTM X-BOW GT4.
ENTRY LEVEL MOTORSPORTS
They say every beginning is difficult. But it doesn’t have to be because the KTM X- BOW is perfect for taking the first step into motor racing, or for sports driving on a circuit. On the one hand, the running costs during track time are limited due to the low weight and the clever conceptual design of this purebred racing vehicle. On the other, KTM offers numerous cost-effective opportunities to sample the world of motorsport. There are Track Days with half-hour turns that are organized directly by KTM, and the somewhat pepped up ‘Artbauer Race Days’ club sport races. It is also possible to compete with the KTM X-BOW on Austria’s Red Bull Ring at the "WISBI Don’t Crack Under Pressure Challenge", or in Austria’s biggest amateur race in both summer and winter with event organizers ‘razoon - more than racing’. It’s all about wherever you want to experience racing for the first time. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. We will be happy to help you!
