07 March 2016, 04:57 PM
Wimmer RS KTM X-Bow GT Black Edition seems like it has just made a great photo-session in Batman’s lair. Take a look in the gallery below and you’ll get my idea, but… it will be the ultimate batmobile, if Batman wasn’t a protagonist but a real-life superhero. The car is setting absolutely new standards when it comes to defining “fully carbon fiber vehicle” and the reason for this is that its whole body is made of the lightweight material. Literally.
So basically, it sits on a unique monocoque
18 June 2015, 04:27 PM
KTM X-Bow GT Dubai-Gold-Edition is the name of this interesting vehicle tuned by the talented experts at Wimmer Rennsporttechnik. It looks fantastic but a little bit strange, doesn’t it? It also has astonishing power ratings and champion-like spirit. The Germany-based company, which specializes in electronic and mechanical power uprating as well as boost of sports exhaust systems, decided to embark on this one-of-a-kind KTM-related project.
This strangely looking car is a result of a project
18 November 2013, 05:30 PM
It takes a special kind of person to have a look at a KTM X-Bow GT and go: “You know what? I want this to be madder. And I'm not talking madder by a degree. I want this to be able to blow your mind.” Here's a testament, however, that there are such people. What you are looking at is Wimmer Rennsporttechnik showing off their latest abomination: a stock GT converted it into a machine that is, as they say, beyond recognition.
Okay, the profile of an X-Bow is very recognizable. Still, the fig
06 March 2013, 12:39 PM
KTM has exhibited the new 2013 X-BOW GT at the Geneva Motor Show. The “Supersportscar of the 21st century” comes with a road-legal soft-top, a wide range of colors and different performance parts available as options.
The GT model is based on KTM X-BOW R. It is powered by a 2.0 liter turbocharged petrol with 285HP (210 kW) at 6,400RPM and 420Nm (310 lb-ft) at 3,200RPM. The engine is mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox sending the power to the rear wheels. 0-100 km/h in 4.2 seconds and a top
23 May 2011, 12:15 PM
KTM has officially released the brutal version of X-Bow. The R model is completely revised and now even more powerful. True to the KTM "Ready to Race" motto the "R" model was driven on the road straight from the assembly line in Graz directly onto the racing circuit.
X-Bow R is powered by a 2.0 litre TFSI petrol engine from Audi, which has been reworked with bigger turbocharger, an altered fuel injection system and engine electronics have been additionally updated by Bosch Engineering Group (
27 October 2010, 03:54 PM
Finally a rival to the mighty KTM X-BOW and Ariel Atom. The new pretendent is called Roding Roadster 23, which can be also seen in the video doing some laps at the Nürburgring last week.
The vehicle is a compact sports car from German specialty brand Roding Automobile. It is powered by six-cylinder engine producing 300PS (220kW) and 400Nm of torque. Roding Roadster 23 weighs just 920kg, so it achieves 326bhp per tonne. With such power, it accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.9 seconds and the
27 September 2010, 05:48 PM
2011 KTM X-BOW R have been tested on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. „The car” made from the company only for time attack is powered by 2.0 liter TFSI engine from Audi S3 with around 300PS (221kW).
KTM X-BOW R weighs just 790 kg, so the power-to-weight ratio will be 2.63 kg/hp. The vehicle is homologated, two-seater without roof. The standard version is less powerful, but still develops 240PS (177kW), again from 2.0 liter TFSI engine.
The upgrades feature a suspension lowering and a new engi
23 July 2009, 04:20 PM
KTM X-BOW owners wishing to take the extraordinary performance of their ‘Ready to Race’ sportscar to the next level can now benefit from a significant power upgrade.
Developed by engine tuning experts ABT Sportsline, the upgrade will raise the already-potent X-BOW’s peak power to an impressive 300bhp (from 240bhp in standard tune) and boost torque to a formidable 400Nm (from 310Nm), lifting the vehicle’s power-to-weight ratio to 380 bhp per tonne. Crucially, the ABT upgrade delivers these in
01 April 2009, 01:36 PM
Supporters of the British GT will be the first in the UK to see the stunning KTM X-BOW GT4 race car in championship competition this season.
KTM’s X-BOW service partner for the north-west of England, ABG Motorsport, plans to run a FIA-approved GT4 model in the British GT series this season.
Announced yesterday at the SRO’s British GT media launch, ABG’s campaign will be the first competitive outing for the X-BOW in a domestic British championship. KTM successfully debuted the X-BOW GT4 in
12 February 2009, 10:49 AM
The cult X-BOW of the Austrian motorbike manufacturer KTM and ABT Sportsline are now together. This is because the unique sports motorbike is now available from the exclusive Allgäu tuner. As a large outlet partner, the tuner professionals take on not just the sale of the X-BOW, but also all the service work on the vehicle. And for anyone who wants to give the road racer an additional course of power treatment, the engineers at ABT are currently working on a suitable power increase for the X-BOW
09 December 2008, 12:01 PM
KTM, one of the newest car manufacturers in Europe, celebrated triple honours at the TopGear.com 2008 awards last night.The stunning ‘Ready to Race’ KTM X-Bow is Top Gear’s ‘Sports Car of the Year’, while KTM’s CEO Stefan Pierer, and X-Bow Chief Chassis Engineer, Loris Bicocchi, are both recognised among Top Gear’s ‘Men of the Year’.
Made in Austria, the KTM X-Bow (pronounced crossbow) is a minimalist two-seater mid-engined sports car - featuring a state-of-the-art carbon fibre monocoque
14 November 2008, 01:02 PM
KTM has been recognised by a panel of motorsport experts for the development of a track-only version of its X-Bow sportscar: the KTM X-Bow ‘Race’. The Austrian company was presented with the ‘Vehicle Development of the Year’ Award at the Professional Motorsport World EXPO in Cologne on 11 November.The X-Bow ‘Race’ was developed in parallel with the road-legal car, the Austrian motorcycle manufacturer’s first four-wheeled offering. Much of the development work was carried out during its dominan