The KTM X-Bow is the first car to be developed by Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM

KTM

KTM Sportmotorcycle AG is an Austrian motorcycle, bicycle and moped manufacturer.The company was founded in 1934 by engineer Hans Trunkenpolz in Mattighofen. It started out as a metal working shop and was named Kraftfahrzeuge Trunkenpolz Mattighofen...

, in partnership with Kiska Design, Audi, and Dallara

Dallara

Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993...

. The X-Bow uses a turbocharged

Turbocharger

A turbocharger, or turbo , from the Greek "τύρβη" is a centrifugal compressor powered by a turbine that is driven by an engine's exhaust gases. Its benefit lies with the compressor increasing the mass of air entering the engine , thereby resulting in greater performance...

 direct injected

Gasoline direct injection

In internal combustion engines, gasoline direct injection , also known as petrol direct injection or direct petrol injection, is a variant of fuel injection employed in modern two-stroke and four-stroke gasoline engines...

 TFSI engine manufactured by Volkswagen Group

Volkswagen Group

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, which produces 237 hp at 5500 rpm and 310 newton metre of torque between 2000 and 5500 rpm. It does 0-62 mph (100 km/h) in 3.9 seconds. Top speed: 217 km/h (134.9 mph)

Originally, KTM planned a production of 500 units per year, however, the company has increased production to 1,000 cars a year and has built a new plant near Graz

Graz

The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...

 due to high demand.

Other Features

• Tires front: 205/45 ZR17
• Tires rear: 235/40 ZR18
• Brakes front: Brembo
  Brembo
  Brembo S.p.A. is a manufacturer of automotive brake systems, especially for high-performance cars and motorcycles. It was established in Bergamo, Italy in 1961. Soon after the company was formed, it specialised in disc brakes, which were exclusively imported from the United Kingdom at the time...
  
   discs of 305 mm (12 in) of diameter
• Brakes rear: Brembo
  Brembo
  Brembo S.p.A. is a manufacturer of automotive brake systems, especially for high-performance cars and motorcycles. It was established in Bergamo, Italy in 1961. Soon after the company was formed, it specialised in disc brakes, which were exclusively imported from the United Kingdom at the time...
  
   discs of 262 mm (10.3 in) of diameter

Racing

KTM X-Bow participated in the Supersport category of the 2008 FIA GT4 Championship (#100 Catharina Felser, #101 Christopher Haase and Dennis Retera, by Reiter Engineering), taking a podium finish at Monza and the pole in the wet qualifying session at Nogaro.

The FIA-homologated model KTM X-BOW „GT4“ is available for racing purposes.

The car was used in the 2008 Race of Champions

2008 Race of Champions

The 2008 Race of Champions was the 21st running of the event, and took place on December 14, 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London. Two special races were due to take place during the event, the first of which, with Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy cycling against the reigning Formula One World Champion...

, held at Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium

The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...

, London, and the 2009 Race of Champions

2009 Race of Champions

The 2009 Race of Champions was the 22nd running of the event, and took place on November 3–4, 2009 at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China. It was the first time that the event took place outside of Europe...

 in Beijing.

In 2010 the KTM X-Bow Cup started in The Netherlands.

Awards and recognition

• 2008 Sports Car of the Year, Top Gear