With help from Dallara and design firm Kiska, Austria motorcycle inventor KTM debuted in a fun sideshow that made up the X-Bow (pronounced “crossbow”) in 2008. Promising not to make more than 100 a year to stay focused and exclusive, 14 The past year has seen 1,300 models sold as the lineup expands to six models. The most troubling in the range is the GT2, launching in 2020 as the “ultimate race weapon” to compete in the GT2 class. sport car race. Autocar report has a seventh brother on the road, with KTM currently developing a road-legal GT2 version.
KTM says the road car will keep the 176-pound carbon monocoque chassis and covered cockpit, with a focus on safety and crash potential. The six-speed sequential transmission has been scrapped during the peak-to-curb transition, replaced by a seven-speed direct-shift transmission. After that, however, we don’t know how much, if any, will change. This could be a race car with some side mirrors. Speaking of which, the prototype pictured doesn’t have a side mirror – but it does have a license plate holder – so KTM will either make an additional mirror of late or go with a Euro-friendly camera to provide rear visibility.
In terms of power, while the less-violent X-Bows makes 300 horsepower from the Audi-powered 2.0-liter four-cylinder TFSI engine, the GT2 makes 600 horsepower and 531 pound-feet of torque from the engine. 2.5-liter inline 5-cylinder engine supplied by Audi. cylinder. It’s a pretty excellent word engine Audi RS3, making 401 hp and 369 lb-ft in the Ingolstadt app. KTM credits German moderator Lehmann Motorentechnik for the power boost, achieved without resorting to forged internals and it would be great to see all those horses get off the road race from one track to another. In a vehicle that weighs less than 1,050 pounds dry, owners will be treated to a special gumption.
The X-Bow GT2 costs €294,000 ($327,500), which seems like a reasonable starting point for a road version. The first customers are expected to receive their keys sometime next year.
