KTM is working hard on developing a more extreme version of the X-Bow, which will be launched in 2011 and will be named the X-Bow R.
The 2011 KTM X-Bow R weights 790 Kg and extracts power from a 2.0-litre TFSI engine (same as in the Audi S3), but which this time produces 300 HP. Tests with the 2011 KTM X-Bow R on Germany’s Nurburgring track have already begun, and some of the improvements on this new version include a lower center of gravity and modified engine mounts for better handling and higher cornering speeds.
The 2011 KTM X-Bow R will be available with two equipment packages, which are the ‘Sport’ and ‘Race’, the first being street legal while the second is for track usage only.
The Australian manufacturer said that it will announce the 2011 KTM X-Bow R price next year, together with more pictures and detailed specifications.
KTM press release :
At the moment KTM is working intensively on the 2011model of its super sports car X-BOW. The first ever small series manufactured and street legal homologated car with a carbon fibre monocoque has been sold around 500 times since its launch in 2008. Around 50 X-BOW partners throughout Europe and currently ten importers globally look after sports car enthusiasts all over the world in order to supply the only 790 kilogram light, 240 horsepower strong extreme athlete.
After having been on the market for approximately two years now, the KTM X-BOW line-up will be supplemented with the introduction of the “R” model in the upcoming year. The engine for this even more powerful version comes again from Audi – but it will be exactly the same engine used among others in the actual Audi S3.
Changes to the engine electronics and peripheral devices will boost the performance up to 300 horsepower. Additionally, a considerably lower positioning and a modified mounting of the engine will lead to even higher cornering speeds and increased driving precision. In addition, two optional equipment packages should customize the X-BOW “R” as ideally as possible to the requirements of the customers: The road legal and homologated “Sport” package, as well as the “Race” package, which is optimised for track use. The packages each include a vast number of completely new developed parts, which increase the performance of the car dramatically. Many of these parts will be also available separately in the PowerParts program, so all current KTM X-BOW owners will enjoy the benefit of the new developments.
The prototype shown, pictured at a first rollout on the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife, has nearly all new parts installed, which will raise the enthusiasm amongst the numerous X-BOW customers and which should attract many more new customers.
Detailed information, prices and pictures will follow at the beginning of next year.
