ATV Style | KTM’s X-Bow Collects An Award

The KTM X-Bow - It’s not exactly an ATV but it’s manufactured by a company that also produces ATVs and if you’re a diehard ATV fanatic you might consider it a candidate for your daily driver right? That is, if you can get your hands on one.

KTM has been recognised by a panel of elite 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 dominance of the inaugural season of the Sports Light class of the GT4 European Cup, in which X-Bow drivers took the first three championship places. The X-Bow ‘Race’ cars were entered in the championship by Reiter Engineering, with the full support of KTM.

KTM X-Bow RACE Version motosport director Toni Stöcklmeier who collected the award at the Professional Motorsport World Expo gala dinner, said: “We’ve just completed our first racing season with the X-Bow ‘Race’ and were delighted to win the Sports Light category. And now we’re honoured to accept this award for our extensive work on the development of the car. This is a great pleasure for the whole of the KTM Sportcar team and shows once more that we’re constantly striving to deliver our ‘Ready to Race’ philosophy for our customers.”

KTM’s X-Bow beat a shortlist of contenders (the new Acura ARX-01b AMLS car, the Mygale M-08 British Formula 3 chassis, and the Renault R28 Formula 1 car) and that included a jury panel of racing legends - Michael Andretti, Ford Motorsport Director Mark Deans or Kronos Teamboss Marc Van Dalen,

Fully FIA homologated, the open-wheeled racer is now available to motorsports teams and drivers following its official launch in October. The completion of its development was accompanied by announcements that KTM is establishing two European championships for X-Bow ‘Race’ competitors, and that the company will offer a Customer Racing Service – a dedicated support package provided by KTM for drivers competing in X-Bows around the world.