The KTM X-Bow Story

Let's have a closer look at the KTM X-Bow Story.
How did KTM start with their first car project?
How did they develop it further over the years?
And what makes the KTM X-Bow GTX such a special race car?
Let me know how you like the KTM X-Bow family in the comments below!
#KTM #XBOW
Pictures:
www.ktm.com
www.auto-motor-und-sport.de
www.kiska.com

[@Pilsnor]

The fact that its a 5 cylinder makes me love this car even more

[@user-ek9ov9xy5z]

Ауди создали шедевр на все времена

[@stijnpaspont]

So they pressed ctrl+c but before they pressed ctrl+v they selected a bigger font. Thats genius.

[@kressy]

Some say the CEO of KTM has a secret cave where he rolls out with his X-Bow to fight crime with

[@seancase1106]

Starts with a b or something i heard. Batman maybe?

[@flapflapflapflap]

@@seancase1106 is he a bat or something? A biogenetic bat mixed with body

[@gadipesrinivas7355]

pretty much under rated you deserve more for your content

[@BSport320]

Thanks!

[@dayleashleynolasco5765]

Looking forward for this KTM GTX evolution to become synonimmous in the world of 4 wheels & finally win in the GT category in the following years to come.

[@petermuller3995]

One of the Best You Tube channels!

[@allensaunders449]

Really like the GTX. Great evolution of the platform

[@7medo7]

I didn’t even know about this car until this video. So I had to see that. And I must say, great job of explaining things once again. Amazing information.

[@BSport320]

Glad you liked it!

[@petermuller3995]

@@BSport320 Are you interested in Red Bulls bending rear wing? (not my video) kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3O6hpiciNFoqqs

[@TheMoldyMenace]

Nice to see a fellow X-Bow enjoyer! I always thought it was the coolest car on the Ring but all my friends are either Audi or BMW fans

[@Dmooreslotreviews]

Saw GTX whole watching the N24 and thought it was a beautiful car. I really like it's styling. Hoping to see them in some more events and championships as well as the Glickenhaus 004c

[@gafrers]

Wonderful analysis as usual.

[@unPaulparmistantdautres]

Awesome video as always ! I really love that brand that makes no compromise and give us not really powerful vehicles but which are so light and agile ! Other brands are really lacking that kind of madness and fun imo... I own for one year now a 2014 390 Duke as my first motorbike and it's so fun to drive ! Only 40hp but also only 150kg ! (With the gas tank full !) It's so fast and agile on small twisty roads ! I LOVE it !

[@shaunhoughton6447]

The sxf 450s are on 60 horse power at 110 kg🐴😁with lower gearing not for the faint hearted 👌

[@Friskee62]

Love it...

[@nocorruptreligion]

Excellent overview/analysis

[@lusiwahyuningrum7979]

And that is why i now have an obsession with KTM

[@Manugleez96]

Great video 👌🏼

[@THESLlCK]

not only is it beautiful, it's got a great sounding engine and a very intelligent design process

[@eltoncarneirogimenez6299]

Awesome car and channel,

[@kellygrajek]

GTX looks like a mini McLaren P1 and I own a 18' Audi RS3 and I so want one of these sum day. Think GTX might look better than a McLaren P1 and IDGAF if its street legal or not. I would still rip it. The DAZA power plant is a phenomenal engine. What would it be like to run a semi modified DAZA in a X-bow GTX. My dream is what it is.....

[@MikeDieringer635]

At the Bathurst 12 hour of 2022, the KTM GT2 had some technical difficulties, one being the traction control not working properly before the race. During the race, they were having some issues with the car not running the turbo at all and after the 2nd time it pitted and went back out, the turbo failed. So the car was parked in the garage for the rest of the race.

[@il-ma.le.]

This reminds me that the VW grou thought about entering the motorcycles market with engines and chassis(?) from KTM. It's a quite old story, around '05-'06 I think. Didn't expect to see it working the other way around.

[@lanceward540]

Great video. I was driving it in forza so had to look it up lol

[@derekstraker9465]

Yea saw that crime fighter, go xbow man

[@Joopyter724]

I've seen the gt4 version but I haven't seen the gtx one It looks kinda like a mclaren 720s gt3

[@lorenslin1968]

I believe the original had steel rear subframe. The high side monocoque is the only way they could made the solid laminated structure work.

[@fardeensaifi3001]

❤️❤️

[@khrisg.3804]

Hopefully one day they can put an Audi twin-turbo V6 in the X-Bow

[@garbageman3992]

I love the gtx. it is a 5 cylinder, it looks amazing, it performs great, andit is made by a bike brand, not a car brand. plus I like ktm bikes, i like the street bikes and I have a ktm dirtbike.

[@e2rqey]

you cannot imagine how badly I want them to put the GTX Assetto Corsa. I know they made an official KTM X-Bow GT4 mod, I can't help but get my hope up a little that we will get a GTX one too

[@derekstraker9465]

Sounds good, have to try it my self but, only joking 👍

[@BLACKOMAMBO]

Love it very much, the cherry on cake would be a street legal variant with doors?

[@BSport320]

Wait for the Summer ;)

[@test987665]

The GTX is interesting, but I am not sure I like it. Seems like a lot of fun solutions to problems that wouldn't have existed in the first place if they didn't need to stick to parts from the original X-Bow. I know, that's engineering, but I like designs with a purity of purpose. Because of the constraints they ended up with a car that has worse polar moment of inertia because of the engine position, weighs more because the engine and gearbox are not structural and has shorter rear wishbones which I was always lead to believe are less desirable than long ones from suspension geometry perspective (more severe camber changes, etc). The car from the bunch that I really do like, is the BAC Mono. It is a real focused thing that knows exactly what it is and what it wants to do. Super expensive, but it's money well spent because you get the latest technologies on offer like 3D printed parts or graphene enhanced CF. The setup on the car is very good as well and it's extremely fast. Evo measured the 2.5L version of the Mono as being faster around Anglesey than the P1 GTR - with the GTR being on slicks and the Mono on road tires! The limited edition Mono R is even faster and could actually be the fastest production road legal car ever made (around a track). Either way, cool to hear about the X-Bow and X-Bow GTX details!

[@gearloose703]

What is the road homologation type of the xbow vs. the british counterparts?

[@BSport320]

Ariel Atom, BAC Mono, Radical Road Rapture are certified road legal cars in Europe, the Caterham 620R needs an individual legality check in Germany but also that is no problem.

[@gearloose703]

@@BSport320 Yes but what is the type of the approval? Individual single approval? How about the ktm? Serial production begins where there is a series approval.

[@BSport320]

@@gearloose703 All are certified small series manufacturers as far as I know. Only the 620R needs an individual check because it has no cat

[@gearloose703]

@@BSport320 It would be very interesting to read the type approval documents for any of these vehicles. Even for the customer they make all the difference regarding modifying and repairing the vehicle later. Especially in germany. I would somehow think the xbow is quite different in this regard, not for the better of course. British are notoriously lax in this and if someone wanted, I am pretty sure if any of these vehicles was actually a small series type, it could be shot down by any of the national autority, but there is no real reason or interest to do that of course.

[@willbennett7508]

Where do you find the information for these videos

[@BSport320]

Just my own interest and some research

[@erwanleon6054]

ow they're racing in GT2, but I hope they will rejoin the GT3 category, with every other constructors

[@elbarriodejohnnyherbert5241]

5:02 This was really a KTM X-Bow GT4 Road Car?.Or KTM was made the "Dauer 962" trick,make a race car with a license plate only for homologation

[@BetschYT]

I enjoy the looks of cars more than their specs. So seeing this ugly duckling turn into a swan over the years was great!

[@weatheranddarkness]

You keep saying they needed a longer wheelbase. WHY?

[@BSport320]

-More highspeed stability -More floor area for more downforce -Larger fuel tank for endurance racing

[@kalmmonke5037]

why extend wheelbase? would be col to explain at level of most car fans, who know nothing

[@hybrid7750]

Can we expect this car in gt3 racing?

[@lars_hbm]

This is homologated for GT2 class racing

[@288gto7]

@@lars_hbm didnt GT2 turn into GTE?

[@litreocola6447]

@@288gto7 I think gte’s disbanded after this year

[@lars_hbm]

@@288gto7 GTE got replaced by GT3 this year. There is a small gentlemens series racing modern GT2s

[@288gto7]

Thanks

[@ahmedmohamed-ky3eo]

actually gt xr is more effiecient super car and the looks is my favorite

[@Xayuap]

tx, mn

[@elbarriodejohnnyherbert5241]

8:45 R=L GT4=XL GT2=XXL

[@karaabdelkader1273]

I'd like it more if they installed more beefy engines (that doesn't mean they would be heavier btw, there are very powerful engines , 800hp for example, that wights around 135 kgs which are more light than audi 5 cylinders Turbocharged engine like the Judd V10 for example and rev much higher and sound much better) so yeah the look is already perfect for my taste but the engine is meh

[@narccazest1083]

At this rate, they might as well make hypercar. Jk... unless...

[@laheu]

I've seen the X-Bow race and I still have no idea how the driver is supposed to escape with the giant canopy. Always unsettled me.

[@callumcasey8475]

it still sucks for gt4 though its the joke of its class

[@satrioadi7044]

I'd thought that the X-bow used a motorcycle engine. Huh.

[@Heavywall70]

I’ll take “Things you can’t find in America” for $1000 Alex

[@onthevergeofvani11a21]

so if the car flips and goes on fire your fucked

[@Pandamasque]

The packaging of the final iteration looks like a complete nightmare... all in the name of keeping an engine from a FWD hatchback? Fuel tank size is a poor excuse. Name a single GT4 series that allows competitors to use much more than half of that 120l tank.

[@BayRadioLogue]

All of these cars are getting way to expensive and are pushing into unobtainium territory for the majority of enthusiasts.

[@johnnynitro7523]

I will have one.....