2008 KTM X-Bow

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Fastest Lap Times (14)

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TrackTimePosition Faster thanSlower than
Silverstone2:12.0 partly rain6/25BMW M6 Porsche 997 Turbo 
Luk Driving Center1:08.035/21Audi R8 Porsche 997 GT3 RS 
Bedford Autodrome West Circuit (post 06/2008)1:25.0020/72Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Ferrari California GT 
Nurburgring GP (3.1 km)1:28.52/11Ariel Atom 2 Lotus 2-Eleven 
Hockenheim Short1:11.830/474Porsche 997 Turbo Pagani Zonda C12 S 
Anglesey National1:01.510/58Porsche 997 GT3 RS Chevrolet Corvette Z06 
Nordschleife8:54.87 (wet/normal210/228Opel Zafira OPC BMW X6 xDrive50i 
Oschersleben (Standing Start)1:45.5002/6Porsche Cayenne GTS (Mk II) Lotus 2-Eleven 
Balocco2:51.9513/94Dodge Viper SRT-10 Porsche 997 Turbo 
Raceland0:53.351/39Renault Megane R26.R 
Top Gear Track1:23.1036/159Porsche 997 GT3 (facelift) Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series 
Virginia International Raceway2:52.34/70Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 
Sachsenring1:41.0115/71Artega GT Maserati GranTurismo S 
Ring Knutstrop (Conf 2)1:09.93/70Ferrari 430 Scuderia Audi R8 V10 5.2 FSI 

KTM X-Bow racing rivals

BMW M5 (E60), BMW M3 CSL (E46), Ferrari F355, BMW M6, Mercedes SL 55 AMG,

Other cars by KTM (2)

X-Bow SuperLight, X-Bow 300 bhp,

Community comments (21)

1 month ago
It is coming to the US and will be street legal and around $70000.
1 month ago
I know CaterHams are street legal in the uS, not sure how many states though, so this should be too, but i hope they bring it over there.
1 month ago
I've read 2 different magazine articles and one said the car can be bought in the US (but isn't street legal) and the other said the car can't be bought in the US.

It will probably be avail. in the US, eventually.
1 month ago
Is there a US price on this?
1 month ago
Do they sell this in America?
9 months ago
Any guess on what this can do on the Top Gear Track??
10 months ago
Why are you all knit-picking everything on this car? The car is competent on several tracks and places well unless the track is wet. It would make sense that a car that is this light would suffer tremendously due to a wet track. And yes bozos, 1700 pounds is light for a car (lighter than almost every leMans racecar)
1 year ago
@minimac93
The time on Nordschleife is so slow because it was wet during the test....the porsche 997 turbo was also tested on this day and made a 8.23min. The tester claimed that the x-bow could have been 30sec faster. But it would not get a time under 8.20min because the nordschleife has some fast passages and the aerodynamics of the x-bow causes bad top speed and therefore a slow laptime.
1 year ago
is this called the X-Bow or the CrossBow?? cause i have herd both!
1 year ago
Why is the Nordschleife time so slow...?
2 years ago
why is it so expensive? because its Austrian..lol and just look at the thing, its craaaazy. i think its £50,000 or $60,000, but considering how much fun this baby is to drive, (so i here), the price doesnt seem so bad..
2 years ago
The Question is why is it so expensive...
2 years ago
Well no, it is not slow. ;-) I was talking about weight when compared to cars like ariel atom, caterham r500 or perhaps radical sr3/4/8... IMHO it is kind of heavy when compared to those cars (atom, r500 etc). And because it's heavier than those cars, it is also slower. And since I thought KTM were competing on the same segment of the market as ariel/caterham/radical, it is "slow" and "heavy" relative to its competition...
2 years ago
slow? At Hockenheim short it is faster as 2-11, at Nürburgring it is faster as similar powerfull Ariel Atom2. Patrick Simon claimed the handling brilliant... compared to the Elise SC which simple sucked because of wrong tires and shitty tranny
2 years ago
some times weight wont effect the performance as much if there equipped with certain options, for example, nissan gtr and bentley gt speed 3.2 and 3.9 and most cars with this weight and power are alot faster, for example the lotus exige s 240 3.8 ta 60 and 9.6 ta 100, anddd 12.4 in th 1/4, so i dunno maybe this car just sucks?
2 years ago
I don't think this is a car you could call "slow"
2 years ago
isn't it slow _because_ it is heavy?
2 years ago
the question isnt why is it so heavy, its why is it so slow?? look at thos performance stats, the Lotus Elise SC does the 1/4 in 13 flat and that around 400 lbs heavyer. but i bet this thing is really fun to drive:)
2 years ago
even lotus 2-eleven is lighter...
2 years ago
Why is it so heavy? Allmost all similar type of cars are lighter: ariel atom, caterham csr/r500, westfield xtr, all the radicals etc...
2 years ago
the Luk driving Center laptime was driven on normal street tires no street legal semi slicks, the suspension setup was the basic factory setup. The X-Bow has a fully adjustable suspension and ride high, with proper track specific setup the car would have laped faster according to Patrik Simon the testdriver

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X-Bow technical data

Performance
Max speed 142.6 miles/h (230 km/h)
0-100 km/h 4.4 seconds
0-160 km/h 9.4 seconds
0-200 km/h 20.2 seconds
0-300 km/h -
Quarter mile 12.3 @ 112mph seconds
0-100-0 mph -
Engine
Power 177 kw (237 bhp / 241 ps)
Torque 310 Nm (229 lb-ft)
Displacement 2.0L liters
Engine type inline4 DOHC TFSI
Engine location mid
General data
Gearbox 6 speed manual
Drive rear
Mass 871 kilograms (1916 lbs)
Weight distribution 36.5/63.5
Year of introduction 2008
Home country Austria
Calculations
Power to Weight ratio 272.52 hp/tonne
Power per liter 88.5 kw/liter
Fastestlaps.com stats
FL Rank Position - 1207/1206, 0 points
Page views 9356
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