The KTM X-Bow still has a massive amount of potential: this carbon-fiber speedster layout is likely to be the next big format for track cars over the coming decades. Retiring the floppy old chassis rails of Caterhams is not an instant hit, though. It turns out some of the driving fun and pleasure may have been derived from all that flex under your bum around fast corners.

So the X-Bow (said: ‘crossbow’) has an uphill climb to win over purists. To the uninitated, the KTM X-Bow can feel too anodyne, too sure-footed and too grippy for traditional UK trackday blasts.

The entire equation must be recalculated once the X-Bow leaves Wimmer RennsportTechnik, a global leader in upgrading KTMs for road and track racing. This custom has the entire upgrade list included — but the new factory windshield option is probably the most critical for driving helmet-free in the sandy Gulf.

The ultimate, racecar grip and confidence comes into its own with a simple bump of 100-plus horsepower. Hey, who wouldn’t have more fun with an extra 100 ponies!?

The X-Bow speed revolution with Wimmer tech upgrades delivers far more than just extra ponies. Power is doubled here, with fun growing exponentially.

The lucky new owner of this car is a shy, shrinking violet of a person who never calls attention to his or her status.

The KTM X-Bow Dubai Gold Edition hopes to blow away Veyrons with its 2.97-second sprint to 62-mph — and if not by winning races, than by its blinding gold foil wrap.

Tacky, yes, but not permanent. Wraps are great for swapping colors and finishes every two years, or sooner. (But usually not much longer… wraps do not ages gracefully after about 3 years, traditionally. Sometimes, they start coming off or fade.

But whatever. This shimmery special is fun and lighthearted first for the Arabian Goldfinger of a new owner!

WIMMER RST 2015 KTM X-Bow Dubai Gold Edition

KTM X-BOW GT DUBAI-GOLD-EDITION by WIMMER RENNSPORTTECHNIK

WIMMER racing sports techniques company in the former Hanseatic city of Solingen is the venue for electronic and mechanical power uprating and most diverse special issues of sports exhaust systems and, as generally known, authorized service partner of the essentially specialized on bikes Austrian manufacturer KTM. Essentially …

Even such a X-Bow GT – an eye catcher already in “normal state”, wherever it appears – the WIMMER racing sports techniques team has submitted to an absolutely special treatment upon customer’s demand. This way, now, the engine, on the one hand, thanks to software optimization and miscellaneous modifications has impressive 485 HP (= 357 kW) of power and 520 Nm of max. torque on output, allowing fantastic acceleration values: from zero up to 100 kmph (60 mph) within 2.97 and from 0 to 200 kmph within 9.9 seconds!

On the other hand, large body parts have been in a spectacular way gold foil wrapped. The whole runs under the name “Dubai-Gold-Edition” – a fact that in any way allows to guess the customer’s origin. One can imagine this vehicle on the 1.7 km long Dubai “The Walk” strolling promenade all too well…

With X-Bow, to drive becomes to experience! For more information concerning this indeed extraordinary car please contact directly

WIMMER Rennsporttechnik Solingen GmbH
Loehdorfer Strasse 231
D-42699 Solingen
phone +49 (0)212 / 2 64 30 00
fax +49 (0)212 / 2 64 34 88
e-mail info@wimmer-rst.de
web www.wimmer-rst.de

Photos: Jordi Miranda

WIMMER X-Bow Heroes