At the German premium carmaker Audi, KTM chose one of the most efficient and powerful engines with a 2.0 liter displacement. This is all about an engine block that was used by the Ingolstadt-based company for a long time in the S3 model and which generated up to 265 h.p. there. It was later also used in the TT-S with 272 h.p. For use in the KTM X-BOW R, the reinforced block has a bigger turbo, an altered fuel injection system and the engine electonics have been additionally updated by Bosch Engineering Group (BEG). This means that the performance not only increases to 300 h.p but also the torque: to be exact 400 Nm are set free at 3,300 revs and results in a very smooth torque curve which provides impressive drive in all situations. This was how the KTM X-BOW evolved into the ‘R’ but it was far from complete. For the engineers, the additional power meant that the entire periphery – from the engine mounting to the suspension had to be reviewed. And that is why, in addition to the engine, very many other parts of the vehicle were either changed or completely newly constructed.
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