Hans Reiter was at the Blancpain GT Series Test days with a pair of last evolution Lamborghini Gallardo REX GT3s for two Gentleman driver customers, Peter Schmitz and Kurt Wagner, with their eyes on the All-Bronze GT Sports Trophy.
His mind though is very much on GT4, Reiter Engineering builds the Reiter KTM X-Bow Coupe to GT4 specification and it has, thus far, proved to be a sales hit.
“We have sold around 25 cars with 15 already delivered and yes, financially that programme is now very much our focus.
“GT4 is definitely beginning to take off, maybe within 2-3 years at the current rate we’ll see it close in overall numbers to the current level of GT3 in the market.
“Not all of the KTMs are for racing, it’s proved to be popular with some customers for trackdays and testing, and we are selling cars in Europe, in Asia and in the USA too. I do though want to find a customer i the UK, British GT looks a very strong market for GT4.
“We have sold seven into the USA with four entered in the Pirelli World Challenge (ANSA Motorsport’s pair of XBows pictured above).”
There’s been focus too on ensuring that the KTM’s endurance racing credentials are publicised.
“The car went well in the Dubai 24 Hours (below), one set of pads, no discs, the KTM uses Lamborghini brakes on a car that is 250 kilos lighter.
“It’s light on tyres too, in Dubai we were able to go five hours at competitive pace on a single set!”
€139,000 will buy the KTM in GT4 spec with a full carbon tub, sequential shift and all the trimmings.
What then of the Reiter GT3 programmes for the Gallardo and Sareni Camaro?
“There are no changes this year for the Gallardo though we continue to support our customers around the world As for the Camaro, it is still a favourite programme of mine but at the moment we need to concentrate on the KTM, we need the factory space for those cars but we’ll be back with the Sareni car when we get the time to concentrate on it.
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