KTM

KTM is an Austrian sports car and motorcycle manufacturer based in Mattighofen. The company was initially founded in 1934 by Johann Trunkenpolz as a car repair shop but expanded in 1951 to producing motorcycles in the beginning of the 1950s as the demand for vehicle repairs were lessening down. The first motorcycle produced was a prototype called the R100 and serial production of the vehicle began in 1953, the same year when Ernst Kronreif became a shareholder of Trunkenpolz's company and was renamed to Kronreif & Trunkenpolz Mattighofen.

Today, KTM is best known for its production of its off-road motorcycles as well as for the KTM X-Bow which has been in production since 2007. The company is today owned by the Indian automotive manufacturer Bajaj Auto. KTM in itself owns the Husqvarna Motorcycles brand.