"Like an Old Diesel Locomotive": Motorcycle Manufacturer KTM Involved in New Exhaust Gas Scandal?
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The well-known Austrian motocross brand KTM supplies its dealers with cheating kits as standard with its motorcycles. With these, the machines can be stripped of...
The motorcycle manufacturer from Mattighofen brings thousands of two-wheelers on the market, which can be upgraded from 15 to 50 HP. If the registration holders are caught, there are high penalties.
The Austrian motorcycle brand KTM supplies dealers with standard parts to tune the motorcycles to a level above legal environmental and noise standards. This is reported by ten news media following their own investigation, including the French newspaper Le Monde and the daily newspaper Der Standard, and the Austrian broadcaster ORF.
“No, no, of course, on the sheet come the data of the capped bike.” “We remove the Euro 5 and those things.” “We deliver them with full engine and full exhaust, don’t worry. It’s that if you layer the bike, you kill it.” They are the answers of dealers of the mythical brand of KTM motorcycles in Madrid and Barcelona to a potential buyer who asks for a motorcycle for enduro, discipline of motorcycles in open field. They all confirm that they will…
50 instead of 15 hp? According to a report, dealers of the Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM are to bring thousands of machines onto the road illegally. Thus, the off-road bikes are apparently throttled and still sold with road registration. Thus, they emit much more exhaust gases and noise than allowed.
A research network, consisting of several Austrian and international media, wants to have uncovered an exhaust gas scandal at KTM. Thus, the Innviertler motorcycle manufacturer Enduro machines is to be systematically throttled – which means that pollutant emissions and noise pollution exceed the limit values. The allegations against the Austrian motorcycle manufacturer, which had only recently been rescued from the bankruptcy, weigh heavily.
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