1955 – that’s sixty years ago now. Many of us only know about the world back then from the tales of our parents. In 1955, Argentinian...

Sweden – approximately nine million inhabitants, huge distances, and only a few paved roads. Forests as far as the eye can see. A country...

The KTM Team unwillingly experienced the closeness of good fortune and tragedy during the 27th edition of the Dakar Rally. Following a...

Statistically speaking, you spend 22.37 years of your life in bed. Another 16.63 years are spent at work and you’re ill for 4.29 years …....

On 11th November 1994, the KTM motorcycle business was rebranded KTM Sportmotorcycle AG. It was the beginning of a success story that...

John Penton, founder of the eponymous American offroad brand, played a vital role in the history of KTM. In consequence of his...

Giacomo Agostini, Mike Hailwood, Geoff Duke and Angel Nieto – today, the world champions of the 1950s and 1960s are motorsport legends....

In 1984, “Orwell´s year”, Apple introduces its Macintosh PC, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is born and Bon Jovi presents its debut...

If somebody asks for popular Austrian motorsport heroes, there are two names that immediately spring to the people´s mind: Niki Lauda and...

40 years ago, KTM won its first motocross World Championship and Imerio Testori became the first European Enduro Champion on KTM. Beside...

1974 – Richard Nixon resigns due to the Watergate Scandal, the oil crises dominates the economic news and for the first time it was...

Citius, altius, fortius – this motto equally applies for Olympia and motorsport. In Europe the Erzberg race meets all requirements of the...

At the 39th International Six Days Enduro that lead through the Thuringian Forest, KTM re-entered and competed with three factory riders,...

1954 – James Cameron the director of “Terminator“ and “Avatar” is born, Juan Manuel Fangio becomes Formula 1 World Champion and in...

1934 – Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine is born and Donald Duck has its first appearance. Germany experiences the first television...

In 2014 KTM celebrates 80 years of company history. Eight decades of ups and downs that shaped and changed the company as well as its...