VOLUME 57 ISSUE 25 JUNE 23, 2020 P83
For a woman to do so well in such a tough race
and be beating so many men is a great story for
us. This was a very good marketing launch for
GasGas under KTM direction and, for sure, two
riders will race for GasGas in 2021.
How is your integration of GasGas into the
KTM Group proceeding, and what are your
plans for new GasGas products?
Basically, we are repeating the successful
Husqvarna strategy, but only with off-road prod-
ucts, so that means a GasGas version will be avail-
able of the enduro and motocross applications
of all the KTM engine platforms. These GasGas
versions will start production in September this
year, and the first enduro models will be Euro 5
compliant. The GasGas trials bike is already in the
program, and we are selling quite nicely around
the globe, from the USA to Europe. I'm very happy
that we could finally get the last missing link in our
off-road product line!
Are you only selling gasoline-powered Gas-
Gas trials bikes at present, and will electric
models come in the future?
Currently it's just combustion, but as you know,
we are one of the pioneers in electric PTWs, so
for sure, the trial bike is very well suited to elec-
tric powertrain. We already have the TXE under
development.
How about GasGas on-road models?
It's not yet planned, so right now it stays as an
off-road brand.
Looking at urban mobility, when we last
spoke almost a year ago, together with your
Bajaj partners you had already identified the
major growth potential in the electric PTW
market for something other than the high volt-
age, high kilowatt models that companies like
Harley-Davidson and Zero have been focusing
on. So how is your program with Bajaj for your
electric model range looking?
Fortunately, we had finished the powertrain
development before the arrival of corona, so it's
KTM has no plans
of slowing down,
coronavirus or not.
