With the recent acquisition of Gas Gas by the company Torrot, the new CEO of Torrot Group, Ivan Contreras, it has designed an ambitious industrial plan to take the company to the precipice where it was and return to Gas Gas to level it deserves. To carry out the operation with solvency, it closed an agreement with a financial partner, the background Black Toro.
Once solved all the bureaucracy necessary, the implementation of Gas Gas is ensured and the new industrial plan starts immediately.
To advance this important commitment for the new Gas Gas, Ivan Contreras has appointed as Director General Juan Lopez, former Director of Business Development Torrot. And as the new Director General of Torrot to Alex Ballesta.
From the first minute we were informed of the acquisition, we were eager to know who is behind the salvation of the company's Salt, what better way to quench our intrigue that meet in person responsible and chat with him to draw our own conclusions .
Most people do not know Torrot as motorcycle brand would we could tell their story?
"Torrot is a business of bicycles and scooters born in 1948 in Vitoria, Mr. Iriondo created it. Over the years it was consolidated as a leading company in national mopeds, bicycles of all types and big bikes like Jaws, such as Urban Mobility would call today. The truth is that a person was somewhat visionary in this regard. Unfortunately in the nineties disappeared after a few years, Catalan businessmen acquired the name. Mr. Ivan Contreras Torrot repurchase and recast again, focusing on electric bikes for children and developing an electric scooter interconnected with its owner, with his environment, with the city. The recently presented at EICMA, in addition we also created a line Legend Series, aimed at pilots, the first in honor of Marco Simoncelli. "
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The presence of Torrot at EICMA and the presentation of their new power was a success
"If, on the one hand present the Legend Series line for child bike, with the presence of Paul Simoncelli, it was a very emotional and beautiful event. Another novelty is the Muvi, an innovative electric scooter in which we have implemented a lot of technology: "Networked Personal Mobility" we call it, look the last mile of the city, creating sustainable mobility at all levels, including the user's pocket we created an interface between users and Torrot city, with parking, pollution level, temperature which is circulating, if there is a jam, is not only to create a recreational vehicle, we go further with interconnected vehicles. "
?Torrot and Gas and Gas work?
"Torrot will continue its development as a technology company based on electric vehicles, we will go forward creating even vehicles without wheels, drones, but always keeping the personality of Torrot, with their electric vehicles and the application of technology."
"A Gas Gas will refund this passion that has always had with two motorcycles, four-stroke, also will take advantage of the synergies between the two companies to apply where this level of technology that has yet to Gas Gas possible."
"Concerning racing bikes, will be very serious in developing new models, we will create synergies between the pilots, the engineering department, R & D, making developments with great circuit and report on R & D so that you improve, no rush, slowly but very well done . We have to go out with motorbikes who have not seen this level of quality ever in this company. "
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But the same structure for the two brands will be used?
"Obviously the ability of this plant to produce 19,000 motorcycles Salt in a year, can be used for mounting or our KIDS Muvi, but in a completely independent way, evidently an issue of costs is better to bring the production unit of Torrot and riding here, but nothing to create blends between electric and gasoline. Gas Gas Torrot providing a high level of technology, engineering, R & D, but there will be a union, we will have hybrid vehicles ".
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In recent times the company was focused overseas sales market due to declining sales market in Spain What now wants to cover Gas Gas?
"Gas Gas has to cover all markets sensibly, surely Gas Gas, this is a personal opinion, leave earlier to supply the domestic market because of low sales and importers who would be asked to buy more amount of blow and go this will impact on their cash. Since then the Spanish market has to be covered with Gas Gas. Today, since leaving the award, dealers Spain, even from other brands, they want to Gas Gas, believe in our management and the quality that apply. When you talk of a yoke, a tire, a tire, the people of the world of the bike knows what you're talking about and are very expectant, Gas Gas will again be well represented in Spain, personally I would be very careful, as France by proximity, of course also all other importers, including the United States, where there will be growth in 2017, all of them will be there, in fact, have already passed their orders. "
On the subject of sales, do users with Gas Gas models prior to 2015 have to worry to purchase spare parts for their bikes?
"No, you do not have to worry at all, with the new software have been tested, we are desencallando whole issue of spare parts that have been required in recent months and have been serving as have the buffer of data bikes roughly ten years, we are looking at what stage create for this to be right, not obsolete, dispose of the parts for the customer to need arises he can serve. "
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Do you think that after the long and traumatic expected to know the future of the brand, the image of Gas Gas has depreciated dramatically?
"It is logical that it has lost market range, it is normal that other brands have appeared to have taken advantage of the absence in the Gas Gas market, this is very legitimate, but both dealers, and importers and users are waiting Gas Gas around, and I'm sorry for the other brands, but Gas Gas in March and will be there to see. "
We know that there is an electric bike GG adult trial, will there be continuity with this project? Will we see more off-road motorbikes Power by Gas Gas?
"Yes, it may be possible, it is feasible, however we believe that now we have to focus on what we mentioned earlier: order, manage, communicate, perfectly structured whole company to be sustainable over time, increase the quality we speak Once everything is and have again achieved across the network market stocked with all products, over time, have to go conforming to the needs of the market and users, there is increasing demand for electric vehicle, It is more aware. For us it is not a priority, it will come. "
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