Skoda’s plans for a bigger SUV than the Yeti are well advanced, with the new design due in 2015. It’ll be offered in five as well as seven-seat versions as well as won’t function the Yeti name, as was originally the plan.
Speaking to automobile Express, Skoda’s Chairman Winfried Vahland said: “This needs to be a cars and truck that can offer 100,000 around the world, as well as the greatest demand for this type of cars and truck comes from China.”
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Vahland led Volkswagen in China between 2005 as well as 2010, as well as told us that he brought the concept of the huge SUV back type the far East. “The Chinese like the Yeti as well as they like bigger SUVs, which is where we requirement to go,” he told us.
Yet although the Chinese market doesn’t favour seven seaters, the new SUV will be offered with three rows of seats since of demand in other markets, notably Russia. The cars and truck VW has as a target for the new design is the Hyundai Santa Fe – a huge worldwide success for Hyundai as well as offered in five as well as seven-seat versions.
However, the new huge Skoda won’t function the Yeti name: “We have huge plans globally for the Yeti,” stated Vahland. “We already make a stretched version of the Yeti in China as well as have started to develop it in Russia, too. The Yeti needs to be a cars and truck we can offer 200,000 of each year.”
Skoda completed 2012 having offered 939,200 cars and trucks – up 6.8 per cent on 2011. as well as Vahland has huge growth plans: “By 2018 we want to offer 1.5million cars and trucks globally. as well as between now as well as 2015, we’ll be introducing a new Skoda every six months.”