---- Einen Skoda Yeti und einem neuen Skoda Superb, werden beim automatischen Ausstellung in Stadt Haikou, South China Hainan Provinz angezeigt, 22. März 2014.
--FILE--A Skoda Yeti and a Skoda New Superb are displayed during an auto exhibition in Haikou city, south Chinas Hainan province, 22 March 2014. Skoda Auto expects to move out of parent company Volkswagens shadow and compete as an independent brand in the Chinese auto market, said its chairman Winfried Vahland. The Czech brands global sales in the first quarter rose 25 percent year-on-year to a record 250, 000 vehicles. The growth indicates that we should be able to have a more independent position at Shanghai Volkswagen, said Vahland. He made the remarks as Skoda unveiled the new Octavia on April 20 at the Beijing auto show. He said Skoda will has new technical representative on the Shanghai-Volkswagens board of directors beginning in May, adding that another two already represent the brand in sales and marketing. He said Skoda will have an independent sales company when its annual sales in China reaches 500, 000 units, a target the brand expects to achieve in 2018. China is now the Skodas largest market worldwide. A total of 227, 000 vehicles were sold across the country in 2013.
