'Dynamic' Skoda looks to bright future

"In the second half, we will also launch Rapid Spaceback to China, another model with high expectation," said Vahland.

"And in the future, the speed of product offering in China will further catch up with the timeline in Europe."

Winfried Vahland

He told China Daily that Skoda's current performance has already beat his expectation.

"This year we will have six products in China. And we plan to develop a new SUV, larger than Yeti, in 2016 and bring it to China in early 2017. With this product portfolio, we target to occupy 3 to 4 percent of the passenger vehicle market," said Vahland.

Besides new product offerings, Vahland said that promising dealers' profitability is also key to Skoda's development in China.

"Thus, I strongly believe that Skoda will have a long-term, bright future in China," he added.

Plug-in hybrid

"Hybrid is one of the major directions for Skoda's new-energy vehicle development," said Vahland.

"We will first equip the system with the Octavias, Superbs, and also our SUVs."

Vahland said he thinks it is not yet time for pure-electric vehicles.

"Development of electrics in China has not achieved what the industry expected several years before."