Skoda Auto, the Czech mass-market brand owned by Volkswagen (VOW.ETR), is betting on new models and dealership facelifts to turn around its China sales, Bloomberg reported. The manufacturer expects its new Rapid Spaceback compact car, next-generation Octavia sedan and a new version of the Yeti sport utility vehicle to lift sales more than 10% by the end of the year, Skoda China President Andreas Hafemann said in a July 7 interview in Beijing. The company aims to more than double deliveries in China by 2018, supporting VW’s bid to unseat Toyota (TM.NYSE, 7203.TYO) as the leading global carmaker by that same year.
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