SKODA has had its most successful opening to a year yet, with the Volkswagen Group-owned brand posting sales of 652,700 for the first six months of 2018.
That is an 11.6 per cent increase on the same point last year – 585,000 units in 2017 – with SKODA also having a large surge in sales for June, with the company seeing sales for the last month go up by 10.8 per cent.
Globally, the largest success story was the Kodiaq SUV that had 77,900 orders between January 1 and June 30 – an increase of 187.8 per cent over the same period in 2017.
Other models that saw an increase in global sales were the Citigo (6.9 per cent) and the Octavia (2.6 per cent).
Bernhard Maier, SKODA chief executive officer said: "The results of the first half of this year impressively demonstrate the effectiveness of our model strategy. Our modern and wide range of models has been very well received by customers worldwide.
"In the second half of 2018, we are expecting bottlenecks due to the introduction of the new WLTP test procedure; deliveries of some vehicles will therefore be delayed."
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