Skoda To Decide By Next Year If It Enters North American Market

Skoda has recently trademarked half of its current line-up and the high-performance vRS logo at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and it looks like the Czech automaker will have to decide by next year whether it enter the North American market or not.

At least that’s what Skoda CEO Bernhard Maier told the German newspaper daily Handelsblatt, according to Wards Auto:

“During the next year, we want to have the question of North America decided for us. When we talk about our plans until 2025, then you cannot leave out one of the most important car markets in the world. Therefore, we examine under what conditions and with what cars the entrance to the U.S. market would be possible.”

Knowing that the company trademarked the “Superb”, “Octavia”, “Yeti”, and “H-Tec” names, it kind of gives us an idea of what cars Skoda is considering bringing stateside.

The Czech company’s products are currently sold in 102 states, but by 2025, Skoda aims to expand in 120 countries, adding South Korea, Singapore, and Iran in the next 12 months.

“Until the target point of the ‛Strategy 2025ʼ we should be represented (in) 120 markets,” Maier said.

Skoda is part of the Volkswagen Group’s masterplan to introducing more than 30 new purely battery-powered electric vehicles over the next ten years. Even though there aren’t any hybrid or electric vehicles in Skoda’s current portfolio, several models are in development, as Maier confirmed and concluded:

“The first model will be the Superb as a plug-in hybrid in 2019. Immediately after that, we want to bring the first pure-electric model to the market. By 2025, I expect five pure-electric cars in our offer.”