Investment will lead to employment; employment means better income; it means selling more cars.

- Winfried Vahland

One cannot compare Skoda with the Volkswagen brand. Volkswagen is the world's biggest brand selling over four million cars a year, so there is really nothing to compare.

- Winfried Vahland

I believe that we have not yet played out full competitiveness in the notchback segment.

- Winfried Vahland

I promise to myself I will make cars that work and functions worldwide.

- Winfried Vahland

I believe there are segments in the Indian market that Skoda will not enter.

- Winfried Vahland

To make a very specific car only for India - where you don't know where the segments are tomorrow or will it shift - is tough.

- Winfried Vahland

When Octavia was introduced in India in 2001, it had opened up new segments.

- Winfried Vahland

In China, people are moving from bigger cars to small hatches, and interestingly, the Indian market is graduating to bigger cars and sedans. I will say that we will not put money only in just one segment.

- Winfried Vahland