Seat expansion: Seat wants to gain a foothold in Russia and China

' We will take it step by step, 'said Muir. 'It will of course not be possible to capture larger market shares all at once.'

No production in China or Russia

Seat wants to limit its expansion in Russia and China to selling cars there. A production of Seat vehicles in these countries is not planned.

At the VW subsidiary, the expansion of market shares in Europe has priority. Seat is aiming for shares of 2.5 to 3.0 percent in Germany, France, Italy and Great Britain, twice as much as before. 'We are strong in Spain, but outside of the domestic market we have only a rather weak presence,' said the CEO.

Seat is the problem child among the VW subsidiaries. The company would like to better utilize its plant in Martorell near Barcelona in the future through higher sales figures and thus get out of the red