VW's Skoda plans to start new SUV sales in 2017

A Volkswagen (VW) logo is pictured next to a logo of Skoda during the second media day of the 86th International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland, March 2, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Volkswagen's Czech subsidiary Skoda Auto, plans to start sales of its new Kodiaq SUV at the beginning of 2017, it said on Friday. A series of new product launches has helped push Skoda's global vehicle sales past the 1 million mark in the past two years. It will unveil the new SUV in the second half of 2016, it said. (Reporting by Jason Hovet; Editing by Greg Mahlich)