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Volkswagen has retained its crown as the top selling car brand in the UK with a market share of 8.5%, beating Ford into second place with a share of 7.6%. Another VW Group brand Audi was in third slot with a share of 7.22% of the market followed by BMW on 5.9%, Toyota on 5.8% and Kia on 5.7%. A ...

Chapel House Holdings saw pre-tax profits take a hit in the year to June 2023, down 34% to £3.3m on turnover up 18.8% to £112.9m. The dealer group, which has a strong presence representing Kia, MG and Suzuki in the North West, said the increase in turnover was on the back of strong demand for both new and used vehicles. ...

Kia is pushing ahead with the roll out of its new-look dealerships across the 190 strong network. A total of 60 are now up and running with the new CI and this should rise to 85 by the end of the year with the network completed in 2024. Kia UK CEO and president Paul Philpott told Motor Trader the network ...

Kia has emerged as the top brand in the UK for dealers achieving the highest rating in the just-published National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) Dealer Attitude Survey. Dealers were asked to rate their manufacturer overall on a scale of 1 to 10. Kit got the top score of 9.5, followed by Lexus (9.2), and MINI (9.0). Vauxhall (2.4), Jeep (2.3), ...

Stockton Kia has had a refit, taking on the Korean brand’s new brand identity which was first introduced at the start of 2021. The refit is the latest of 190 Kia showrooms in the UK to be refitted as part of a nationwide design update. Reducing the carbon footprint as much as possible and unique to Stockton Kia, a large ...

Ken Jervis Kia in Stoke-on-Trent has won an award from Martec Training for its bodyshop apprenticeship programme. Martec Training, based close to the dealer in Newcastle-under-Lyme, offers a wide range of motor trade apprenticeship training to local dealerships, garages and bodyshops. The trainers chose to award Ken Jervis Kia as the number one company for apprentices based on a number ...

Kia UK hit the 50,000 EV sales milestone in July 2023. Kia sold 9,624 units in July across all models, its best July on record, including 1,555 fully electric vehicles, which pushed the total of Kia EVs sold in the UK to 50,614. The 50,000th Kia EV sold was a rear-wheel drive EV6 ‘GT-Line S’ in Runway Red, registered on ...

Kia UK has been named in the 2023 Best Workplaces for Women list by Great Place to Work. The company has its’ own women’s network and is an active member of the Automotive 30% Club. Recently Kia UK has also partnered with Moving Ahead on Inclusive Leadership training for all employees as well as a cross company mentoring programme to ...

Gravells Kia Bridgend has won a Platinum Prestige Dealer Award for its performance across sales, aftersales and customer experience. The award is given to the top performing Kia dealerships, with 3% of Kia’s 7,000 global dealerships obtaining platinum status. The award win follows the Bridgend dealership winning the ‘Dealer of the Year’ for the second consecutive year at Kia’s annual ...

Brayleys Cars has acquired Grovebury Kia Dunstable for an undisclosed sum. It now has 18 dealerships, representing Kia, Honda, Mazda, Renault and Dacia across Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Surrey, North & South London, Essex, Kent and Oxfordshire. Brayleys is majority owned by Dubai-based international investors AW Rostamani. last year it turned in a strong performance with pre-tax profits of £5.02m on turnover ...