Car of the Year across continents!
Kia Motors is
proud to announce that our vehicles have been named the winners of the Car of the Year awards from
Australia, Ukraine and United Arab Emirates! We
are absolutely thrilled and honored by this international attention and
acknowledgment of our vehicles. Continue reading to find out more about these
latest awards.
Australia
Kia Motors
models were recently featured at the Australia’s Best Car Awards,
one of Australia’s most influential independent award programs. After a range
of driving tests and careful consideration by the judges, Kia’s Optima GT emerged as the
Car of the Year award winner in the mid-sized car under $50,000
category while the Sorento
SLi 2WD and Sorento
Platinum took home the prize for the family
wagon and AWD SUV
($50,000-$65,000) categories, respectively. We are
incredibly thankful for such prestigious recognition and hopeful that it will
bring us further success in Australia.
The all-new Sorento took home the
“Crossover 2016” title at the Car
of the Year 2016 in Ukraine event. The decision was reached
through a combined process of online voting by the public and critical judging
by Ukraine’s influential journalists. The Sorento was selected as the overall winner of
the newly created crossover category. As this award signifies both recognition
from the motoring community and the general public, it is a testament to the
car’s prowess and popularity.
United
Arab Emirates
The annual Wheels Car of the Year
award is organized by Wheels Magazine,
a motoring magazine with the highest circulation and readership in the country.
Winners are selected by influential automobile journalists under
straightforward procedures: each car must be driven by all or most judges
through a 500km test drive course.
This year, among 50
competitors, our very own Kia
Optima claimed recognition for the Best
Saloon category. The Wheels Car of the Year is the oldest COTY
award in the UAE automobile market and recognition from such a historical and
renowned organization can only strengthen the Optima’s already solid reputation
among UAE customers.
We cannot stress
enough that our achievements and success would not have been possible without
the continued love and support from worldwide fans. Once again, Kia Motors is
thankful for the prestigious recognition and gracious support and we cannot
wait to be bring you more great news down the road!