Gravells Kia Bridgend clinched a hattrick of accolades after successful ‘Supplier of the Yr’, the ‘Gross sales Excellence Award’ and the ‘After Gross sales Excellence Award’ on the automotive maker’s 2023 Supplier Excellence Awards.

For the third consecutive 12 months, Gravells Kia Bridgend was awarded the distinguished ‘Supplier of the Yr’ title. That is additionally the second 12 months operating the dealership has gained the ‘Aftersales Excellence Award’, which focuses on areas of the enterprise together with elements, equipment and repair plans.

Awarded second and third place because the ‘Supplier of the Yr’ was Mantles Kia Royston and Lloyd Kia Carlisle respectively. This consequence adopted constant excellence all through the previous 12 months throughout all enterprise metrics – gross sales, after gross sales and buyer expertise.

Lloyd Kia Carlisle’s head of enterprise Roy Holliday mentioned: “To be recognised as top-of-the-line Kia dealerships globally for 2023, after going by means of a significant showroom refurbishment which resulted in us working offsite for seven months, is a testomony to not solely the employees for adjusting to their momentary setting and nonetheless offering distinctive ranges of buyer expertise, but additionally to our loyal prospects who’ve supported us by means of this era.”

Gravells Kia Hereford toppled earlier four-time winner Ken Jervis Kia off the rostrum to safe the outright win of the ‘Buyer Expertise Award’. Furthermore, the highest 20 sellers excelling in buyer expertise additionally obtained recognition for his or her outstanding efforts with an award certificates.

Paul Philpott (pictured), president and CEO of Kia UK, prolonged heartfelt congratulations and because of all of the winners: “Recognising our sellers for his or her distinctive dedication to our prospects has as soon as once more led to file gross sales in 2023. That is due to their high quality of service and stellar illustration of the Kia model. We’re immensely pleased with our seller partnerships and collectively we now have and can overcome challenges by means of steady innovation.

“2024 will likely be one more thrilling 12 months for our model and we’ve already hit the bottom operating with the opening of the all-new Kia Academy in Derby that can usher within the subsequent technology of expert technicians.

“In fact, no point out of 2024 is full with out noting the ZEV mandate. Kia is already in an important place: nearly one in two autos bought is an electrified mannequin and this will likely be our first full gross sales 12 months for the EV9. However, we’ll proceed to construct upon our repute as leaders in electrification and with the power and high quality of our seller companions I’m sure that is potential.”

Kia bought 107,765 new automobiles in 2023 – of which 45% had been electrified fashions, making Kia the third best-selling model for electrified fashions.

The next 20 sellers additionally obtained an award certificates in recognition of buyer excellence.

• Acorn (Burntwood)
• Acorn (Crewe)
• Allen (Brentwood)
• Drayton Motors (Louth)
• Drayton Motors (Scunthorpe)
• Edwards (Kempsey)
• EMG (Thetford)
• F J Chalke (Mere)
• Furrows (Telford)
• Gravells (Abergavenny)
• Gravells (Bridgend)
• Ken Jervis (Stoke-on-Trent)
• Lloyd (Carlisle)
• Mantles (Royston)
• Startin (Redditch)
• Stoneacre (Grimsby)
• Sutton Park (Coventry)
• Wessex (Cardiff)
• Wessex (Newport)