Kia News

With the appointment of a new Sales Director and a new Marketing Director, Paul Philpott, Managing Director of Kia Motors (UK) Limited has completed the restructure of the company’s top team.

Kia Motors has welcomed the increased awareness and commitment to the Walking Bus scheme, launched in the UK by Kia in December 2000, shown by Brake and ASDA with their “Record Breaking Walking Bus 2007” campaign launch.

Since 1994, all Kia cars – around 200,000 to date – have been protected against theft by Retainagroup security marking and registration on the International Security Register (ISR). Now, the overt marking of six windows per car has become much faster with the use of patented, state-of-the-art laser technology.

Kia’s best seller is about to get bigger and better. Only millimetres bigger but miles better in every way, the face-lifted Picanto is set for a world debut at the Barcelona show on June 7.

Recent surveys estimate that less than half of British workers use up their full entitlement to annual leave. Reasons cited for not taking paid holiday often include a heavy workload or fear of upsetting the boss.

Two-thirds of the original line-up of The Jam have reformed for the first time in 25 years and the Kia Sedona is helping them spread across the country.

Kia Motors (UK) Limited is currently in the process of notifying 1,561 customers of a recall to rectify a wiring problem on facelifted Sorento models.

Kia Motors Corporation is, in conjunction with Hyundai Motor Corporation, continuing its support of all things football by becoming the official global sponsor of the upcoming UEFA European Football Championship, or ‘UEFA EURO 2008’ – the largest football event in Europe.

Kia Motors Corporation hosted an opening ceremony at its Zilina plant in Slovakia this week to mark the official opening of Kia’s first ever European factory.

Kia is adding two special edition models to its line-up for spring, the Sportage TITAN and the Rio Ice.