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  • Kia EV3 named ‘Best Compact SUV’ at Business Car Awards 2025
  • Kia EV9 wins ‘Best Premium Large SUV’ title for the second year

Kia has won a fresh set of awards at the Business Car Awards 2025, for both its smallest and largest EVs offered in the UK.

Hosted once again at the Hilton London Bankside Hotel, the Kia EV3 is the latest in a long line of Kia models to be recognised by the Business Car Awards jury. Judges praised the car for its compelling blend of range and efficiency, coupled with ride comfort and generous equipment – helping it to win the award of ‘Best Compact SUV’.

Martyn Collins, Editor of Business Car, said: “Kia’s first dedicated compact EV, in our opinion, is the definitive choice for fleet compared with rivals. This is thanks to its impressive efficiency, resulting in a segment-leading range of up to 375 miles. It also boasts distinctive looks, and a comfortable and composed ride. There’s also a spacious, stylish, well-equipped, and quality interior, with easy-to-use infotainment.”


The Kia EV3 is both the UK Car of the Year 2025 and World Car of the Year 2025 – a rare achievement matched only by the Kia EV9 in 2024.

For the second year, the Kia EV9 was declared the ‘Best Premium Large SUV’; a significant achievement for Kia’s flagship model. Set apart by its striking looks, practical seven-seat configuration as standard and 800V electric architecture, the EV9 truly delivers a unique blend of efficient electric motoring with family-sized practicality.

Collins commented: “For the second year in a row, and despite other new Premium Large SUV launches this year, the Kia EV9 retains its Business Car Awards crown. The EV9 still looks great against the opposition, remains a practical seven-seater, is good to drive, and is impressively efficient. Prices may start at over £65,000, but this is good value compared with rivals.”


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Launched in the UK in late 2023, the Kia EV9 has enjoyed a wealth of awards and recognition for its innovative approach to both electric power and the large seven-seat SUV segment. This includes being named the UK Car of the Year for 2024, and the World Car of the Year 2024.

Dave Williams, Head of Fleet at Kia UK, said: “We are delighted to receive these latest business-focused awards for the EV3 and EV9. Awards like these truly highlight the appeal of our great products, and we work hard to ensure they are backed up by all-important customer support. With our well-established network of 190 Kia dealerships across the UK, our Kia Business Service Promise and our seven-year/100,000-mile warranty, customers can be assured that when buying a Kia they’re getting a complete end-to-end service.”

The Kia Business Service Promise is designed to keep fleet and business customers mobile as well as provide the best service and maintenance from across the Kia dealer network.


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Test Drive the Kia EV3 or Kia EV9 in Wiltshire

Ready to experience the Kia EV3 or Kia EV9 in person? Be one of the first to get behind the wheel of this feature-packed SUV. Contact Chippenham Motor Company, your trusted Kia dealership in Wiltshire, to book your Kia test drive in Chippenham today.

Call us on 01249 444000 or visit us at Chippenham Motor Company

*All range figures throughout this release are determined according to the standardised EU measurement procedure (WLTP). Individual driving style and other factors, such as speed, outside temperature, topography and the use of electricity-consuming devices/units, have an influence on the real-life range and can possibly reduce it.

 

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Chippenham Motor Company Ltd is an Appointed Representative of Automotive Compliance Ltd, who is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA No 497010). Automotive Compliance Ltd's permissions as a Principal Firm allows Chippenham Motor Company Ltd and MRG to act as a credit broker, not as a lender, for the introduction to a limited number of lenders and to act as an agent on behalf of the insurer for insurance distribution activities only.

We are a credit broker and not a lender. We can introduce you to a carefully selected panel of lenders, which includes manufacturer lenders linked directly to the franchises that we represent. We act on behalf of the lender for this introduction and not as your agent. We are not impartial, and we are not an independent financial advisor.

Our approach is to introduce you first to the manufacturer lender linked directly to the particular franchise you are purchasing your vehicle from, who are usually able to offer the best available package for you, taking into account both interest rates and other contributions. If they are unable to make you an offer of finance, we then seek to introduce you to whichever of the other lenders on our panel is able to make the next most suitable offer of finance for you. Our aim is to secure a suitable finance agreement for you that enables you to achieve your financial objectives. If you purchase a vehicle, in the majority of cases, we will receive a commission from your lender for introducing you to them which is either a fixed fee, or a fixed percentage of the amount that you borrow. This may be linked to the vehicle model you purchase.

Different lenders pay different commissions for such introductions, and manufacturer lenders linked directly to the franchises that we represent may also provide preferential rates to us for the funding of our vehicle stock and also provide financial support for our training and marketing. But any such amounts they and other lenders pay us will not affect the amounts you pay under your finance agreement; however, you will be contributing towards the commission paid to us with the interest collected on your repayments. Before we propose you to a potential lender, we will inform you of the likely amount of commission we will receive and seek your consent to receive this commission. The exact amount of commission that we will receive will be confirmed prior to you signing your finance agreement.

All finance applications are subject to status, terms and conditions apply, UK residents only, 18s or over. Guarantees may be required.
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