The Kia Dealer Award Winners for 2020

Parts Dealer of the Year:

• Silver Award (Category C Dealerships): Kia Motors Nigel
• Bronze Award (Category C Dealerships): Kia Motors Paarl
• Silver Award (Category C Dealerships): Kia Motors Vanderbijlpark

• Gold Award (Category C Dealerships): Kia Motors Paarl
• Bronze Award (Category B Dealerships): Kia Motors Springs
• Silver Award (Category B Dealerships): Kia Motors Middelburg
• Gold Award (Category B Dealerships): Kia Motors Tzaneen
• Bronze Award (Category A Dealerships): Kia Motors Northcliff
• Silver Award (Category A Dealerships): Kia Motors Polokwane
• Gold Award (Category A Dealerships): Kia Motors Durban South

A special Gold Award was also extended to Kia Motors Polokwane for excellence in Accessories Sales.

CSI Dealer of the Year:

• Bronze Award (Category C Dealerships): Kia Motors Paarl
• Silver Award (Category C Dealerships): Kia Motors Vryheid
• Gold Award (Category C Dealerships): Kia Motors Jeffreys Bay
• Bronze Award (Category B Dealerships): Kia Motors Pietermaritzburg
• Silver Award (Category B Dealerships): Kia Motors Bethlehem
• Gold Award (Category B Dealerships): Kia Motors Hermanus
• Bronze Award (Category A Dealerships): Kia Motors East Rand
• Silver Award (Category A Dealerships): Kia Motors Durban South
• Gold Award (Category A Dealerships): Kia Motors Randburg

Service Operations Dealer of the Year:

• Silver Award (Category C Dealerships): Kia Motors Nigel
• Gold Award (Category C Dealerships): Kia Motors Vryheid
• Bronze Award (Category B Dealerships): Kia Motors Alberton
• Silver Award (Category B Dealerships): Kia Motors East London
• Gold Award (Category B Dealerships): Kia Motors Pietermaritzburg
• Bronze Award (Category A Dealerships): Kia Motors Roodepoort
• Silver Award (Category A Dealerships): Kia Motors Durban South
• Gold Award (Category A Dealerships): Kia Motors Randburg

Fleet and Corporate Sales require a special focus in any dealership and are often accompanied by months of relationship building prior to orders being secured. To acknowledge and reward excellence in this field, two special awards for Fleet Sales Dealer of the Year were made: Silver Award for Kia Motors East Rand, and a Gold Award for Kia Motors Durban South.

Sales Dealer of the Year Award:

• Gold Award (Category C Dealerships): Kia Motors Umlazi
• Bronze Award (Category B Dealerships): Kia Motors Brackenfell
• Silver Award (Category B Dealerships): Kia Motors Alberton
• Gold Award (Category B Dealerships): Kia Motors Diep Rivier
• Bronze Award (Category A Dealerships): Kia Motors Roodepoort
• Silver Award (Category A Dealerships): Kia Motors Weltevreden Park
• Gold Award (Category A Dealerships): Kia Motors Durban South

Considering all dealerships’ overall achievement in the various fields under consideration, the awards were concluded with the most coveted award of all – the 2020 Kia Motors South Africa Dealer of the Year Award – which was awarded to Kia Motors Durban South.

Located in Amanzimtoti on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, Kia Motors Durban South – under the leadership of Riaz Akoob – received a total of three Gold Awards (Parts, Fleet Sales, Sales) and two Silver Awards (CSI and Service Operations), in combination ranking the highest for the overall Dealer of the Year awards.

Dealerfloor spoke to Kia Motors SA about the importance of the awards, click here to read more.