Westdrive Kia has been named one of the top Kia dealerships across Europe in the manufacturer’s dealer excellence awards that were held in Vienna.

Westdrive Kia was pitted against 1,700 Kia dealers across the European network and came out on top to win platinum dealer status.

Jason Westwood, Westdrive Kia managing director, said: “It’s fantastic to have been recognised not only for our hard work in selling cars, but through our customer satisfaction results as well.

“The awards are based on real customer feedback, and so everyone who has bought a Kia over the past year has been a judge for these awards, it’s not some faceless panel, which is what makes this platinum status all the more important to us.”

Westdrive Kia was judged on three different criteria: customer satisfaction, sales of both new and used cars and their overall dealer excellence, which is a combination of the former two factors along with the franchise standards.

F Cross and Sons in Scunthorpe is the only other Platinum Kia dealer in the UK.