Al Majid Motors Co. wins Dealer of the Year 2005 award

The award was presented by the Senior Executive Vice President and COO of KIA Motors Corporation, Mr. Y. H. Kim to the General Manager of Al Majid Motors Co., Mr. Samir Tayeh, at a ceremony held at the Melbourne Park, Australia in conjunction with the Australian Open Tennis for which KIA is the major sponsor since 2002.

On congratulating the winners during the awarding ceremony at the Melbourne park Australia, Mr. Y. H. Kim, Senior Executive Vice President and COO of KIA Motors said; "I am delighted to have this opportunity to be among you, our outstanding dealers worldwide, to celebrate the great dedication and hard work you have contributed in your local market to the overall success of Kia. On behalf of everyone at KIA Motors Corporation, I sincerely congratulate you on being selected as 2005 Kia dealer of the Year.'

"This award is a clear testament of the international level of service excellence we provide to our ever growing customers in the UAE. With this achievement and introduction of the new Carnival MPV and D-segment Optima, coupled with numerous all-new face-lift modes to be launched, customers will continue to be rewarded by our unrelenting product innovation and commitment to excellence," said Mr. Samir Tayeh, General Manager of Al Majid Motors Co.

This award is based on the results of the recently conducted Kia Dealer Proficiency Assessment (KDPA), Kia's first-ever comprehensive global dealer evaluation tool aimed at standardizing KMC's management of its worldwide dealer network and strengthening dealer capability.

A total of 70 dealers from 23 countries, top dealers from each country, were selected to be the participants of this program. Each dealer's facilities, sales service and marketing activities, finance & management capabilities, for the year 2005, were evaluated on a total scale of 1000 points to decide the winner.