The jury presented the carmaker with “Winner” awards for its cee’d five door, cee’d Sportswagon and Carens compact MPV models while the new pro_cee’d gained a “Best of the Best” distinction in the product design category – marking the second prize won by the model along with the iF product design award.

Over the last four years, Kia has won 10 red dot awards for its Soul, Venga, Sportage compact SUV and D-segment Kia Optima sedan – which gained the “Best of the Best” prize – plus last year’s awards for the five-door Rio B-segment hatch and the A-segment Picanto.