Kia bags United Nations’ global vehicle despatch order

Kia Motors has won a global vehicle provision bid held by the United Nations Procurement Division (UN/DP) to provide the Rio and Forte sedans along with the Sorento SUV to the UN and UN Entities.

By Autocar Professional Bureau

28 Mar 2018

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Forte (Cerato) sedan and Sorento SUV among three Kia vehicles shortlisted for UN duties.

Korean carmaker Kia Motors has won the bid against competition from various leading global car manufacturers and is to provide vehicles and maintenance services to the United Nations for the next three years.

A fleet of Kia’s Rio compact sedan, its Sorento SUV and the Forte (Cerato) sedan models will be delivered to the UN and UN Entities, and will carry the UN mark whilst supporting its causes and activities.

This is a significant achievement for Kia. Becoming a supplier to the United Nations is testament to the quality of Kia vehicles and the brand’s competitiveness in the global automobile market.

The UN awarded the contract to Kia Motors with the aim of consolidating the vehicle requirements of the UN Entities to take advantage of economies of scale, better quality, and better after-sale support, which is hugely important to the UN and UN Entities.

This is the second time that Kia has supplied vehicles to the UN, providing 420 minibuses (including Hyundai models) to the organisation from 2010 to 2015, following a bid process held by the UN/DP.

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