Kuala Lumpur, 18 March 2010 – Naza Kia’s 3S dealer, Public Star Sdn Bhd, was among 30 Kia dealers worldwide that were recently awarded Dealer of the Year 2009 by Kia Motors Corporation (KMC).

The Dealer of the Year award is an annual award by KMC as part of its efforts to recognize its dealers that have excelled in performance, dedication and facility standards.

Public Star, which has been a Naza Kia dealer since 2002, was one of two dealers from the Asia Pacific region that received the Dealer of the Year 2009 award at a gala dinner held in Melbourne, Australia in February.

“This award is the result of all the support we have received from our clients, our employees and Naza Kia. We would especially like to thank our clients for their continuous support,” said Palan Ramasamy, managing director of Public Star.

Last month’s honour at Melbourne was the second time Public Star has been accorded with such an award.

In 2007, Public Star became the first Malaysian Kia dealership to win the Dealer of the Year award. It currently remains the only Malaysian dealership to have won the prestigious award from KMC.

Public Star runs a 3S dealership in Seremban and is one of four “Platinum” dealerships in Naza Kia’s sales network. Naza Kia currently has 41 dealers nationwide.

Platinum dealerships are dealers who have invested in implementing Kia’s corporate identity for facilities, sales and service operations to meet with global standards.

These dealers are picked following the results of a 1,000-point check-list, which, among others, evaluates the dealerships standards as well as its sales satisfaction index and customer satisfaction index scores.

Only Platinum dealers are eligible for KMC’s Dealer of the Year award. For the Dealer of the Year 2009 award, KMC chose dealers based on their sales performance, facilities and customer satisfaction.