The 2023 Kia Sportage was named a winner of a Wards 10 Best Interiors & UX award. Completely redesigned for the 2023 model year, the Sportage earned high marks for its comfortable and upscale interior, along with its easy-to-use controls and center display.

The 2023 Kia Telluride has been named “Best Mid-Size 3-Row SUV” in the Good Housekeeping “Best Family Vehicles of 2023” rankings. This is the third time in four years that the Telluride has been recognized by the leading third-party testers of consumer goods.

Kia America has been awarded two Vincentric 2023 Best Fleet Value in America™ awards. The 2023 Kia Rio LX topped the subcompact segment, while the Rio 5-Door S was recognized as the leader in the subcompact hatchback segment for the second consecutive year.

The Kia Niro Plug-in Hybrid has been recognized with a Red Dot Design Award in the category “Product Design.” The award is a testament to Kia's commitment to designing innovative, high-quality vehicles that meet the needs of its customers while also staying at the forefront of cutting-edge design.

The 2023 Kia Sportage was recently named among Autotrader’s Best New Cars of 2023. The redesigned fifth generation of the iconic SUV – available with internal combustion engine (ICE), hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) powertrains – was honored alongside 10 other top vehicles.

Kia EV6 GT crowned 2023 World Performance Car

Kia has achieved an outstanding result in this year's World Car Awards, with the Kia EV6 GT being crowned the 2023 World Performance Car.

Hyundai Motor Group Chief Creative Officer, Luc Donckerwolke, received the “Disruptor Designer of the Year” distinction at Newsweek’s World’s Greatest Auto Disruptors awards.

Today, the all-electric 2023 Kia EV6 and the 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid were recognized as leading electrified vehicles by the editors of U.S. News and World Report in the “2023 Best Hybrid and Electric Car” awards. This is the first win for the Niro Hybrid, which was named “Best Hybrid SUV,” and it is the second year in a row that the EV6 was bestowed the top honor as “Best Electric Vehicle.”

Today, the 2023 Kia Niro EV was recognized as Cars.com’s “Top Pick: Commuter EV.” This is the second category-level award from Cars.com for the Niro family, following the Niro Hybrid being named Cars.com’s Best Car of 2023, and the first win for a Kia vehicle in this competition. The editors of Cars.com selected the Niro EV from among electric vehicles in four categories.

Three Kia models were awarded top honors in the annual “Best Cars for Families” rankings presented by the editors of U.S. News & World Report. The rugged and refined 2023 Kia Telluride SUV was named “Best 3-Row SUV for Families” for the fourth consecutive year, the all-electric 2023 Kia EV6 performance crossover was chosen as the first “Best Electric Vehicle for Families,” and the 2023 Kia K5 sedan earned its first title as “Best Midsize Car for Families.”

The 2023 Kia Niro has been named the 2023 Women’s World Car of the Year. While the Niro initially earned the “Urban Car of the Year” award from the all-women association earlier this year, the jury panel ultimately recognized the Niro as the overall “Supreme Winner” among all other category winners.

Two Kia models have been selected as a top three finalist in two categories for the 2023 World Car Awards. The Kia Niro has earned a position among the top three finalists for the World Car of the Year category, while the Kia EV6 GT has been named as a finalist in the World Performance Car category.

Ten Kia models were named to the 2023 Car and Driver Editors’ Choice Awards list, representing the publication’s annual standard of automotive excellence. The winners, all 2023 model year vehicles, include the Sportage, Sorento, Carnival, Niro Hybrid, Niro PHEV, K5, Soul, Rio, and the Car and Driver 10Best-winning EV6 and Telluride (four-time winner). Car and Driver’s winning choices were selected from more than 400 models that the editors tested, rated, and ranked across 39 market vehicle segments—from crossover SUVs to electric vehicles and sedans to family-sized vans.

The 2023 Kia Telluride has been awarded the 2023 Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK+ (TSP+) rating.