Global KIA Award for Wexford Car Centre

Published on 19th February 2026 at 07:07

Wexford Car Centre, based at Ardcavan in Wexford Town have been awarded ‘2025 
Global Best Dealer’, and certified ‘Kia Platinum Prestige’ status. This prestigious 
award was given exclusively to the best Kia dealers across the world, as part of Kia’s 
distinctive global dealer excellence recognition programme. 
Dealers are recognised for the previous year’s performance in delivering outstanding 
standards, customer service, customer facilities, staff training and development, 
sales performance and local market share. 
Wexford Car Centre are the sole Irish representative to receive this accreditation this 
year, and are in esteemed company, being from just 100 winning dealers around the 
world, and among only 23 European recipients to be awarded.  
 
Diarmaid Boland, Managing Director of Wexford Car Centre commented  on the 
award, “I am extremely honoured to have achieved this award on behalf of all the 
team here in Wexford. We have been in business since 1981 and our customer centric 
approach is always supported by great staff and this award is completely due to their 
hard work. This award is testament to the entire team and I would like to thank 
everyone here at Wexford Car Centre for their hard work and dedication to our 
customers. 
 
Ronan Flood, Managing Director at Kia Ireland added “This award from Kia 
recognises hard work, commitment and dedication to the brand and to our 
customers. From Thomas, Niall and their sales team to Eamon and his aftersales 
team and everyone involved with Wexford Car Centre, they have all worked very hard 
to achieve it and are fully deserving of this recognition. We congratulate all the team 
in Wexford for their contribution in achieving this award.”  
 
Kia are currently Irelands fifth best-selling car brand and offer eleven new models 
including Picanto, Stonic, K4, Niro, Sportage and Sorento with a full electric range 
including EV3, EV4, EV5, EV6 and EV9. 
For more see www.wexfordcarcentre.com 
 

1 (L-R):  Thomas MacDonald (Sales Manager at Wexford Car Centre), Eamonn Gregg (Service Manager at Wexford Car Centre) Diarmaid Boland (Managing Director at Wexford Car Centre), Niall Murphy (Kia Brand Manager at Wexford Car Centre)
2 (L-R): Nicola Doyle (Kia Ireland), Thomas MacDonald (Wexford Car Centre), Eamonn Gregg (Wexford Car Centre) Ronan Flood (Managing Director of Kia Ireland), Diarmaid Boland (Managing Director of Wexford Car Centre), Brendan Nicholson (Kia Ireland), Niall Murphy (Wexford Car Centre), Adam Fogarty (Kia Ireland)
All the team at Wexford Car Centre pictured with representatives from Kia Ireland