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Kia EV3 named ‘UK Car of the Year’ 2025

  • Kia EV3 wins main gong at UK Car of the Year Awards 2025
  • Small Crossover category winner comes out on top
  • Back-to-back wins for Kia following EV9’s 2024 success
  • EV3’s range, design and high spec praised by expert judging panel

The judges have had their say - and the Kia EV3 is ‘UK Car of the Year 2025’.

The honour has been bestowed at the annual UK Car of the Year Awards, with the winners chosen by a team of motoring writers from various magazines, newspapers and websites.

Kia’s EV3 actually did a double - being named overall winner while also triumphing in the Small Crossover category.

It’s also back-to-back wins for Kia, with the Kia EV9 being handed the main silverware in 2024.

Gareth Herincx, who writes for Yahoo and Hello, said: “Distinctive, spacious, safe, competitively-priced and easy to drive, the Kia EV3 is one of the best all-round, family-friendly EVs on the market – and it comes with a seven-year warranty.”

Adding to that, EV expert Alex Grant noted: “The EV3 takes all of the best bits of the EV9 and distils them into a product targeting one of the UK’s biggest-volume segments. It’s futuristic to look at but intuitive to use, rides and handles UK roads brilliantly and offers a usefully long range of almost 400 miles. A very easy way for families to go electric.”

Our own Select Car Leasing scribes agree - the Kia EV3 is indeed a cracking lease car.

Our automotive writer Steve Fowler recently named the Kia EV3 the best car he’s driven in the last 12 months, and added: “It’s a brilliant all-round family car that will be a joy to live with. I’d have one in a heartbeat.”

Full list of UK Car of the Year Awards 2025 category winners:


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