Kia EV3, Sportage shine in the 2025 What Car Awards
The Kia EV3 was named Best Electric Small SUV in the magazine’s annual Electric Car Awards, while the Sportage won the Best Used Hybrid Family SUV award. These accolades follow wins earlier this year at the 2025 What Car? Awards, where the EV3 and Sportage were recognized as ‘Best Small Electric SUV’ and ‘Best Family […]
The Kia EV3 was named Best Electric Small SUV in the magazine’s annual Electric Car Awards, while the Sportage won the Best Used Hybrid Family SUV award.
These accolades follow wins earlier this year at the 2025 What Car? Awards, where the EV3 and Sportage were recognized as ‘Best Small Electric SUV’ and ‘Best Family SUV’, respectively.
Paul Philpott, President & CEO, Kia UK Limited said, “It is a great honor to receive yet more recognition for the EV3 and Sportage from What Car?, with the EV3 being celebrated back in January and Sportage for multiple years across a number of categories.
What Car?’s great reputation as an independent, influential and respected publication for car buyer’s gives these awards more meaning.”
Kia EV3 – Best Electric Small SUV
The Kia EV3 has redefined the compact electric SUV segment, becoming the brand’s fastest-selling electric vehicle of all time and the UK’s best-selling EV (in the retail market) in 2025.
Steve Huntingford, Editor of What Car? magazine, said: “The EV3 is a relaxing car to drive, because its ride is downright plush, while wind, road and motor noise are kept to a minimum at all times. You sit higher than you do in rivals, too, with this providing the sort of excellent view that many SUV buyers are after. And even the smaller of the two batteries on offer delivers an impressive range, so the EV3 offers excellent value.”
Kia Sportage – Best Used Hybrid Family SUV
The Sportage remains Kia’s best-selling model in the UK, Europe, and globally, and is currently the second best-selling car in the UK year-to-date – and the UK’s favorite family SUV.
The fifth generation Sportage, unveiled in 2021, set a template for future Kia models, electric or otherwise. This latest generation also introduced hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains to the Sportage line-up for the first time.