Kia had appointed Michael Cole, formerly Sales Director for Toyota GB, as new UK Managing Director.
Current Managing Director, Paul Philpott (pictured) will leave Kia to become Chief Operating Officer for its European head office.
Philpott will be leaving for Frankfurt in August and will be responsible for all of Kia's pan-European operations including sales, marketing and aftersales.
He will also manage relations with the company's manufacturing operations in Zilina, Slovakia where the Cee'd and Sportage are built.
D R Chappell - 18/12/2012 19:41
I am the owner of a Kia Sorrento reg EK56NUJ and it is in the garage at the moment having a new fuel tank fitted due to the inside of the tank disintegrating and blocking the fuel system and i am getting a bill in excess of £700, I checked on the internet and it is a manufacturing fault would this problem be subsidised by by Kia