Kia e-soul makes history to scoop top Irish award

History was made last week when Ireland’s motoring journalists chose the Kia e-Soul as Continental Tyres Irish Car of the Year for 2020. In a groundbreaking result, it is the first time that an electric car takes Irish Car of the Year title.

At an awards ceremony at the Westin Hotel in Dublin, motoring journalists from print, online and broadcasting hosted the gala black tie event attended by Ireland’s leading car brands, importers, distributors and other motoring dignitaries.

When the votes of the participating journalists were counted, it was the Kia that took the top award with its new e-Soul model which also took two category awards on the night: Continental Tyres Irish Compact Car of the Year and Continental Tyres Irish Green/Efficient Car of the Year.

As the first ever electric car to take the Irish Car of the Year title, the e-Soul was one of several full electric or hybrid models in the running for this year’s award.

“Congratulations to the Kia team on a very worthy win, I am sure that the Irish Car of the Year title will be a huge boost for the e-Soul during the busy January car sales period,” said Anthony Conlon , the joint-chairman of the Irish Car of the Year Committee.

His fellow joint charman, Bob Flavin, that that “this is the first time that an electric car has won Irish Car of the Year, a real sign of things to come I think”.

“Regardless of its fuel type, the e-Soul came out as the clear winner and was hugely popular with my motoring journalist colleagues,” he explained.

Tom Dennigan of Continental Tyres said that the adfvice and observations of the jurors is always crucial to consumers in making their decisions about cars.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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