NK Motors has reported a major improve in gross sales for the reason that £1m refurbishment of its Kia dealership on Orient Approach. Gross sales of Kia vehicles from the Derby department exceeded the two,500 mark final yr
Celebrating its twentieth anniversary, the seller has seen its 35,000th sale since shifting to Delight Park in April 2005.
Sanj Kumar, Group MD at NK Motors, mentioned: “As an official Kia franchise dealership, we now have sure requirements and pointers that we should meet when it comes to our showroom, branding and presentation.
“However with this newest refurbishment, we now have gone above and past what we’re required to do.
“It’s an amazing space, and we’re extremely happy with the result – not least the car sales results which seem to have coincided with the completion of refurbishment work at the end of last year.”
The challenge took 12 months to finish and included the addition of six new upper-floor workplaces, a double mezzanine area upstairs and a make-over of the massive showroom.
The enterprise will proceed to supply Kia-approved workshop and servicing services on website. It at the moment has over 600 vehicles in inventory.
The seller goals to ramp up £100m in turnover this yr in contrast with the £80m achieved in 2024.
Kumar attributes the success of the enterprise to the energy of Kia’s new mannequin vary in addition to his crew’s dedication to bettering providers for purchasers.
He added: “We’ve come a really great distance as a enterprise since dad opened his storage in 1981.
“But thanks to a bit of luck, some shrewd business decisions and an awful lot of hard work, we’re still growing strong and have even bigger plans for the future.”
