Kia Motors has been presented with two international certificates which recognise the advanced environmental design and manufacturing processes behind the Kia cee'd. Globally recognised, German-based, TÜV presented Kia with a DFE (Design for Environment) and an LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) environment certificate at a special ceremony in Seoul, Korea, after rigourous inspection of the company's design operations and the manufacturing facility at Zilina in Slovakia. The Kia cee'd, designed for and made in Europe, is the first Korean car to receive such recognition.

Mr Hyoung-Keun Lee, Senior Executive Vice President and COO, International Business Division of Kia Motors Corporation, said; "The awarding of two international environment certificates for the Kia cee'd and its excellent 5-Star rating in EuroNCAP crash testing are first-time achievements for a Korean automotive company of which we can all be proud. "Our Zilina facility was environmentally certified in 2007 and later this year we will start manufacturing cee'd vehicles with fuel-stretching and CO2 reducing technologies from our experimental eco_cee'd line-up, further underlining Kia's strong and continuing drive to minimise its impact on the environment."