The 61-member jury, made up of automotive journalists from 23 countries, selected the winner from seven models that had made it to the round of finalists in the first voting last November.

Hyundai and Kia will suspend production at their eastern European factories for two weeks, starting on Monday.

Slovakia’s economy, dominated by automakers including Volkswagen Group, PSA Group, Kia and Jaguar Land Rover, slowed unexpectedly in the second quarter when it expanded by 1.9 percent, down from a 3.7 percent rise in the first quarter and missing analysts’ expectations of 3.3 percent growth.

Kia will add a 48-volt mild hybrid Ceed next year to the compact hatchback’s gasoline and diesel engine lineup, the automaker’s chief operating officer for Europe, Michael Cole, said.

KIA MOTORS CZECH surpassed the limit of 100,000 cars sold on the Czech market and this year expects to break the 9,000 units sold within one year for the first time in its history.

UniCredit Leasing has become an exclusive provider of financial services for Kia Motors Czech for the next three years. Under the trade name KIA FINANCE, UniCredit Leasing will provide credit and leasing products for end customers, including new brand cars called KIA SELECT.

AUTODROM MOST has extended this year’s cooperation with KIA MOTORS CZECH and ASAS, an authorized KIA retailer, which has renewed the fleet for safe driving courses with the new Kia cee’d 2017.