In the last year, Kia has earned so many awards in so many different categories (design, safety, efficiency - you name it) that the team here at Turner Kia have had a hard time keeping up. But it's even more difficult when Kia wins more than one award at a time - particularly if the automaker wins three awards at one time. Which, by the way, they just did in the U.K.

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It's hard to believe, but the first half of 2012 is over. And the team here at Turner Kia could not be more excited about the second half of the year - especially considering how well Kia did over the last six months. That is to say, between April and the end of June, Kia dealerships around the country sold more than 150,000 units - making the first half of this sales year the best...

The Kia Motors Manufacturing plant in Georgia (KMMG) opened late in 2009, and was the very first site of Kia manufacturing here in the United States. So far, it's been quite the success, with plant workers turning out as many as 360,000 of the award-winning 2012 Kia Optima and Kia Sorento, annually. But the cars aren't the only things worth the applause - the whole team in Georgia is award-winning, too.

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WEST POINT, Ga. - This old textile mill town of 3,500 along the Alabama border 80 miles southwest of Atlanta is dealing with a problem it hasn't had in ages: Downtown is booming so much it's often hard to find a parking spot.

Nevertheless, Kia did save the borough known as West Point, here's how.

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