Kelowna Kia, Orchard Ford among winners at Vancouver Auto Show awards<\/p>\n
Published 7:30 pm Friday, March 27, 2026<\/p>\n
The Vancouver International Auto Show kicked off its opening night by celebrating dealers and sales professionals across the province, including Kelowna.<\/p>\n
First category of the night were the Green Star Awards, given to new car dealers selling the highest number of clean energy vehicles annually across all brands, by provincial region.<\/p>\n
Kelowna Kia was the winner of top plug-in electric hybrid sales in the Interior B.C. category.<\/p>\n
Additionally, Orchard Ford in Kelowna took home the Community Driver award for the Okanagan\/ Interior.<\/p>\n
The community driver award highlights those who are deeply committed to giving back to their local communities through charitable initiatives, sustainability projects and community leadership.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese winners set the standard for community engagement and corporate social responsibility, demonstrating how B.C.\u2019s new car dealers make a lasting impact beyond their showrooms,\u201d reads the release.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur dealers and sales professionals continue to raise the bar by embracing innovation, advancing clean energy adoption, and delivering real choice for consumers. We\u2019re proud to celebrate those who are driving meaningful progress across the province,\u201d said Blair Qualey, President and CEO of the New Car Dealers Association of BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kelowna Kia, Orchard Ford among winners at Vancouver Auto Show awards Published 7:30 pm Friday, March 27, 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-566720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}