Kia UK revealed its PBV commercial vehicle plans at the 2025 Commercial Vehicle (CV) Show.
These include a dedicated dealer network to supply sales, after sales and servicing for Kia’s PBV products.
In addition, specification and pricing for the first dedicated fully electric Kia PBV to arrive in the UK, the PV5, have been revealed – with pre-orders for PV5 Cargo and PV5 Passenger vehicle up and running.
This new network will begin with around 45 centres, offering sales and after sales services, and grow to 60 by the end of next year.
Each PBV Centre will be equipped with its own dedicated facilities and specialist resources to support customers quickly and efficiently.
In most cases, the new network will be with existing Kia partners who have experience of commercial vehicles with other brands.
Further partner details and announcements will follow in the coming months, with Kia PBV centres opening for business from Q4 2025 to coincide with the first PV5 UK deliveries.
Initially, Kia plans to sell between 3-4,000 units in the first full year of PBV sales, building to 17,000 sales a year by 2030.
The PV5 Cargo in L2/H1 configuration will be priced from £27,645 (+VAT) for the entry grade ‘Essential’ with standard range battery or £30,145 (+VAT) with long range battery option.
The PV5 Cargo will further qualify for the current OZEV (Office for Zero Emission Vehicles) Plug-in Van grant reducing the price by £5,000. This makes it one of the best value and most complete electric vans available.
In addition, the PV5 Passenger variant will be priced from £32,995 (OTR). This people carrying version of PV5 will eventually be available in both 5- and 7-seat configurations (5-seats only from launch), with a lifting tailgate, and will offer a range of up to 249 miles* with the long-range battery.
Every Kia PBV product will come with a seven-year/100,000-mile warranty as standard. Service intervals are every two years/20,000 miles.
Kia first revealed its PBV (Platform Beyond Vehicle) business plans in its global ‘Plan S’ business strategy, announced in January 2020. Following the PV5, a larger commercial vehicle, the Kia PV7, is planned for 2027 and the Kia PV9 is planned for 2029.
Kia has invested around €3bn to build the brand-new and state-of-the-art Hwaseong EVO plant in South Korea, where the PV5 will be built. This factory can produce 150,000 units per year.
Paul Philpott (pictured), president & CEO of Kia UK, said: “I am delighted to introduce Kia PBVs to the UK and our very first dedicated fully electric van, the Kia PV5.”
“The launch of Kia PBVs is the greatest change Kia has undergone since it entered the UK car market over three decades ago.
“We will build on our expertise gained through our car business, which has evolved the Kia brand from market newcomer in the 1990s to today being the fourth best-selling car brand in the UK. “