Click the thumbs up > Waylands Automotive has joined the Kia Motor UK franchised network with the acquisition of Pendragon's Evans Halshaw car dealership in Reading. The Thames Valley-based car retail group, which was had operated exclusively with Volvo Car UK at locations in Reading, Oxford, Swindon and Newbury, has officially moved into the facility and is now preparing apply new Waylands Kia signage. Waylands' former Evans Halshaw Kia business is located off just off the A33, to the south of Reading town centre. Waylandsâ chief executive, John OâHanlon, said: âReading Kia is our fifth opening, but first Kia dealership. Since starting the company in 2017, it has been our teamsâ passion to dedicate ourselves to the customer experience and putting them at the heart of our business.