Kia Sportage 2025: test, prices, engines, size, interiors, technology, technical data sheet

It is an update that does not go into the background what Kia brings to the fifth generation Sportage, which arrived in 2022 At the end of 2025 Plug-in hybrid variant will also arrive, while the LPG alternative is expected for 2026 with a system in collaboration with the BRC. Now, however, it is available with a 150 HP 1.6 petrol turbo, with a 136 HP 1.6 turbodiesel Mild Hybrid (the engine of our test in the Turin area, also driveable by the new drivers) and 1.6 full Hybrid petrol turbo of 239 hp. Only in the latter case – at least for the moment – full traction is available as an alternative to the front, while for the petrol and diesel Mild Hybrid variants you can opt for the 6 -speed or automatic 7 -speed double clutch gearbox, with the full hybrid that mounts the 6 -speed automatic.

1Kia Sportage 2025: how it changes

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Kia Sportage 2025 is lower than 5 mm than its stunt double in 2022, in the face of an increased length of 25 mm due to the adoption of more voluminous bumpers. It affects the new bright signature, with a body headlights with a strong vertical development according to the most recent stylistic dictates by Kia, called Oppositions United. Aesthetically very valid, but – let’s imagine – equally delicate when you have to park in tight spaces. Redesign the moldings, new design for the circles, 17, 18 and 19 “arrive, depending on the setting up and the engine. By the way: there are four installations: business, style, GT Line and GT Line Plus, with a gap of 2,750 euros between one and the other. The luminous signature at the rear also retained, where the bumper and the diffuser also vary. With two -tone options.

2Kia Sportage 2025: how it is made, the technique

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Under the hood of the Kia Sportage 2025 tested in the Torinese hills there is the dear 1.6 CRDI Turbodiesel: four -cylinder in line of 1598 cc, to be precise, with Euro 6e approval and a 48 volt minim volt Mild Hybrid system. There are 136 cv of maximum power (at 4,000 rpm) and 320 the NM of torque available shortly after the 2,000 rpm. Instead, they go down to 280 in the event of a manual transmission. On the specimen on the test there was instead the double clutch double -speed dual clutch combined with the front -wheel drive alone: ​​the ideal package for those with the car must work and grind many km per year on the highway.

3Kia Sportage 2025: how it changes inside

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Internally the Kia Sportage 2025 has a new design for the steering wheel, perhaps the most in view of the passenger compartment. Two -spokes, it is two -tone on the GT Line fittings. Important Connectivity side update: now Apple Car Play and Android Auto are usable wirelessly, by popular demand by the public. The design of the air vents is new, the two 12.3 “displays confirmed, with support of artificial intelligence for the infotainment system. The seats are in fabric on business and style, in similar and suede material on GT Line and GT Line Plus. There is no shortage of digital key 2.0, with your smartphone that acts as a key, over-the-air updates, ades.

4Kia Sportage 2025: how it goes

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If Kia Sportage, over his 30 years of career, has conquered 7 million motorists along 5 generations, there will be a reason. The restyling of the fifth series highlights everything: a fresh and modern design, taste, sporty and elegant at the same time; A level comfort given by a raised guide but not for this annoying between the curves, far from, with very limited roll and pitching, so much so that one of the strong points of this SUV is precisely the driving pleasure; Interior in step with the times, technological but with many physical keys to distract little and the use of soft materials everywhere, enhanced by an enveloping seat on the GT Line. All this at a very interesting price that elevates its value in terms of quality/price ratio.

5Kia Sportage 2025: strengths and weaknesses

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Below are the first qualities and defects found during the first contact with the restyling of the fifth generation of the Kia Sportage near Superga and surroundings.

• Design: With small but significant improvements, Kia renews the already pleasant look of its flagship SUV. Sporting and elegant at the same time
• Quality/price ratio: looking at direct competition, you pay an honest price for a vehicle that knows its own, all right
• Driving: although it is not a sporty SUV in the strict sense, roll and pitch are limited to the maximum. The enveloping seats (for GT Line variants) contribute to an appreciable driving pleasure

• Front headlights: the strong vertical development of design Oppositions United Bring the hell of the headlights a little too low; It is necessary to pay attention to the obstacles during the parking phase