2020 Kia Sportage – Review & Road Test

The Kia Sportage has been lightly updated for 2020 with a range of now standard drivers assists including lane departure warning and collision warning with pedestrian detection. The exterior and interior have also benefited from the 2020 mid-cycle update but elsewhere much remains the same. In a compact SUV field overshadowed by fresh versions of the Ford Escape and Toyota RAV4, can Kia’s slightly improved 2020 Sportage hope to compete? Kelley Blue Book’s Micah Muzio has some thoughts.

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[kbb]

Would you buy a Sportage versus the rest of the compact SUV field?

[baldheadlogic]

The biggest ding to the Sportage remains the low fuel economy. If they could get the efficiency figures to class competitors, this would sell much better

[theburgermeister]

I have a 2017 sx turbo I love it handles very well and the power is good. Wish it was a little better on fuel but its worlds better than my Cherokee i had. Overall love the car alot

[SamKhan-rdrs]

10 year warranty good enough for me...

[nittanyburg]

Slightly worse fuel economy for the reliability of a traditional automatic transmission over a CVT is a trade off I’ll make every time

[mr.e]

I have a 05 Sportage EX with the 2.7 V6 engine, other than the same gas mileage as this new one, I have been very happy with it !! It has excellent horse power, to say the least just wish it had better fuel economy !!!

[tonymanzi]

After buying leasing American vehicles, I switched to Foreign, Never thought I would own a foreign vehicle especially a Kia!! Really impressed I got the "S" Model!! Sharp looking!!

[shontayromey]

just bought this car today and i LOVE him

[JULYXXIV]

I bought one. This same color. I LOVE it!

[Fomotomo]

Bought one today, the SX motor is brilliantly done! I love it!

[Wbrooks]

Actually really like the refresh...especially in that color. Just wish they’d make the interior upscale with an option for a digital gauge cluster and such

[fawkyou]

I just bought a brown one, she’s so lovely

[chevyfan]

Just got a 2020 LX and its fantastic. Better then the Honda and Toyota after test driving both. Chevy Equinox was my second choice but was bigger and didn’t need the space. Liked the look of the Kia more.

[bbbt]

Sportage over the rest of the crowd, i hate cvts

[kerryparks]

I bought the all NEW MY20 KIA Seltos, even in BASIC form for under *AU$26k* it comes with its many standard features like roof rails,
Apple Car play /8" touch screen, rear parking sensors
Forward collision stop
Lane departure and keeping assist

bold new styling
with chrome features
loads of space (huge boot)
cabin quietness and drivability
7yrs warranty and "roadside assist.*
and not least the fantastic economy
(600km urban driving)
I could have bought the slightly pricier model "Sports+) but I prefer the 16" wheels with higher profile tyres.

[theMLBfan]

I must know what that driver's seat pump does!!

[samaanalkhaldi]

It's just missing the new Kia 8-speed AT. Thanks.

[IC-kfmz]

This guy is The Godfather of car reviews.

[telcentral]

I just bought one and it is great. The funny thing is that when you usually buy a new car when you leave the showroom all you see is the same car you just bought. Not so with the Sportgage. It has been a week now and I still have not seen any on the road. Weird!!!

[marktuyet]

I saw one of these this weekend at the local mall in the bronze color . Very good looking . Base engine with the 6 speed should be very reliable .