The next-generation Kia Sportage has been spotted undergoing tests at the Hyundai-Kia Technical Centre in Russelsheim, Germany. While precise details are difficult to decipher, the pair of camouflaged prototypes do give away a fair amount of aesthetic clues as to how the next compact crossover will look like.
Squint hard enough and you might just able to pick out hints of the China-only Kia KX3 – itself a pretty dynamic-looking thing. A more upright and slimmer version of the Tiger-nose grille is expected to follow while wraparound headlights and more protrudent fog lights round off the frontal changes.
Further differences can be found at the back with what looks like redesigned LED rear lamps, with the indicator and reverse lights housed in a separate assembly. Profile-wise, not much has changed (at least from what we can gather) as it maintains its rather long front overhang.
As for powertrain options, expect a range of gasoline direct injection and diesel mills to be made available. Two diesels are touted – a 1.6 litre CRDi with 136 hp (found on the Hyundai i30) and a 2.0 litre R engine with 190 hp. On the gasoline side, a 1.2 litre turbo’ed, four-cylinder T-GDi mill with 132 hp would kick things off while the range-topping variant would sport a 2.0 T-GDi engine with 245 hp.
A seven-speed dual-clutch transmission is also said to make an appearance on the next-gen Kia Sportage. With prototypes already looking close to the finished article, expect the Sportage to make its public debut some time later this year before it goes on sale as a 2016 model.
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you know that even the car is without its disguised, its a lousy, unaesthetic car
I afraid you are much more lousy and unaesthetic. Do you mind to put a picture on your avatar so that we can know you are not lousy and unaesthetic face?
One word JUNK. Mercedes is the best.
you mean the junk park at your car park? Then it is time to move to mercedes. IN MERCEDES WE TRUST
CX-5 is a huge success in our country; it is the number one choice in its segment, more prestigeous; the sales would have been better if not because of its long-waiting list.
Sportage has improved a lot as well.
Please be a smarter sorhai and buy the Tucson instead.
KIA and Ssangyong cars cannot be traded in
ok. Noted. Going to booking for my sorhai tucson. 1 year later i will trade to you. How much you can offer me? Let me have some mental preparation first.
Less than 18 month old Hyundais trade for ~40% of purchase price now.
I am not a fortune teller, so can’t tell you how much you can get for the cabbage.
One this for sure is that KIA and Ssangyong will not be accepted at all
for me, your hailat is much more cabbage
Please don’t use my name, you are fake!
Go register yourself an ID then. Fake always fake. Learn how people use their sentences before you pretend to be someone. Sam Loo. If you are too free to spreading unhealthy information on the internet, please do yourself a favor. Get a job.
Go and fly your kite. Fake always fake.
My sportage outer door handle came off few days ago. Wanna claim warranty but KIA said its my fault for being Superman.
Out of 9 cars I owned including Proton only KIA gave me this kinda problem and refused to take responsible for it. So unreliable KIA cars. My 1st and last Kia.
Dont be fooled by their so called 5 yr warranty crap!