SPIED: 2016 Kia Sportage pictured inside and out!

2016 Kia Sportage 01

Here are leaked photos of the 2016 Kia Sportage – courtesy of Bobaedream, Autospy and AutoTribune – seen here way ahead of its scheduled Frankfurt debut. Officially, only three design sketches of the next-generation SUV have been released, but here it is in full, both inside and out.

Still recognisable as a Sportage (the side profile and window line is very similar to the current model), the new upcoming SUV looks to receive bold new looks, including a prominent Tiger grille that is completely separated from the high-mounted headlights.

The rear appears very sharp too, with slim wraparound LED taillamps that are positioned high along the car’s belt line. Certainly looks good with the large wheels, big tailgate spoiler and dual exhaust pipes as pictured here, doesn’t it?

Inside, it’s as per what we’ve seen before. The dashboard design is clearly a big departure from the previous model, adopting a more mature and upmarket layout as seen on the latest Kia Sorento and Carnival. All very promising, don’t you agree?


Current third-gen Kia Sportage facelift

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Comments

  • DonkeyKong on Aug 20, 2015 at 10:24 am

    Nice rear, nice interior, ugly face.

    Looks like after Schreyer is no longer directly involved in design, Kia’s sense of aesthetics has gone down the drain

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    • OMG…P.Cayenne Fxxk T.Harrier, then have this new baby Kia Sportage….hahahah

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  • Nope, interior looks ugly to me

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  • Kia Tiger frog on Aug 20, 2015 at 10:25 am

    when KIA tiger get a nose job in korea to become a Porsche..

    KIA Katak!

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  • theanswer on Aug 20, 2015 at 10:27 am

    macan? chayenne?

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  • autodriver (Member) on Aug 20, 2015 at 10:30 am

    the exterior front design has shadow of new porsche cayenne and rear part look similar to toyota harrier.

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  • front face is porsh wannabe, rear view is new harrier wannabe. That sportage need a lot of nose job for the new facelift

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  • disgusting sportage on Aug 20, 2015 at 10:31 am

    Super fugly rotten cabbage

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  • Sam Loo (ori1) on Aug 20, 2015 at 10:32 am

    OMG, the current model also cannot trade in. This new one come. Good luck

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    • Sam Sam Sam on Aug 20, 2015 at 11:11 am

      really? i would like to buy it at 30k for 2011 model but i couldnt find any, nvm, what about 50k? no too, 80k? no too, damn ….. only 100k @ 2011 car

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      • yeap, where is this myth of low resale value….i’m being looking for a low price 2nd sportage or tucson(2011) but all selling quite high at abt 100-110k?? damned, where can i can one at 60k?? i tot korean cars dont hv resale value…just a myth it seems

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  • Lance on Aug 20, 2015 at 10:38 am

    Can the Korean stop copying others for once? That’s Porsche Cayenne and inside too!!

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  • sorry to say that the front looks like Macan :(

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  • ferrari 458 kinda headlamp
    overall , quite a good job

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  • generalhoho on Aug 20, 2015 at 11:03 am

    This time Hyundai wins I guess. Hyundai’s new Tucson much more beautiful to me.

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  • kington on Aug 20, 2015 at 11:03 am

    WTH, the current one looked so good.

    Then again, these days, it’s not easy i guess, you launch a new car with designs and lines evolving from the previous model, people say you lack imagination, you do something revolutionary, you run the risk of ending up like this.

    Hats off to Alfa Romeo and Mazda for their timeless designs.

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    • holofanboi on Aug 20, 2015 at 12:44 pm

      Too bad about the Brera though. Saw a rare red one in US and its quite possibly the best proportioned hatcback ever made from all angles! <3

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  • Josh Ling on Aug 20, 2015 at 11:18 am

    i prefer the front of the current model wwwwaaaaayyyyyyyy more than the new one. it’s just weird, and it reminds me of the similarly-ugly subaru b9 tribeca suv.

    why they want to put the grille and make it so big below the headlights??

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  • sudonano (Member) on Aug 20, 2015 at 11:18 am

    The rear and inside look so good….

    But man is that front a complete mess.

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  • Kia Sportage always have nice design.
    but the performance any idea ?

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  • DPCraft on Aug 20, 2015 at 11:54 am

    Porsche wannabe front.

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  • mr1031 on Aug 20, 2015 at 12:19 pm

    dugong resurrected..now from a different brand and bigger body

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  • donno on Aug 20, 2015 at 12:25 pm

    That looks so much like a porsche macan, which is not a bad thing…

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  • So sad to see KIA is going to where Hyundai was in the 90s: copy and paste. The Italian designers they have probably quit his job.

    With this product KIA has officially lost their originality. The old Sportage looks much much BETTER!

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  • holofanboi on Aug 20, 2015 at 12:35 pm

    ….What on earth happened to this car. Something feels very, VERY off with the front of the car.

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  • Veneno on Aug 20, 2015 at 12:36 pm

    so Kia Sportage was in bed with Subaru Tribeca..?

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  • DPCraft on Aug 20, 2015 at 12:39 pm

    Centre dash’s AC and screen design copy Honda accord.

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  • Unfortunately, this isn’t something I would call “pretty” or “good-looking”. It just went too far.

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  • Rider on Aug 20, 2015 at 1:00 pm

    Headlights looks like an old generation Myvi..ha ha

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  • nabill (Member) on Aug 20, 2015 at 1:19 pm

    sometimes these designs look way better when seen in real . pictures sometimes dont really give the full picture if u know what i mean….i think i like the design!

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  • Ulitities on Aug 20, 2015 at 1:30 pm

    Nice sub..love the new design.

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  • Kiayenne……

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  • mix felling…. the front I think abit over cook.

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  • seancorr (Member) on Aug 20, 2015 at 2:09 pm

    Rear looks good, interior is an improvement over the current gen Sportage but the front has some issues. Better luck with the facelift in 3 years KIA!

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  • Kevin Lee on Aug 20, 2015 at 2:18 pm

    Anyone knows if there will be discount offered (how much discount? and when?) for the current 2015 model once the 2016 model comes out? Thinking of getting my first SUV…. TIA

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  • Gracke on Aug 20, 2015 at 3:21 pm

    Porsche 918’s…..spotlight!!

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  • kastard on Aug 20, 2015 at 3:27 pm

    This particular KIA might actually have bad RV in the future.

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  • WTF..why no just alter the current design to look better..why oh why look like this !!

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  • Neutral Bystander on Aug 27, 2015 at 10:52 pm

    You all narrow minded sheeps la saying it looks like a porsche. Interior? no it doesnt. Exterior? front? only headlights got but still very far off. Go do side by side comparison first la

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  • @Dacheffen on Oct 16, 2015 at 10:46 am

    Don’t expect me to like Korean car Brands as your trash, since then the interiors of Hyundai and Kia are cheap but overpriced , first this the body of Porsche , the tail light of évoque, the front looks like a toad that swallows humans and the interiors were cheap as ugly as Chinese Cars from JAC 4R3 , I’ll bleed out my money to Toyota . PERIOD

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