Kia Europe has released the first official images of the new 2016 Kia Sportage‘s interior. There’s a dashboard shot and one of the general cabin, showing leather seats and a panoramic glass roof.
Kia says that the new interior is one of the most significant improvements over the third-generation SUV. The focus was to create a cabin which offered a wide, driver-oriented dashboard, with a simple, modern design. The Korean brand also promises a far greater proportion of soft-touch materials and better soundproofing. Forward visibility is aided by a lowered A-pillar base, while the A-pillar itself has been made thinner.
Where the cabin of the outgoing Sportage is focused around a clearly-defined central console, with a vertical design, the new model features horizontal lines. The lateral design divides the dash into two clear zones – ‘display’ and ‘control’.
The ‘display’ zone includes the instrument binnacle and optional new 7.0- or 8.0-inch HMI (human-machine interface) systems. Below a clear line running the length of the dashboard is the ‘control’ zone, with the central console cascading downwards and tilted 10 degrees towards the driver.
The division also lends itself to single or two-tone colour schemes, with customers able to choose from either a single-tone (black) or two-tone (dark and light grey or black and Canyon Beige) cabin.
Buyers specifying the new GT Line get a sportier feel, with a D-shaped leather steering wheel, piano black trim and aluminium pedals.
Passengers get more space than before, thanks to a 30 mm growth in wheelbase length to 2,670 mm. The new Sportage maintains the same height (1,635 mm) and width (1,855 mm) as the outgoing car, but headroom is up by 5 mm in front and 16 mm at the back, while max legroom has expanded by 19 mm front and 7 mm back.
Kia says that in the rear, a 40 mm lower interior floor – without sacrificing exterior ground clearance – and 30 mm higher rear bench hip point provide backbenchers a more natural and comfortable seating posture and improved under-thigh support. In addition, the reclining rear seats now offer 17 steps – from 23 to 37 degrees, with the reclining lever relocated from the upper seat-back to the lower side of the seat.
The new Kia Sportage will make its debut at this month’s Frankfurt show. More details soon.
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Seriously this is nice design..more better than the precious sportage..thumbs up
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here’s a simple kindergarten version of car design basics:
You know why sharks look so damn nice? cos they have a streamlined shape shaped for speed. which is why good-looking cars; lamborghini, evo, bmw have a shark-like face. lambo, mitsubishi understand the shark’s nose protudes with small, slit eyes just above the nose. bmw’s design language exaggerates the shark gills and nose into a kidney grill that slopes down inwards which is why they always look angrier the sportier they are. audi, the old kia forte, schreyer’s designs utilise similar language as when you look at the front of a shark, the eyes and nose are level with an open mouth below coming towards you. which is why the air intake grill looks open and placed below the nose.
you know what animal has its eyes protruding over a huge open mouth? frogs. are frogs pretty? remember the childhood story: princess and the frog?
phew, that took a while, but please. no. not pretty. frog no pretty. this: no pretty.
Looks are subjective. You may think your wife is hot but I think she looks like a cow
wat about “more better” bro
Habis la Rush. Same lorrrr better apply part time job
first impression is, wah, so many buttons
Human -machine interface haha as if an animal could ever drive
electronic parking brake…nice!!
I could not afford a Macan, so this almost look alike could serve me well…
if i’m going to buy kimchi!
Want to puke
You must be fan of fugly mirai design
In 2017, many dai lan ngongs who bought this Porsche wannabe will come to beg me to accept this junk for 25k just to trade in a Rush.
Rush is not in production anymore in 2017 cos before it had zero sale. LOL
Kimchi Macan?
Next, Kimchi Macan S?
looks like the interior of a truck, but it is really nice looking..
Audi sportage
Sorry…this is a euro spec. Ours will be cheap plasticky…trust me