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BUYER’S GUIDE: Kia Stinger

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CO2/tax

154g/km

£150

Running costs

48mpg (2.2 CRDi)

£74 fill-up

Performance

0-62mph/top speed

7.6 seconds/143mph

KIA celebrates 30 years of car sales in the UK in 2021, and in that time the company has progressed beyond all recognition. Nowhere is this more obvious than with its Stinger, a luxury GT with an automatic transmission and rear-wheel drive.

Long considered a value brand, even in recent years despite the all-round brilliance of many of its cars, the Stinger was seen as a departure for this Korean brand. After all, buyers expected economy hatchbacks and SUVs, but the company’s showrooms suddenly had an ultra-sleek five-door coupé on display – one that was capable of 168mph in range-topping GT-S form.

In typical Kia fashion the Stinger has proved to be desirable for

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