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Kia Sportage PHEV

James_Brodie@autovia.co.uk

@JPBrods

Performance

0-62mph/top speed

8.2 seconds/119mph

Running costs

256.0mpg (official)

£68 fill-up

IN February, the Kia Sportage was the most popular new car in Britain, and Kia topped the sales charts for the first time after 31 years in the UK market. In 2021 the Sportage was Britain’s third most popular SUV, and when we tried this new fifth-generation version for the first time, we hailed it as “the best Sportage yet”.

Lofty expectations are set, then, and as part

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