CO2/tax
147-184g/km
£200-£320
Running costs
39-48mpg (1.6 GDi)
£88.04 fill-up
Performance
0-62mph/top speed
11.1 seconds/113mph
MID-SIZE SUVs are hot property on the new and used markets, and one of the favourites – as voted by you in our Driver Power surveys – is the Kia Sportage.
While the original Sportage of 1995 wasn’t anything to get excited about, its successor was a big improvement, and by the time the third-generation edition arrived in 2010, Kia had really hit its stride, with a car that looked as though it was still at the concept stage.
After that model, the Mk4 didn’t look as distinctive, but it was undoubtedly a better car, with its more modern dashboard, the latest safety tech and a further improvement in cabin quality. It was no wonder it claimed pole position in our 2019 Driver Power used-car survey, beating 99 other models in the process.
History
THE fourth-generation Sportage reached UK showrooms in February 2016, priced from £17,995. There was
