MODEL TESTED: Sportage 1.6 T-GDi GT-Line S
PRICE: £40,675 POWERTRAIN: 1.6-litre 4cyl turbo petrol hybrid, 212bhp
212bhp
Powertrain
1.6 litre 4cyl
52 litres
Fuel tank
£73 fill up
8.4 seconds
Performance
113mph
587 litres
Seats up/down
1,776 litres
TO illustrate just how closely matched this pair is on price, our hybrid-powered Kia Sportage GT-Line S test car comes to £40,675 – just £950 less than its rival.
Tech highlights
ON the face of it, the Kia’s hybrid powertrain looks as if might fall short of the Toyota’s, because its petrol contribution comes in the form of a 1.6-litre in place of the Toyota’s 2.0-litre unit. But it more than makes up for any shortfall in capacity with a turbocharger. Its electric motor also makes 59bhp, which is a little over half that of the Toyota’s unit.
