Kia Sportage

With pure-ICE variants dropped, the cheapest Sportage is now a pricier hybrid option. Is it an enticingly thrifty family choice?

It’s been a big 2025 for Kia and its Australian arm for new and revised metal, including (in chronological order) EV6 update, K4 sedan, EV4 (global Korean mid-size SUV facelift brings key changes but does it improve the popular front-drive hybrid enough?

As far as generational evolutions go, the transformation of the Kia Sportage from the 1990s to now has been a textbook rags-to-riches tale. From terrible Kia’s Australian best-seller gets a mid-life facelift to make it prettier and better to drive, with extra equipment and new Hybrid AWD variants

If you’re on the hunt for a hybrid midsize SUV and the first dealership you go to happens to be Toyota (because of the popularity of the RAV4 Hybrid), Kia’s added electrified punch to its Sportage Hybrid and we’re the lucky custodians of a GT-Line variant for a three-month long endurance test

The flagship Kia Sportage GT-Line is perhaps the best illustration of how very far Kia has come in the last quarter-century. Australians are queueing out Kia’s Sportage is in massive demand, especially in flagship GT-Line guise, but is its turbocharged petrol engine option the weak point in this otherwise superb medium SUV?

Kia has launched the all-new 2022 fifth-generation Kia Sportage, but is this midsize SUV good enough to defeat the Toyota RAV4?

Sportage medium SUV takes a page from Toyota RAV4’s playbook, consolidating all petrol variants into an expanded petrol-hybrid range to sit alongside existing diesels

Sportage (facelift) Vehicle type: Mid-size SUVLaunched: July The Kia Sportage has just launched its mid-life facelift, featuring revised styling inside Your guide to all the new Kia vehicles heading to Australian showrooms in 2025

Kia Australia has released pricing and specifications for its facelifted Sportage range for model year 2026. Key updates include revised styling inside

Thanks for joining us this Thursday, May 29th 2025. Notably in car news today: MG HS ‘Super Hybrid’ pricing and specs, Ssanyong name put to pasture in

Thanks for joining us this Tuesday, 25th March 2025. Notably in car news today: MG confirms ‘IM’ luxury brand to launch in Australia, Chrysler Hemi-V8

It was a record year for Australian new-car deliveries in 2024, if only just sneaking past 2023 by less than half a per cent with 1,220,607 units. The The 100 best-selling vehicles in Australia in 2024, from the Ford Ranger ute to the BYD Dolphin electric hatchback.

Thanks for joining us this Wednesday 30 October 2024. Notably in car news today: the Kia Tasman Pickup has been revealed globally, and Hyundai has Every important car news story breaking today, one convenient read

Thanks for joining us this Tuesday July 16th 2024. Notably in car news today: Kia’s Tasman ute stress-tested for Australian conditions, and Mini is In car news: Kia’s Tasman ute stress-tested for Australian conditions, and Mini is unlikely to build any larger models than the Countryman in the future.

With Kia’s global product focus now heavily skewed towards electrification, the lifespans of its existing combustion-engined cars will be extended beyond All eyes are on Kia's new-generation of impressive electric vehicles but it still has big plans for its petrol and diesel line-up

Thanks for joining us this Tuesday March 12th 2024. Notably in car news today: Kia has launched its Sportage Hybrid, and Porsche pulls the covers off its Today in car news: Mercedes-AMG unveils its latest go-fast E-Class, Kia finally brings in a hybrid midsize SUV to Australia and more.

The much-anticipated hybrid version of the Kia Sportage midsize SUV will be released in Australia in January 2024, but it will be more expensive than an

The popular midsize SUV that launched in November 2021 has received five stars from car safety agency ANCAP

Kia Australia boss said retail buyers immediately selling on their desirable Kias is a “major issue at the moment” with no immediate solution.

The new Kia Sportage is available with two hybrid engines overseas, including a plug-in hybrid mimicking its bigger Sorento SUV sibling.

The new-generation Kia Sportage has become a popular option for Australian buyers in 2022, but how long will it take to get your hands on one?

A self-charging Kia Sportage is a possible rival for Toyota's RAV4 hybrid, but Kia Australia has to make a rock-solid business case first