2017 Kia Sportage Fully Revealed Ahead of Frankfurt Show - Motor Trend

The 2017 Kia Sportage has yet to make its official debut at the upcoming Frankfurt auto show, but three new official photos give away the exterior look of this new compact crossover. With an aggressive new front end and plenty of new trim pieces, the new Sportage represents a significant change from the current, third-generation Sportage that’s been around since 2010. The most distinctive element of the 2017 Kia Sportage is... The upright, stubby nose tapers into a profile that maintains a similar greenhouse as the current Sportage, and the rear end displays wraparound LED taillights clearly inspired by the Kia K900 luxury sedan. Full details and specifications of the new Sportage have not yet been released, but we expect it to share powertrains with the related 2016 Hyundai Tucson. , that model offers a 2. 0-liter four-cylinder as a base engine, and a 1. 6-liter turbocharged four-cylinder mated with a dual-clutch automatic as an option. The swept back headlights are nice, and I like the quad fog light design that Kia has started doing. This new one looks like nothing else in the class. The Evoque and new nissan Pathfinder are the only ones that have been daring and created a very attactive. Source: wot.motortrend.com