2015 Kia Sportage LX Review - Wheels.ca
2015 Kia Sportage marries style and function. Pulling into a local eatery in a 2015 Kia Sportage, my friend and I noticed that, of the 40 plus vehicles in the parking lot, seven or eight were sedans, one was a pickup and the rest where all compact CUVs. The migration to the compact CUV has become a full-blown stampede with basic CUVs, entry-level luxury CUVs, premium CUVs – you name it. The Japanese had what we now consider a CUV for years until someone at Toyota had the bright idea to bring one... In Korea, Kia had been building a very basic CUV based on the Mazda Bongo from 1993-2004 followed by a second generation that went on until 2010 selling in small numbers and was largely ignored. But by then Kia had entered the Peter Schreyer era and a lot of things began to change very quickly. The 2015 Sportage is differentiated by two engines, front- or all-wheel-drive and trim. The entry LX and mid-trim models come with a twin cam, 2. 4-litre inline four-cylinder engine with 182 hp and 177 lb/ft of torque with a six-speed manual or six-speed automatic. Source: www.wheels.ca
