What Makes the 2020 Kia Sportage So Sporty?
Are you shopping around for a compact SUV that touts a delicate balance between comfort and performance? The Sportage offers a potent, available turbocharged engine and an attractive interior that’s designed to tackle any adventure from the urban jungle to a scenic dirt road. What makes the 2020 Kia Sportage so sporty? Stick around and find out.
Athletic Power and Acceleration
Kia offers the dynamically stylish 2020 Sportage SUV in four well-equipped trims with an aggressive, athletic stance that hints at what’s waiting under the hood. The LX, S, and EX variants come outfitted with the stock 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine. It’s good for 181-horsepower and pairs nicely with the zippy, six-speed automatic transmission. Most drivers are delighted with this option for everyday driving while earning an estimated 23 mpg in the city and 30 mpg highway.
If you’re in the market for more oomph, opt for the range-topping SX Turbo edition. Its turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine puts out an impressive 240-horsepower for more energetic passing power and acceleration. This set up earns fuel economy estimates of 20 mpg city and 28 highway.
When you’re transporting precious cargo, safety is a top priority in your search for the perfect vehicle. Luckily, you can drive confidently when you’re behind the wheel of the 2019 Kia Sorento, an IIHS Top Safety Pick+. Take a look at some of the features that make this model so appealing and safe.
Well-Equipped With Innovative Features
The 2019 Kia Sorento comes standard with a long list of features designed to protect you and your passengers, as well as the other drivers around you on the road. These include anti-lock brakes, hill-start assist control, electronic stability control, traction control, and a rearview camera with dynamic guidelines. Additionally, the vehicle has advanced dual front airbags, side-curtain airbags in the first and second rows, a rollover sensor, a tire pressure monitoring system, and side-impact door beams with front and rear crumple zones.
You can further upgrade the Sorento to include features that make the vehicle even safer. The upper four trim levels come standard with a suite of safety features that includes forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking, a driver attention warning system, traffic adaptive cruise control, and lane departure warning with lane-keep assist. All but the base trim include blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert, while the top five trims have rear parking sensors.
Shopping for a vehicle that can keep up on all your adventures? The 2019 Kia Sportage could be your ideal choice. Take a look at what makes this crossover SUV so appealing to weekend warriors.
Stylish Exterior 
From the outside, the 2019 Kia Sportage looks stylish, boasting an array of exterior features and a rounded design. Even the base model comes equipped with rear privacy glass, automatic headlights, and a set of 17-inch alloy wheels. As you move through the higher trims, you can get features like UV-reducing front glass, roof rails, a windshield wiper de-icer, larger wheels, fog lights, heated and power-folding side mirrors, and LED and xenon lighting. For a sporty-looking Sportage, the EX Sport Appearance package tacks on unique exterior trim and LED exterior lighting.
Performance and Power
The lower two trim levels of the Sportage come with a 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine, which rates at 175 pound-feet of torque and 181 horsepower. This unit pairs with a six-speed automatic transmission. The top SX Turbo boasts a more powerful 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder that pumps out 260 pound-feet of torque and 240 horsepower. If you upgrade to all-wheel drive on that trim level, the horsepower drops slightly to 237.
This SUV handles well, offering a composed feel when you go around tight corners. If you plan to take your Sportage off-roading, be sure to upgrade to the available all-wheel-drive system that is optional on all trim levels. The system includes a 50/50 split locking center differential.
Are you in the market for a large, luxury car with an affordable price tag? While this might sound like an impossible feat, take a look at the 2019 Kia Cadenza. It’s loaded with appealing amenities, from an upscale interior to outstanding safety scores, and is one of the best values for a budget-friendly car on the lot this year. Let’s take a closer look at the second-generation Cadenza sedan.
Upscale Interior
This new Kia offers a cabin loaded with elegant styling and sumptuous materials that you’d expect in a luxury automobile, such as genuine leather upholstery. It provides five passengers tons of legroom to stretch out with standard, power-adjustable, heated front seats.
The Cadenza touts 16 cubic feet of trunk space to haul around whatever your busy family needs from groceries to soccer gear, and it comes equipped with two sets of car-seat connectors. Move up the options list and get plenty of posh upgrades like heated rear seats, ventilated front seats, a heated steering wheel, and a power-operated rear-window sunshade.
Kia treated the new Forte to a complete redesign for the 2019 model year. It’s topping the charts for compact cars thanks to its spacious cabin, user-friendly technology, and terrific safety scores. However, it’s more than just a good value and a superb choice for a practical sedan. Let’s reveal everything that makes the Stinger-influenced, 2019 Kia Forte a fun and sporty car.
Spacious, Quality Interior
The designers at Kia did an excellent job of outfitting the 2019 Forte’s well-built interior. It looks more refined with an attractive mix of materials and offers a wide range of adjustable seating positions. For the small sedan class, the Forte offers excellent utility with a large trunk.
The completely revamped exterior styling features a longer wheelbase than the previous generation, resulting in more rear legroom and more storage space than ever before. The trunk touts a broad, flat load floor and a generous opening, making it easy to load and unload vacation luggage or sporting equipment. Read the rest of this entry »
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