The All New 2011 Kia Sportage
By Zaheer on Jul 20, 2011 with Comments 0
With this Kia Sportage this actually was first to enter the automobile market back in ’95 and this is now going to have a small body with a very nice little price tag with this Kia. This had been once been a Sportage convertible and not how it was now of course though there were many problems with this car; this convertible was not actually one of its best models of the Kia Sportage ranges. In fact it is something worse than first thought; it didn’t do greatly in the market however.
The convertible did have a really great sportier design but it still didn’t go too well; when this took a massive three year gap from the market then their second version of the model was created and it was now quite bigger and completely redesigned.
With this new 2011 model of the Kia Sportage then it really had a lot of some great new fixtures to this car; these are not really going to be very perfect but there is now the carlike appearance and will be a lot bigger. This is really great however; it’s got a totally new feel to the car.
This has a fantastic style however especially with this new four cylinder 2.0 liter engine which is replacing the old V-6 instead and the platform of this car is also soon to be changed soon enough.
The supercharged engine is really great it helps to bring a lot more to this car than without it; the fuel economy has been greatly improved and it handles a lot more effectively.
The range of this car is now a sporty and utility vehicle which comes with two types of engines, the turbocharged 2.4 liter I-4 and the 2.0 liter I-4 engine which will work nicely with the six speed automatic or the manual transmission. There are only two options over the choice of models such as the EX and the LX models.
This Sportage is really going to be completely new for this year and it really will have a very new style to the entire car which suits are perfectly of course. The unibody platform will now be bigger with a length more of three point five inches completely though the power will now be coming from the 2.4 liter engine and the turbocharged 2.0 liter engine also.
The 2.4 liter can manage a massive one hundred and seventy six or horsepower which is very impressive, the interior is not all that bad either. It’s pretty impressive.
The style to the exterior of the car is good however and helps to create a very new and improved crossover from the SUV/convertible. It looks up to date and snazzy also. This will be low and a lot tough looking.
There will now be the paddle shifters available with the fantastic air conditioning system also built into the car. There is now the satellite radio along with the twelve volt power ports and the tilt steering wheel; there are quite a few like the power drives seat and power window. With the EX model there will be more leather with the dual zone climate control and the telescoping steering wheel; though there is the new hands free system also built into the car.
There has not been a lot of information that has been known about this Sportage however but it seems that this is not going to have a lot of negative effect from the new engines. The new engine has really got a lot more power and the horsepower could reach also two hundred and seventy.
The safety features of the Kia Sportage are going to be good; most are the standard features such as the side curtain, the dual front and front seat mounted side airbags. There will also be the brake assist and the stability control along with the hill start assist and the downhill brake control also.
There will also be the tire pressure monitoring system along with the four-wheel ABS and the electronic brake distribution also which really makes it great for the new Kia Sportage. However when it comes to the EPA fuel economy rating numbers then there has not been any numbers known as yet which is a little disappointing.
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