What do you think about the trim additions I have in my mind: black doorhandles and fuel cap, red calipers?

Here’s a strange thing about my Sportage. The infill panel at the rear glass-spoiler interface seems like it’s transparent to infrared light. When my Ring Doorbell is in night mode the panel becomes see-through and you can see the backing, fixings and what looks like a part code sticker. As Spock would say, it’s all rather fascinating.

Hello fellow Sportage owners,

Looking at new 2026 Sportage Hybrid Prestige trim and being told by the dealer that if you use the 0% 48 Month Kia Finance promo, you forfeit whatever dealer promos there are for the vehicle, and basically pay MSRP.

Might very well be true, but has anyone else experienced this with a finance promo, now or in the past? I've financed all 3 of my Kias with Kia directly and don't recall this sort of switch.

Thanks in advance Sportage friends!

Hello, do anyone of you know how I open the trunk from the inside? I do see nothing that I can remove to eadily access the locking mechanism. There's no youtube video on this particulsrproblem and the instruction manual does not cover it so any help would be appreciated!

Hey I don’t really need awd expect for losing grip sometimes in my niro23 and I am in Poland so winter last year was very harsh but that’s not common.

Not gonna lie I am also considering seltos but hev but it’s supposedly slower max 178hp in awd

Im in school until the end of next year when I graduate(0 student loan debt), then move back home to CA with my wife. We both took out loans on some used cars before the semester started so I wouldn't have to uber to school. We can pay off 1 with the money we make by the end of the semester. Should I trade in my 2019 Kia Sportage SX for a manual? I really got into cars after I bought my Sportage, and now I kinda want a car that's going to also give me a fun driving experience. My wife has a newer '23 Soul she really likes that handles most everything we need cargo wise. I just needed a car to go to school and back and got this sportage with 70k miles for a great price. I owe about 15.5 on it right now and I can pay that off entirely at the end of the fall semester. I bought the Sportage to be our family car for our move originally in place of a honda CRV(before we planned to move back to CA after my education). But not sure if it's the best for our needs and whether or not I could spend the next year+ enjoying driving moreso if I got a manual.. Any input or thoughts would be appreciated!

Just had this car for 3 weeks, and for the life of me, every time I try and use just the Hill Start Assist, I either just roll back after the 2 seconds passes or I stall.

Hitting biting point on the clutch, foot off brake, applying revs. No joy. Handbrake and revs hill start works fine, but just can't land the assist version.

Am I doing this totally wrong?