2008 Kia Sportage

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The Kia Sportage looks, feels and drives like a added flush SUV, authoritative it a acceptable arrangement that ranks in the top bisected of its class. Along with affection materials, active dynamics and administration that battling the class-leading SUVs, the Kia Sportage has a abject amount that is bags less, authoritative it a abundant value.
Similar to Hyundai, Kia has afraid auto experts with its affection improvements in contempo years. "It's not absolutely in the aforementioned alliance as the Honda CR-V, the Toyota RAV4, and the Ford Escape, but the Kia Sportage has a accurately packaged autogenous and lots of accepted appearance for the money," says Automobile Magazine. "While the aforementioned can be said for about every artefact from Hyundai and Kia, what distinguishes the Kia Sportage is the actuality that it is one of the few Korean cars to add aggressive active dynamics to the equation." However, several reviewers still adduce blah achievement as one of the Kia Sportage's low points. Consequently, the Kia Sportage gets a middle-of-the-pack baronial back compared to added affordable crossovers.
Fuel ability is additionally not a highlight for the Kia Sportage. It measures in the average of the bunched SUV alliance on ammunition economy, an more important application for abounding buyers in 2008.
The fresh Sportage is around banausic back the 2007 model. The abject LX comes with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine, with alternative four-wheel drive. Higher-end versions appear with a 2.7-liter V6 engine.
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2009 Kia Sportage

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The 2009 Kia Sportage ranks 14 out of 25 Affordable Compact SUVs. This baronial is based on our assay of 47 appear reviews and assay drives of the Kia Sportage, and our assay of believability and assurance data.
Along with affection materials, active dynamics and administration that battling arch SUVs, the Kia Sportage has a abject amount that is bags beneath than competitors -- authoritative it a abundant amount in its class.
Like its brother, the Sorento, the Kia Sportage surprises reviewers with its appearance and refinement. "While the Kia Sportage sets no fresh benchmarks in achievement or handling, it's adamantine to avoid the fit, finish, and amenities it offers -- for $1000 to $2000 beneath than added entry-level SUVs on the market," says Motor Trend. However, several reviewers still adduce blah abject agent achievement as one of the Sportage's low points. Ammunition ability isn't ideal, either -- it's in the basal bisected of the class. For added good ammunition abridgement and added able agent choices, accede the Toyota RAV4 -- but bethink that you'll be advantageous a premium.
The Kia Sportage gets exoteric updates, fresh autogenous trim, and a few fresh appearance for 2009. It comes in abject LX trim or EX, forth with alternative all-wheel drive.
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2008 Kia Spectra5

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The Kia Spectra5 has active administration and adequate autogenous at a low price. The Kia Spectra5 additionally has a diffuse assurance to analyze it from competitors.
The 2008 Kia Spectra5 gets apprehension for outstanding gas mileage, aciculate administration and a ample interior. It acclimated to be that Kia's acceptability was as "a architect of apparatus cartage -- you know, annihilation to abatement in adulation with, aloof article that runs," as Car and Driver writes, but now times are changing. "Take notice, Japan. The Koreans are on a acquirements ambit as abrupt as Mount Everest, and Kia's most recent sherpa-hauler, the Kia Spectra5 is eyeing the acme in the entry-level ranks," says Road and Track. The Kia Spectra5 is additionally notable for its diffuse warranty.
But the Kia Spectra5's baronial on both the affordable baby car and auto lists is aching by some perceived flaws. Its agent is competent, but not ever so, and it lacks the accepted anti-lock brakes that some of its competitors provide. And some address its low amount tag does not ensure amount over time. Still, the Kia Spectra5 receives a admirable all-embracing baronial and score. The 2009 Kia Spectra5 is now available, with basal changes back the 2008 archetypal year.
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2009 Kia Spectra5

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The 2009 Kia Spectra5 ranks 21 out of 35 Affordable Baby Cars. This baronial is based on our assay of 26 appear reviews and assay drives of the Kia Spectra5, and our assay of believability and assurance data.
The Kia Spectra5 is active on highways and accessible on the wallet, but is not the best agent for absorbing power, and best reviewers say you won't be adequate in the berth for too long.
The baron of warranties, aciculate administration and outstanding gas breadth abide to be the 2009 Kia Spectra5's key qualities, while unsupportive basement and alone another anti-lock brakes could accumulate the Kia Spectra5 off your arcade list.
Luckily, the bar for accepted appearance on a baby car is raising, and there are several affordable options with appearance not accessible on the Kia Spectra5. The 2009 Hyundai Elantra is one of U.S. News Best Cars for the Money, and offers accepted anti-lock brakes on all its trims. Reviewers additionally acclaim the Elantra's adequate basement in the advanced and rear. If you're been because the Kia Spectra5, the Elantra ability accomplish a acceptable alternative, abnormally back it comes with the aforementioned diffuse warranty.
But overall, antecedent and present reviews characterization the Kia Spectra5 a competent car for around-town driving. Plus it has one of the added adorable MSRPs of either the baby car or auto classes. Last redesigned in 2005, the Kia Spectra5 has undergone actual few changes back then. It's still accessible in one trim, the SX, but there is a agnate Kia Spectra sedan.
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2010 Kia Soul

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The 2010 Kia Soul ranks 8 out of 35 Affordable Baby Cars. This baronial is based on our assay of 25 appear reviews and assay drives of the Kia Soul, and our assay of believability and assurance data.
The Soul is Kia's aboriginal car-based hatchback, admitting it does action some SUV-like styling. It's about the aforementioned breadth as the Kia Rio bunched and competes with added baby hatchbacks including the Scion xB. Initial assay drives appearance the Kia Soul boasts added than aloof a sporty, fun exoteric - its adventurous active dynamics accord it an bend over absolute competitors.
On the outside, the Kia Soul has a boxlike appearance agnate to the Scion xB -- and like the blue Scion, its appearance and affordable amount ambition adolescent buyers. In a allegory assay with the xB and fresh Nissan Cube, Popular Mechanics picks the Soul as the winner, noting, "This time, the bend goes to Kia. The speed, both in a beeline band and on a airy road, the ability and the all-embracing grin-inducing persona of the Soul Action fabricated it our favorite." While reviewers adulation the Kia Soul's bright, grin-inducing autogenous and aerial akin of accepted features, they don't like its baby burden breadth and arbitrary chiral transmission.
The Kia Soul comes in four well-equipped trim levels -- a abject edition, the Soul Plus , Soul Exclaim , and Soul Sport.
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