Outstanding quality, upgraded driving experience. On April 1st, the 2025 Kia Sportage was officially launched. The 1.5T and 2.0T models each added two new versions: the Luxury Comfort Edition and the Premium Smart Enjoyment Edition.
2025 Kia Sportage has upgraded the comfort and intelligent features frequently used by users in four new models: The 1.5T Luxury Comfort Edition, based on the 1.5T Luxury Edition, adds a panoramic sunroof, a 6-way electric driver's seat, and electrically folding/heating exterior mirrors. The 2.0T Luxury Comfort Edition, on the other hand, adds a panoramic sunroof and electrically folding/heating exterior mirrors. The 1.5T/2.0T Premium Smart Enjoyment Edition has added SVM360° panoramic imaging and BVM side and rear imaging, further enhancing the comfort and convenience of travel.
Series is equipped with ten super cool, intelligent, safe and reliable smart driving functions as standard
To meet users' demands for intelligent driving and safe travel, the 2025 Kia Sportage is equipped with 10 standard intelligent driving assistance functions across the entire range and offers 5 advanced intelligent driving assistance configurations.
Based on the usage preferences and actual demands of Chinese users for intelligent driving functions, The 2025 Kia Sportage is equipped with 10 practical intelligent driving assistance features as standard across the entire range, including FCA (Forward Collision Avoidance Assist), FCW (Forward Collision Avoidance Warning), LFA (Lane Following Assist), LKA (Lane Keeping Assist), LDW (Lane Departure Warning), ISLA (Intelligent Speed Limit Assist), DAW (Driver Fatigue Alert), and HBA (Intelligent High and Low Beam Adjustment).
Relying on the ADAS technology that Kia has been developing globally for many years, the 2025 Kia Sportage is equipped with more mature and reliable intelligent driving functions. Especially the FCA forward collision avoidance assistance function, which can effectively identify vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles and actively stop them. Both in terms of recognition accuracy and response speed, it leads the traditional AEB, significantly enhancing the travel safety index.
2025 Kia Sportage also offers five advanced intelligent driving features that are rare in its class among joint ventures: HDA highway driving assistance, NSCC-Z/C navigation-based intelligent cruise control, BCW blind spot collision warning, RCCA rear cross collision warning, and SEW safe exit warning. Realize full-scenario security protection covering parking Spaces and parking lots, urban and rural roads, urban areas and expressways.
Super combustion performance is the only one of its kind in the same class, with three golden power sources that can be used on both oil and electricity
2025 Kia Sportage offers three golden power options: 1.5T, 2.0T, and 2.0L HEV. The fuel series is equipped with an 8AT transmission as standard, while the hybrid series is fitted with a 6AT transmission, which can meet users' diverse demands for power performance.
The 1.5T-GDI engine adopts Kia's globally unique fourth-generation CVVD technology, which can achieve the excellent cycle effects of Atkinson, Otto and Miller engines, further improve the working efficiency of the engine, and achieve a maximum power output of 200Ps and a maximum torque of 253N·m that leads the 1.5T of the same class. Equipped with an 8AT transmission that is highly efficient, fuel-efficient and more reliable, the vehicle's power and energy-saving performance have been comprehensively enhanced.
2.0T-GDI engine is powerful, with a maximum horsepower of 236Ps and a maximum torque of 353N·m. It can reach the maximum torque output at 1500rpm, and the horsepower output range spans 5000rpm, endowing the 2.0T model with a 0-100km/h acceleration performance of 7.8 seconds. Not only does it start faster, but it also has more power in the later stage. It is sufficient to meet users' pursuit and expectations of high performance.
The 2.0L HEV version is equipped with the world-leading TMED hybrid power system, which has a maximum power of 200Ps and a maximum torque of 350N·m, with a WLTC combined fuel consumption of 5.6L/100km. Coupled with the separate motor drive for starting and low-speed driving, it offers a driving and riding experience that combines power, energy conservation and quietness.
It is worth mentioning that the 2025 Kia Sportage is equipped with a higher-level front MacPherson and rear multi-link independent suspension. The 2.0T version can also be optionally equipped with an electronic on-demand four-wheel drive system, which can automatically determine and actively adjust the driving force of the front and rear wheels. Coupled with further optimized body weight distribution, steering and braking systems, and body strength, The 2.0T four-wheel drive version offers a high-energy driving experience like that of a sports car.
Spacious and luxurious experience offers a superior driving and riding quality
2025 Kia Sportage is built on Kia's globally leading third-generation i-GMP platform, featuring a comfortable space that leads its class, a quiet cabin of a higher standard in its class, and a luxurious sensory experience of a higher level in its class, achieving a superior driving and riding quality comparable to that of luxury models. Meanwhile, the new car adheres to the globally unified manufacturing standards and adopts a three-layer longitudinal beam structure design. It connects the high-strength steel square frame with the main longitudinal beam to form a cage-like structure, providing a more robust and secure safety body and laying a solid foundation for high-quality SUVs worldwide.
With the redesign of the body structure and the optimization of the engine compartment layout based on the i-GMP platform, the 2025 Kia Sportage features a short front oversuspension and a long wheelbase. This gives the compact SUV with a length of 4,670mm an ultra-long wheelbase of 2,755mm, achieving leading headroom and legroom in its class with an axle-length ratio of 59%. Combining a 545L trunk space with a hidden compartment storage design, it offers a spacious and flexible driving and riding experience comparable to that of a mid-sized SUV.
In addition, thanks to the optimized layout of the chassis system, the use of double-layer soundproof glass with added soundproof film, the built-in soundproof materials in the A/B pillars, and the optimized structure of the engine pulley, the 2025 Kia Sportland has a remarkable effect in suppressing road noise, wind noise, acceleration noise, and idle vibration, and features a quieter cabin of a higher standard in its class. The rear quilted leather seats with a large reclining Angle design and heating function, an intelligent air purification system, and a Harman Kardon premium audio system that supports ASD virtual engine sound, among other high-end configurations, create a high-quality experience that rivals that of luxury cars.
To meet the expectations of Chinese users for personalized and intelligent travel, the 2025 Kia Sportage is also equipped with Kia Connect& Baidu Intelligent Interconnection System 3.0. It comes standard with a 12.3-inch colorful instrument panel and a multimedia touch screen, providing intelligent configurations such as voice recognition, real-time online navigation, remote control, vehicle-home interconnection, and OTA upgrades. Meanwhile, CarLife also supports numerous localized apps such as iQIYI and QQ Music, capable of handling a wider range of smart travel scenarios and allowing you to enjoy a highly intelligent life with multi-scenario interaction among people, vehicles, and home.
In terms of appearance, the 2025 Kia Sportosport inherits Kia 'Opposites United' new design concept, incorporates' Bold for Nature 'design elements, and is developed based on the global high-end X-Line version to meet the aesthetic needs of Chinese consumers. It has created a more powerful and sporty exterior design, and shaped an interior shape that combines a sense of luxury and technology. With an ultra-futuristic aesthetic conception, it fully showcases the aesthetic charm of urban SUV.
