{"id":498825,"date":"2010-03-31T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T21:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/31\/kia-sportage-2011-new-york-auto-show-debut\/"},"modified":"2010-03-31T17:38:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T21:38:00","slug":"new-york-2010-kias-2011-sportage-comes-to-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/498825","title":{"rendered":"New York 2010: Kia’s 2011 Sportage comes to America"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2011 Kia Sportage – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nThe original Kia<\/a> Sportage<\/a> was one of the vehicles that led the Korean automaker’s initial charge into the American market. Those early SUVs (they were body-on-frame back then) were inexpensive and honest, but that’s about the best thing you could say about them. After a near brush with extinction, Kia is a very different kind of automaker today. Like the rest of the company’s recent introductions, the Sportage features crisp, aggressive styling that won’t leave you embarrassed to be seen in one. <\/p>\n

The new Sportage actually had its world debut<\/a> at the Geneva Motor Show<\/a> early this month, but the New York Auto Show<\/a> is considered the crossover’s U.S. coming out party, even though it actually showed up at the Atlanta show just recently. Like sister brand Hyundai’s<\/a> new Tucson<\/a>, the American-spec model gets a new 176 horsepower variable valve timing 2.4-liter inline-four that beats the power and efficiency of the old 2.7-liter V6 with the buyer’s choice of manual or automatic six-speed transmissions. <\/p>\n

Later in the 2011 model year, the Sportage will finally get some real sport when it gets the new 2.0-liter turbocharged and direct injected inline four that’s going into the Optima<\/a> and Hyundai Sonata<\/a>. A snazzy looking, 274 hp Sportage? What is this world coming to?<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Geneva 2010: Kia Sportage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nPhotos by Drew Phillips<\/a> \/ <\/small><\/strong><\/em>Copyright (C)2010<\/small><\/strong><\/em> Weblogs, Inc.<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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