In spite of the horrible gas mileage and slow acceleration, I still love the car.  The size is perfect, the look is great, the smoothness of the ride is excellent (once you get going) and the safety features put me at ease.  But if I had it to do over, I would not buy the 4-cylinder car, nor would I recommend anyone else buy it. I thought I was saving money with the 4-cylinder, but instead I'm spending more by having to buy gas so often.  Bummer!

Great little light duty SUV.Very well put together.( i have been a mechanic all my life. I know cars).Funn to drive. A great powerplant A little hart on fuel, but it's an SUV. Needs to be driven a few miles before you can tell .19 mpg for sure.The Honda CRV would cost here in Canada an extra 6-7 Grand

I took delivery of my '07 Sportage just yesterday. We opted for the 2WD V6 with auto
trans.

We had avoided buying a new car for the past 10 years mostly due to the fact that our '97
Kia Sportage refused to go off in the sunset quietly. We drove the old "roller skate"
129,000 miles with narry a problem. We replaced the radiator once and the battery twice
during the life of the old Sportage. Besides routine maintenance, that was it. But it's too
small for us now and a change was needed.

During a trip to San Diego this spring we rented a new Sportage to tool around town in
and to give it a test drive of more then a dealer's typical 2 to 5 miles. After checking out
similar offerings from Honda, Nissan and GM we were convinced that for the money the
Sportage beats them hands down.

There were many standard features on the Sportage that were add ons by the other
makers. The only additional installed items on our Kia were carpeted floor mats and a rear
cargo tray. Dealer installed extras were Auto Armor prtectant, dent & ding protection,
windshield protection (all three appropriate for the brutal roads in Central Texas), "digi-
film" window tinting and "digi-film" shield protection. These extras raised the price nearly
$2,000.00 but to me was well worth it. Standard features in our trim line included the 2.7L
24 valve DOHC V6 with automoatic, Four wheel power disc brakes with ABS, stability
control, traction control, and 16 inch tires with alloy wheels.

Safety is outstanding with standard dual front advanced air bags, front seat mounted side
air bags and full length side curtain air bags. Steel reinforced side door impact beams
protect you from the side swipers and intersection accidents.

The interior standards are too many to list here but it is loaded for a mid line trim
package.

What closed the deal though was the outstanding warranty...10 years or 100,000 miles on
the powertrain. Now that is a warranty.

If you don't mind the intermittant whining of the engine (especially at auto shifting) then
look at the Sportage and relish in the ton of extras you get for the money!