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Showing posts with label Kia Sportage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kia Sportage. Show all posts

August 18, 2026

The Kia Sportage Turbo HEV Is A High Breed Of Hybrid


Hybrids can have different breeds. Some, these are mostly from Japanese brands, aim for fuel efficiency. Then, there are some, who feel sporty but a bit arcade-ish; they’re fast, but the engagement just isn’t there. Kia manages to combine the two with their Turbo Hybrid system. Only, they’ve made it better in the Sportage. Their global best-selling model has finally arrived in the Philippines and after two days of driving it, it’s easy to understand why many are flocking towards it. It drives the fine line of efficiency and sportiness without much effort.

July 24, 2026

Kia Sportage Turbo Hybrid Returns For 2027 With P 1.978M Starting Price (w/ Specs)


One of Kia’s most recognized nameplates is making a Philippine comeback. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back the Kia Sportage. With over 8 million units sold since the first-generation Sportage debuted in 1993, it’s been reinvented as a formidable compact SUV that offers performance, technology, design, and everyday practicality.

July 13, 2026

Kia Philippines To Launch Sportage Turbo Hybrid On July 24


This is it. Roughly two months after its official announcement, Kia Philippines has formally set Friday, July 24 as the official launch date of the Sportage Turbo Hybrid.

May 25, 2026

First Drive: 2026 Kia Sportage Turbo Hybrid


The Sportage has been the subject of one of Kia’s longest teases in the market. The fifth-generation model, first launched globally in 2021, was under consideration for local sale as early as 2023 (we got to drive it in Korea then too). Since then, Kia Philippines got cold feet entering the compact SUV segment and opted to concentrate its efforts elsewhere. But now, it’s definitely coming back.

May 15, 2026

Confirmed: Kia Philippines Is Bringing Back The Sportage Compact SUV This 2026


Well, that didn’t take long. On the same day Kia Philippines lifted our embargo announcement that we were driving the 2026 Sportage around Seoul, they also confirmed that it’s returning to the Philippines via its official social media channels.

November 5, 2024

2025 Kia Sportage Gets An Aggressive Makeover


The Philippines may or may not be seeing the return of the Sportage nameplate, but as they say, life goes on. In fact, the refreshed 2025 Sportage has just made its world debut in Kia’s home market of South Korea.

February 19, 2024

Kia Looking To Make China A Global Production Hub


Kia is looking to China to expand its global footprint. The Automotive News reports that the Korean carmaker wants to make its Chinese joint-venture with Jiangsu Yueda Group Co. a global production hub for export markets, including the Philippines.

January 6, 2023

Strong Sportage Sales Helps Boost Kia's Global Sales Past 2.9 Million Vehicles In 2022


Kia Corporation has announced that it managed to sell 2,903,619 vehicles in 2022—a 4.6 percent increase year-on-year.

February 17, 2022

Kia Sportage Is 2022 Women's Family SUV Of The Year


The all-new Kia Sportage has won the ‘Family SUV’ category in the Women’s World Car of the Year (WWCOTY) awards. A highly respected team of 56 female motoring journalists from 40 countries spanning five continents reviewed the most prominent family-friendly SUVs to launch during 2021, with the Sportage drawing praise across multiple areas to win the coveted award.

December 13, 2021

Kia Philippines To Offer Hybrids By 2024?


Earlier this year, Kia announced plans to start assembling vehicles in Malaysia for the ASEAN market. At the time, the Korean automaker had yet to announce which particular vehicles they plan to assemble over there. Now, they have been revealed and the list is certainly interesting.

July 6, 2021

All-New 2022 Kia Sportage Gets A 180-Horsepower Diesel Engine


After showing off its design in full last month, Kia has finally revealed the mechanical bits of the all-new 2022 Sportage. In a pleasant surprise to fans of the diesel, the Korean automaker has confirmed that its oil burner is living to fight another day.

June 8, 2021

2022 Kia Sportage: This Is It


Kia is continuing its tease of the all-new 2022 Sportage by completely showing off both its exterior and interior design a week after it teased its silhouette.

May 31, 2021

Kia Teases All-New 2022 Sportage


Kia Corporation has revealed the first official teaser images of the all-new 2022 Sportage—the fifth incarnation of the brand’s most popular SUV model.

November 22, 2020

Are We Looking at the 2022 Kia Sportage?


Kia is expected to debut the all-new Sportage sometime next year as a 2022 model, but it seems China can’t wait. Making its debut at the Guangzhou Auto Show is the 2021 Sportage Ace.

November 9, 2020

5 Reasons Why This Season's Surprises is Spelled Kia


Nothing naughty but everything nice is what the Kia brand is all about for the last two—and most delightful—months of this year. Indeed, it should be on top of every big boy and girl’s list, and checked twice to make sure it’s really there. This Korean three-letter badge stands to be the best pick for the season, and there are 5 compelling reasons for even the coolest guy at the North Pole to trade his trusty sleigh for a distinctive Kia vehicle. His reindeer would love that breathing spell and change of scenery, too. 

October 7, 2020

Kia PH is Dropping the Sportage Diesel's Price by P300k This Month


Ayala-led Kia Philippines is extending its “Worth the Drive” promo which gives would-be car buyers hefty cash discounts, incredibly low downpayments, light monthly amortization terms until the end of October.

May 7, 2020

Kia PH Just Made the Sportage More Affordable than the Seltos


As auto dealer operations begin to adjust to the new normal, Kia Philippines is giving us a glimpse of what sort of offers can be had post ECQ.

October 1, 2019

Review: 2019 Kia Sportage GT-Line Diesel


Filipino car buyers are a cruel, finicky bunch. When Kia’s then distributor launched the fourth-generation Sportage in 2016, they brought along a well-loaded GT-Line trim equipped with a diesel engine and all-wheel drive. It sure had all the ingredients for success until everyone saw the price tag: P 1.795 million. After that, the complaints all rolled in: too expensive, ill-equipped, etc. Well, here’s news for you: three years later, the refreshed Sportage is out. Now sold by Kia’s new distributor, guess what? It’s actually more expensive, and that’s not even considering it’s lost all-wheel drive in the process.

February 1, 2019

Kia Philippines Adjusts Prices, Specs of Picanto, Sportage, Sorento, and Grand Carnival for 2019 (w/ Full Specs)


Along with the first-ever 2019 Kia Soluto, the newly-appointed Kia distributor in the Philippines, AC Industrials introduced revamped versions of the Picanto, Sportage, Sorento, and Grand Carnival that brings added features and better pricing compared to before.

April 27, 2016

A Journey Begins With a Single Step: Exploring Negros with Kia

Photos by Ulysses Ang
Huwag maging dayuhan sa sariling bayan (Don’t be a foreigner in your country) has been an effective call for Filipinos to explore more of their country first than any other place. It’s a clear message that every region of the country offers not just attractions, but culture and heritage as well. It’s a call that Kia Philippines and Columbian Autocar Coporation (CAC) heeded well as they brought six of their best-selling vehicles to the island of Negros for a three-day journey across three provinces.