2011 Kia Sportage SX AWD Long-Term Test Intro: One 40,000-Mile Sportage, Coming Up

2011 Kia Sportage SX AWD Long-Term Test Intro: One 40,000-Mile Sportage, Coming Up:

The turbo Kia crossover joins our fleet for 40,000 miles.

Kia is full of surprises lately, from the company’s first motorsports victory with its first proper race car to its impressive reinvention of showroom wallflowers like the Optima sedan. We were caught off guard yet again when an all-wheel-drive 2011 Kia Sportage SX posted a 6.1-second 0-to-60-mph time earlier this year, becoming the quickest Kia vehicle Car and Driver has ever tested. We knew a closer look at the new small ute was in order even before its turbocharged four-cylinder had cooled, and we soon welcomed this very orange example to our fleet for a 40,000-mile long-term trial.

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