The Sportage is a Tucson underneath no no difference there.

Hyundai warranty is 5 years unlimited mileage, Kia is 7 years or 100,000 miles - the wear/tear exclusions are similar - difference in warranty only relavant if your'e expecting to keep it 6+years.

Comes down to how well YOU like the interiors.

Test trive today.

Managed to get the engine and spec i intented buying.

Thoughts.

Nice quiet drive,

1.6 petrol is adequate for my needs. Felt nippy from the off but lacked mid/top end acceleration. (as expected by me). Didnt really test that hard as coming from a lazy torqie diesel and thats my driving style anyway.

Comfort was very good. Coped with bumps well. The mrs complained of a non hight adjustable passenger seat though..lol. Stock passenger seat position seems to be very low.

Brakes nice and sharp compared to my 4 year old Audi.

Handbrake feel was wierd though. Almost like an electronic brake as only seemed to work on the top 10% of travel. Felt like an old cars stretched cable. Worked well though.

Sat nav lady was a bit slow with commands and not 100% accurate (may need map update).

At speed on dual carrage way the steering felt very direct (too direct) for my liking. The smallest steering input made it drive like on rails and felt like was swearving to keep straight???? (Aparantly the steering was on normal and not sport) Not sure what setting is best for high speed but the feel was fine under 40mph.

This demo had a low rear tyre pressure sensor warning but the salesman had checked pressures before we went out. Warning still remained. (maybe too high?)

Overal nice car that will suit my needs.

@FP.

As far as the economy goes....we went on a 15 minute drive, half on a dual carrageway and other half on B roads at below 30mph free flowing traffic.

I didnt know how to use the milage computer but when asked the salesman he looked and said it was 32.8mpg on that journey. (4k miles on the clock).

Torque seemed to only be present upto about 3K then not much happened if tried to do a roll on test. A bit flat. Bare in mind i have not driven a petrol car for 20 years or so, and comparing to todays modern turbo diesels.

Also this isnt the turboed version.

Hoping to try it out in a Kia in the next week or two.

May look into the Kuga if you think its a better option.