Kia to reveal facelifted Sportage in London
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/crossovers-cuvs/" rel="tag">Crossovers/CUVs</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/kia/" rel="tag">Kia</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/misc-auto-shows/" rel="tag">Misc. Auto Shows</a></p><a href="http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/221790/kia_sportage.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="top" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/05/kia_sportage.jpg" /></a><br /><br />As much as we would like the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/20/kia-debuting-all-new-product-at-british-motor-show/">new vehicle</a> that Kia plans to unveil at the British Motor Show to be the production version of its <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/20/new-york-2008-kia-koup-concept/">KOUP concept</a> car, that doesn't seem all that likely. Instead, it appears that Kia has something rather less exciting in store. According to <a href="http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/221790/kia_sportage.html">Auto Express</a>, a revised Sportage mini-ute will be unveiled at the upcoming show in July, and this may be the vehicle Kia was referring to in their <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/20/kia-debuting-all-new-product-at-british-motor-show/">previous announcement</a>. Nothing major to report as far as the update goes as "subtle improvements" are being made to both the interior and exterior of the vehicle. No changes will be made to the base 2.0-liter four-banger in either gas or diesel form, though the European audience will get an optional 2.7-liter V6 which is already available in the U.S. Considering how popular diesel engines are in the U.K., we're not surprised to hear that the Korean company is working on a revised version for the Sportage with extra power and lower emissions which should be available in short order.<br /><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/221790/kia_sportage.html">Auto Express</a>]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href=http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/221790/kia_sportage.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/21/kia-to-reveal-facelifted-sportage-in-london/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1200360/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/21/kia-to-reveal-facelifted-sportage-in-london/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><hr />

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