New York 2010: Kia's 2011 Sportage comes to America
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/new-york-auto-show/" rel="tag">New York Auto Show</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/crossovers-cuvs/" rel="tag">Crossover</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/kia/" rel="tag">Kia</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/2011-kia-sportage-0/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/03/sportageext01-copy.jpg" /></a>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>2011 Kia Sportage - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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The original <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/kia/">Kia</a> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/sportage">Sportage</a> was one of the vehicles that led the Korean automaker's initial charge into the American market. Those early SUVs (they were body-on-frame back then) were inexpensive and honest, but that's about the best thing you could say about them. After a near brush with extinction, Kia is a very different kind of automaker today. Like the rest of the company's recent introductions, the Sportage features crisp, aggressive styling that won't leave you embarrassed to be seen in one. <br />
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The new Sportage actually had its <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/03/geneva-2010-kia-sportage-makes-world-debut-looks-good/">world debut</a> at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/Geneva-Motor-Show/">Geneva Motor Show</a> early this month, but the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/New-York-Auto-Show/">New York Auto Show</a> is considered the crossover's U.S. coming out party, even though it actually showed up at the Atlanta show just recently. Like sister brand <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/hyundai/">Hyundai's</a> new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/tucson">Tucson</a>, the American-spec model gets a new 176 horsepower variable valve timing 2.4-liter inline-four that beats the power and efficiency of the old 2.7-liter V6 with the buyer's choice of manual or automatic six-speed transmissions. <br />
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Later in the 2011 model year, the Sportage will finally get some real sport when it gets the new 2.0-liter turbocharged and direct injected inline four that's going into the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/optima">Optima</a> and Hyundai <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/sonata">Sonata</a>. A snazzy looking, 274 hp Sportage? What is this world coming to?<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/geneva-2010-kia-sportage/low/">Geneva 2010: Kia Sportage</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/geneva-2010-kia-sportage/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/03/01kiasportagegenevalive_t humbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/geneva-2010-kia-sportage/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/03/02kiasportagegenevalive_t humbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/geneva-2010-kia-sportage/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/03/03kiasportagegenevalive_t humbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/geneva-2010-kia-sportage/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/03/04kiasportagegenevalive_t humbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/geneva-2010-kia-sportage/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/03/05kiasportagegenevalive_t humbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
<em><strong><small>Phot os by <a href="http://www.drewphillipsphotograp hy.com/">Drew Phillips</a> / </small></strong></em><em><strong><small>Cop yright (C)2010</small></strong></em><em><strong><small> Weblogs, Inc.</small></strong></em><br />
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