Between beach days along the Emerald Coast, daily errands around Pensacola, and trips across the Florida Panhandle, you need a new SUV that can balance it all. Enter the new Kia Sportage, a class-leading compact SUV that excels on several fronts. Here at Kia AutoSport, we want SUV shoppers from Pensacola, FL and families from Milton, FL to make a well-informed decision. That's why we've stacked the Kia Sportage against the SUV competition, including rivals like the Ford Escape, Chevy Equinox, Honda CR-V, and Toyota RAV4. See how the Kia Sportage finishes first among these new SUVs.
Kia Sportage vs. The Competition — Cargo Space
Are all five passengers along for a ride to Pensacola Beach? The new Kia Sportage offers the most storage space at 40 cubic feet. If Milton, FL families fold the seats of their Kia Sportage, they can work with 74 cubic feet of cargo space, which is the second most among this quintet.
- Kia Sportage: 40 to 74 cubic feet
- Honda CR-V: 39 to 77 cubic feet
- Toyota RAV4: 38 to 70 cubic feet
- Ford Escape: 38 to 65 cubic feet
- Chevy Equinox: 30 to 64 cubic feet
A Smart Power Tailgate for the Kia Sportage gives Pensacola, FL families easy loading and unloading access. The other four SUVs offer hands-free power liftgates.
Kia Sportage vs. The Competition — Legroom & Seating
All five of these new SUVs seat five passengers across two rows. Passengers in the back can spread out on long rides from Milton to a Florida Panhandle destination with the Kia Sportage's class-leading second-row legroom figure of 41.3 inches. There's 41.4 inches in the front row.
The Honda CR-V has 41 inches of legroom per row, while the Ford Escape has legroom figures of 42 and 41 inches. The Chevy Equinox has 41 inches in the front and 40 in the back row. While the Toyota RAV4 has 41 inches in the front, its back row is tighter at 38 inches.
Kia Sportage vs. The Competition — Performance
Powertrains
A new Kia Sportage produces 187 standard horsepower. That tops the Chevy Equinox (175 horsepower) and the Ford Escape (181 horsepower), while nearly matching the 190-horsepower Honda CR-V.
The Chevy Equinox doesn't offer a hybrid model. The Kia Sportage Hybrid has a best-in-class output of 227 horsepower, topping the Honda CR-V Hybrid at 204 horsepower, the Ford Escape Hybrid at 221 horsepower, and the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid at 219 horsepower. Kia Sportage Plug-In Hybrid SUVs generate 261 horsepower. There's no plug-in hybrid for the Honda CR-V. Each of the plug-in hybrid SUVs provides nearly three dozen miles of all-electric range.
Fuel Economy
Earn 44 highway miles per gallon taking I-10 from Milton, FL to your Pensacola destination in a new Kia Sportage Hybrid, which is more fuel-efficient with highway driving than the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid (38 mpg), the Honda CR-V Hybrid (43 mpg), and the Ford Escape Hybrid (36 mpg).
Base fuel economy ratings for the Kia Sportage are 32 highway miles per gallon, topping the Chevy Equinox at 31 mpg. The Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, and Ford Escape earn up to 35 miles per gallon.
AWD
When you buy a Sportage X-Pro from your Pensacola, FL Kia dealer, you get active all-wheel drive with multi-terrain AWD mode. That's a more robust setup than Switchable AWD in the Equinox, Real Time AWD™ in the Honda CR-V, and generic all-wheel drive in the Toyota RAV4. The Ford Escape offers Intelligent All-Wheel Drive.
Kia Sportage vs. The Competition — Technology
The 12.3-inch dual panoramic displays keep Milton, FL motorists engaged and informed en route to Pensacola Beach in their new Kia Sportage. The setup includes a 12.3-inch instrument display and a 12.3-inch touchscreen with navigation.
While the redesigned Chevy Equinox will soon offer an 11.3-inch touchscreen, its current display is only seven inches, and its smaller Driver Information Center is 11 inches. The Honda CR-V's standard touchscreen is a smaller 7-inch color display, while its largest screen is nine inches. The Honda Satellite-Linked Navigation System™ provides the Honda CR-V with navigation.
The Ford Escape has a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, and its larger LCD touchscreen through SYNC® 4 spans 13.2 inches. The Escape's standard touchscreen is eight inches, just like the Kia Sportage. RAV4 touchscreens via Toyota Audio Multimedia span from eight to 10.5 inches, and its Multi-Information Display Monitor is 12.3 inches to mirror the Sportage.
Enhance your tunes riding from Milton, FL to Pensacola, FL with the Kia Sportage's Harman Kardon® Premium Audio system. This rivals premium audio setups in the other SUVs, including JBL® for the RAV4, Bang & Olufsen® for the Escape, and Bose® for the CR-V. The Equinox is missing a premium sound system. All five SUVs offer wireless charging.
Kia Sportage vs. The Competition — Price
The new Kia Sportage has lower starting prices than the Ford Escape, Honda CR-V, and Toyota RAV4. This new Kia SUV for sale in Pensacola, FL has a starting price that's $2,000 below the Honda CR-V and Ford Escape.
Test Drive a New Kia Sportage at Your Pensacola, FL Kia Dealer
We're a proud Pensacola, FL Kia dealer serving Milton, FL and the entire Emerald Coast with a wide selection of new Sportage SUVs. With a low starting price, a hybrid and plug-in hybrid option, and class-leading figures for cargo room and rear seat legroom, the Kia Sportage surges past the SUV competition.
Test drive this new SUV at our Kia dealership in Pensacola, FL. Kia AutoSport has Sportage, Sportage Hybrid, and Sportage Plug-In Hybrid models available in our new inventory, with EX, LX, SX, SX-Prestige, X-Line, X-Line Prestige, X-Pro, and X-Pro Prestige trim levels to choose from. Shop for new Kia Sportage SUVs in Pensacola, FL to take home the superior travel partner.
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