Ngemva kweminyaka engu-28 yomlando, i- Kia Sportage manje isingena esizukulwaneni sayo sesihlanu futhi, kunanini ngaphambili, igxile emakethe yaseYurophu. Ubufakazi balokhu ukuthi, ngokokuqala ngqa, uhlobo lwaseNingizimu Korea lulungiselela ukwethula okuhlukile okwenzelwe ngokukhethekile “izwekazi elidala”, kodwa sizoba lapho maduze...
Okokuqala, ake sikwethule iSUV entsha yakwaKia. Ngobuhle, ukugqugquzelwa kwe-EV6 esanda kwethulwa kubonakala kakhulu, kokubili esigabeni esingemuva (nomnyango wetrunk concave) nangaphambili, lapho isiginesha ekhanyayo ngefomethi ye-boomerang isiza ukwakha “umoya womndeni”.
Ngaphakathi, ukuthobeka kwanikeza isitayela sesimanje, esiphefumulelwe ngokucacile yilowo osetshenziswa "umfowethu omdala", i-Sorento. Sesikushilo lokho, sinephaneli yensimbi yedijithali “ejoyina” isikrini sesistimu ye-infotainment, uchungechunge lwezilawuli ezithintekayo ezithatha indawo yezinkinobho ezibonakalayo, amapayipi okungenisa umoya e-“3D” kanye ne-centre console entsha enokulawula okujikelezayo kwebhokisi lezivinini.
inguqulo yaseYurophu
Njengoba sakutshela ekuqaleni, ngokokuqala ngqa i-Sportage izoba nenguqulo eklanyelwe i-Europe ngokukhethekile. Ihlelelwe ukuthi ifike ngoSepthemba, izokhiqizwa eSlovakia kuphela efektri yakwaKia.
Inguqulo yase-Europe ye-Kia Sportage ngeke ihluke kule esikubonisa yona namuhla, nakuba kulindelwe imininingwane ehlukanisayo. Ngale ndlela, umehluko omkhulu uzovela "ngaphansi kwesikhumba", ne "European" Sportage ene-chassis tuning eyenzelwe ngokukhethekile ukunambitheka kwabashayeli baseYurophu.
Mayelana nezinjini, iKia igcina imfihlo yayo okwamanje. Kodwa-ke, okungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi izothembela ekunikezeni izinjini ezifanayo kakhulu nalezo ezihlongozwe "umzala" wakhe, i-Hyundai Tucson, ehlanganyela ngayo isisekelo sobuchwepheshe.
Ngakho-ke, asimangali uma ngaphansi kwe-hood ye-Kia Sportage kaphethiloli kanye nezinjini zikadizili zivela namasilinda amane no-1.6 litre, okuhlotshaniswa nesistimu ye-hybrid emnene engu-48 V, injini ye-hybrid (uphethiloli) kanye nenye i-plug-in hybrid. (Uphethiloli).
