Overview & Reviews

For 2013, the Kia Sportage returns with a few minor upgrades including standard LED headlamp accents on LX and EX trims.

• Powerful and efficient turbo engine in SX trim
• Plenty of premium features
• Intuitive controls
• Generous warranty.
• Sharp styling inside and out
• More fun to drive than other crossovers

User Reviews:

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  Sporty, Great Small/Midsize AWD SUV, BEAUTY! - 2013 Kia Sportage
  By Rhea Addair - April 2 - 8:14 pm

  The Front Seats arent very Comfortable, lacks Support & Padding for Long-Trips Especially if You have Arthritis, Fibromyalgia or Other Physical Types of Pain b/c It can also be kinda hard to get out of if Traveling for a Period of Time in Combo w/ The Comfort Level (Poor) of The Front Seats... Other than this Issue, LOVE IT, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ECONOMICAL, SPORTY, AWESOME,SAFE, SUV... YOULL LOVE IT!!!.. I DO..and, Many More People also, Love em or The Larger KIA Sorento 4 cyl. AWD as well.. Great VALUE SUVs in a KIA!!.. I am now also a KIA LOVING FAN.. A Believer Myself...

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  Sportage - 2013 Kia Sportage
  By fred medlin - October 31 - 6:15 am

  Great buy

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  Fun driving but seats are awful - 2013 Kia Sportage
  By latteaddict - February 17 - 4:52 am

  I waited for about a month to pass so I can review it better. We tried Ford Escape, Mitsubishi Outlander, Subaru CrossTrek - and finally given Sportage a shot since they updated their MPG ratings. (FYI, Kia has been sued and EPA made them update their MPG on the stickers.) Styling is great; its designed by Peter Schreyer, brains behind Audi fame. I owned Audi and I find lot of cosmetic similarities. Performance is acceptable, does well in corners. No interior noise, like in some other 20K cars. Im getting average 26MPG, with mindful driving. Only thing that peeves me so far is the interior seats are SPARTAN!!l i hate bucket seats period, but these are very firm and uncomfortable.

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  Good and bad - 2013 Kia Sportage
  By sporty74 - September 28 - 1:46 am

  I like the styling inside and out. Seats are comfy on long trips. Getting better gas mileage than advertised. AWD is great. But, suspension is really bad. I have to avoid potholes and minor bumps so I do not cringe at the noise. Can feel every bump through the steering wheel. Interior road noise is very high. The gas engine sounds like a diesel at idle. Not sure if I would buy another one, unless they made major improvements in the new models.

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  2013 Sportage rear end - 2013 Kia Sportage
  By rottensox - November 6 - 5:50 am

  In my later posts, I described the problem with the rear differential leaking. The dealer replaced the differential twice. In the end, they put a totally different differential in. Judging by the date stamp on the casting, it was manufactured in 2010. So far, it seems to be working fine and theres no evidence of a leak. However, it did take them two weeks to fix it. They gave me a free cargo mat for the inconvenience. Big deal. I think, given the profit margin on the sale, they could have done MUCH better.

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  2013 LX Kia Sportage AWD - 2013 Kia Sportage
  By Atvings@verizon.net - September 19 - 4:57 pm

  I have a 2013 Sportage AWD, I have over 70,000 miles and drive it every day. I have no complaints about this car. I am 6 ft 1" and feel very comfortable driving this car anywhere, even on long trips. You cant beat the AWD, its actually better than the Suburus AWD system. As long as you do the regular oil changes and tire rotation, this car will perform the way you want it to.I would highly recommend this car to anyone, this is more bang for the buck without a doubt. And once again the AWD system is awesome, you will be surprised too. I will say a 5 star all the way around.

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  KIA - Killed In Action - Unsafe Turbo Engineering - 2013 Kia Sportage
  By GJ8 - March 21 - 11:18 am

  After the FCV recall, I lost all the performance I enjoyed and paid for in this car. I went to 2 dealers only to be told it drives fine. Well I and everyone who’s driven this car totally disagree. The ECM reflash - the recall- consisted of updating the software originally supplied by the car maker and changing its Air/Fuel Ratio algorithms. The rule of thumb is 12-14/1 optimum. The new software seems to keep the Turbos wastegate open too much during wide open throttle causing the Turbo Not "Spool Up" all the way, losing boost, and obviously power loss. So, why did KIA update the software instead of replacing the faulty FCV valve - because its cheaper than re-engineering the FCV. Or, even more expensive but better yet, why not replace it with a tried and true fuel pressure regulator- Cost for KIA? Instead the easy route was to detune the car so it doesnt reach full boost, saving the FCV. So the car is now "killed in action." But this did lead me to learn about certain safety issues that have me very concerned. The turbo is located near the firewall, on the backside of the engine. If the pressurized part and axial lode of the turbo Fails, and is spinning at an average of 150,000 rpms, this can act like a grenade under the hood, throwing shrapnel everywhere, possibly causing both driver and passenger injury or death, as the force of the pieces of hot steel and aluminum from the axial lode, plus the inertia of rotating blades at 150 rpms, would penetrate through the firewall.

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  2013 Kia Sportage - 2013 Kia Sportage
  By luv2golfnski - April 2 - 9:09 am

  Great little SUV. Fun and easy to drive and at a price that is very easy on the pocket book. Love the color selection, we picked "SeaHawk Blue" and couldnt be happier

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  Good Build, Poor MPG - 2013 Kia Sportage
  By smealio - July 13 - 6:43 am

  I hope anyone considering this car takes 3 minutes to read this. I traded in a 2005 honda pilot that was literally running on dollar bills for this 2013 Sportage EX on both the sticker and dealerships notion that the MPG rating was true to form in our terrain. A week into ownership I was only logging 18mpg on hwy. I called it in and they said let it break in at 5k miles. I continued to log complaints to be heard and at 5k miles on my 50 mile, 80% hwy 20% rural (Pennsylvania) commute i logged 19mpg. I did a controlled fuel test with the same result. Kia issued their mpg program but its pennies. This is a terrible vehicle performance wise and is extremely overrated...take heed.

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  Great car the money ! - 2013 Kia Sportage
  By Mark the dog - July 5 - 11:59 pm

  Well, first of all the LX has a okay radio, the AWD is something else, I highly recommend this part because it serves me well, and I travel over 100 miles daily to and from work. I have a lot of confidence, in the AWD and I mean that ! Never been stuck in the snow or mud for that matter. I gave it a 4 star on the tech. because 1) I it didnt come with a Navigation system and talking into the voice command takes a little to get use to , I have to repeat myself several times and you have to speak slowing for it to work. The USB is in a bad spot, if you put sunglasses down you have to move them else where on the tray because the port is that close to the tray. Other than that I have over 110,000 miles on the Sportage and its a left over 2013 to top it off., Oh I get 29 mpg highway and pretty much thats all I do, Unless they do a lot of city driving, so I am not sure why some say they get crappy mpg unless its a Subaru LOL !!