{"id":74520,"date":"2024-07-18T09:03:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T13:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=74520"},"modified":"2024-07-18T09:03:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T13:03:30","slug":"1143836_2026-kia-sportage-spy-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=74520","title":{"rendered":"2026 Kia Sportage coming in for a nip and tuck"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The Kia Sportage will sport a refresh for 2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Sportage&#8217;s update will feature revised front and rear ends with Sportage-like lighting elements<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The 2026 Kia Sportage should debut in 2025<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kia engineers have been spotted testing a prototype for an <strong>updated Sportage<\/strong> expected in showrooms <strong>next year<\/strong> as a 2026 model.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1132430_2023-kia-sportage-price-specs-review-photos-info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The current Sportage<\/a>, on sale since the 2023 model year, is Kia&#8217;s best-seller, with U.S. buyers snapping up 140,780 examples last year alone. This means Kia won&#8217;t want to rock the boat with the upcoming mid-cycle refresh for the compact crossover.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The prototype is heavily camouflaged but a <strong>new front end<\/strong> with vertical headlights more like what&#8217;s found on the updated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1141475_2024-kia-sorento-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Kia Sorento<\/a> can clearly be seen. There are also new designs for the front fascia and grille.<\/p>\n<p>The design at the rear has also been tweaked, as evidenced by the new graphic for the taillights, which like the lights at the front appear to take on a more rigid design.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100936696_m\" title=\"2026 Kia Sportage facelift spy shots - Photo via Baldauf\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"2026 Kia Sportage facelift spy shots - Photo via Baldauf\" width=\"640\" height=\"446\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"714\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2026-kia-sportage-facelift-spy-shots--photo-via-baldauf_100936696_l.webp\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/2026-kia-sportage-facelift-spy-shots--photo-via-baldauf_100936696_h.webp\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2026-kia-sportage-facelift-spy-shots--photo-via-baldauf_100936696_l.webp\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2026-kia-sportage-facelift-spy-shots--photo-via-baldauf_100936696_l.webp\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/2026-kia-sportage-facelift-spy-shots--photo-via-baldauf_100936696_m.webp\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/2026-kia-sportage-facelift-spy-shots--photo-via-baldauf_100936696_s.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2026 Kia Sportage facelift spy shots &#8211; Photo via Baldauf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s no clear shot of the interior but we can expect a more uncluttered dash with a floating display for the digital gauge cluster and infotainment screen similar to what&#8217;s found in the Sorento and newer Kias like the recently revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1143260_kia-ev3-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EV3 electric subcompact crossover<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Given the recent surge in demand for hybrid powertrains, we can also expect the <strong>updated Sportage&#8217;s powertrain lineup<\/strong> to be just as diverse as what&#8217;s currently on offer. For the 2025 Sportage, Kia offers three powertrains: a 187-hp inline-4, a 227-hp hybrid, or a 261-hp plug-in hybrid.<\/p>\n<p>Look for a <strong>debut in early 2025<\/strong>. Sales in the U.S. should start in the second half of that year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kia Sportage will sport a refresh for 2026 The Sportage&#8217;s update will feature revised front and rear ends with Sportage-like lighting elements The 2026 Kia Sportage should debut in 2025 Kia engineers have been spotted testing a prototype for an updated Sportage expected in showrooms next year as a 2026 model. The current Sportage, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}