What’s New for the 2025 Kia Sportage?
Kia’s compact Sportage SUV was redesigned for the 2023 model year and saw minor updates for 2024. The Sportage enters the 2025 model year with few changes and continues to be available with gas, hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains.
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What’s New for 2025?
For 2025, the EX trim will offer a Premium Package, which adds a panoramic moonroof and hands-free power liftgate. Other changes for the new model year include additional standard dark-toned exterior trim for the X-Line and X-Pro trims, such as gloss black on the front and rear bumpers and the side sills, as well as additional black badges; the X-Line also gets gloss-black alloy wheels.
Prices fluctuate slightly for the new model year, with some trims seeing no increases and some seeing an increase of $100.
Trim Levels and Pricing
Model-year 2025 pricing for the gas-powered Sportage is as follows. All prices include a $1,375 destination charge, with changes from the previous model year in parentheses.
- LX FWD: $28,565 (no change)
- EX FWD: $30,665 (up $100)
- SX FWD: $34,165 (up $100)
- SX-Prestige FWD: $36,165 (up $100)
- LX AWD: $30,365 (no change)
- EX AWD: $32,465 (up $100)
- X-Line AWD: $33,465 (up $100)
- X-Pro AWD: $37,665 (up $100)
- SX-Prestige AWD: $37,965 (up $100)
- X-Pro Prestige AWD: $39,465 (up $100)
Model-year 2025 pricing for the hybrid is as follows:
- LX FWD: $29,965 (no change)
- LX AWD: $31,765 (no change)
- EX AWD: $33,765 (up $100)
- SX-Prestige AWD: $38,965 (up $100)
Trim-level pricing for the 2025 Sportage plug-in hybrid is as follows:
- X-Line AWD: $41,065 (up $100)
- X-Line Prestige AWD: $45,565 (up $100)
The 2025 Sportage is available in the following exterior colors: Dawning Red, Ebony Black, Everlasting Silver, Fusion Black, Glacial White Pearl, Gravity Gray, Sapphire Blue, Snow White Pearl, Steel Gray, Wolf Gray and Jungle Green. Buyers can also get a black roof with Glacial White Pearl, Jungle Green or Wolf Gray.
Powertrain Specs and MPG
The Sportage’s powertrains carry over for 2025. Power comes from a 187-horsepower, 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine and an eight-speed automatic transmission or two hybrid powertrains, each based on a turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder and paired with two electric motors and a six-speed automatic. The hybrid makes 227 hp combined, while the PHEV makes a total of 261 hp. Front- and all-wheel drive are available on the gas and hybrid models; AWD is standard on the PHEV.
The base FWD variant of the 2025 Sportage is good for an EPA-estimated 25/32/28 mpg city/highway/combined, which drops to 23/27/25 mpg with AWD or 23/30/26 mpg for the X-Pro trim levels. The FWD hybrid is rated 42/44/43 mpg (AWD drops figures to 38/38/38 mpg), and the plug-in version has an 84 mpg-equivalent rating and 35 mpg combined rating; it’s good for up to 34 miles of all-electric range.
Tech Features
Standard tech features for the 2025 Sportage include an 8-inch touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a 12.2-inch digital gauge cluster, Bluetooth, a front USB-C port and a six-speaker stereo. Optional tech features include a 12.3-inch touchscreen with navigation, wireless device charging, a panoramic moonroof, a Harman Kardon stereo, heated and ventilated front seats, and a hands-free power liftgate.
Safety and Driver-Assistance Features
Standard safety and driver-assistance features include forward collision warning with pedestrian and cyclist detection, lane departure steering assist, rain-sensing wipers, automatic high-beam headlights and rear parking sensors. Optional features include remote park assist, front parking sensors, reverse automatic emergency braking and a 360-degree camera system.
In Insurance Institute for Highway Safety testing, the 2024 Sportage earned the Top Safety Pick designation, with good scores in several crashworthiness tests.
In our Car Seat Check of the 2023 version of the hybrid, the Sportage earned mostly A grades for easy-access Latch anchors and ample rear-seat legroom.
Should You Buy a 2024 or 2025 Kia Sportage?
With similar prices between the two model years, there’s no major reason to opt for the 2025 Sportage over the 2024 version, unless you’re interested in the newly available Premium Package. However, Sportage shoppers might want to wait a bit until the revised 2026 model comes out. It features updates such as tweaked styling, infotainment upgrades and slightly more horsepower.
In Cars.com reviews of the Sportage, editors praised it as a likeable compact SUV that offers shoppers a lot of choice as well as an appealing blend of comfort, efficiency and value, though the base engine stood out as slow and unrefined.
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