Geneva Preview: 2011 Kia Sportage gets stylish new duds
 

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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>2011 Kia Sportage - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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When <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/kia/">Kia</a> introduced the original <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/sportage">Sportage</a> in North America in the early 1990s, the best thing it had going for it was a low-ball price. There was nothing particularly compelling about the way it looked or drove, though it was at least passable on both counts. When the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/geneva-motor-show/">Geneva Motor Show</a> opens up next month, the third-generation Sportage will finally bring the compact crossover to the head of the class in appearance.<br />
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Looking like a 5/8-scale version of the recently introduced <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/sorento">Sorento</a>, the new Sportage incorporates the Peter Schreyer-penned Kia design language in an an aggressive looking package that should stand out among the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/escape">Escapes</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/rav4">Rav4s</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/cr-v">CR-Vs</a> of the world. The new model is longer, lower and wider, but Kia hasn't released any other details yet.<br />
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We expect that the Sportage will have the same 2.4-liter inline-four found in the new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/tucson">Hyundai Tucson</a> when it arrives Stateside this fall, although other markets will get a range of gas and diesel power options from which to choose. Full press release after the jump.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-kia-sportage/low/">2011 Kia Sportage</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-kia-sportage/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/kia-sportage-north-american-spec-front_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-kia-sportage/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/kia-sportage-north-america-spec-_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-kia-sportage/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/kia-sportage-north-american-spec-profile_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
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