Review: 2011 Kia Sportage
 

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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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<a href="http://autoblog.com/make/kia">Kia</a> likes to say it has the Power to Surprise. Back in the day (oh, five or so years ago...), the Korean automaker's customers were supposed to be pleasantly surprised that their new car, crossover or SUV was a better vehicle than expected. Perhaps you've heard the drill: "I bought it because it was cheap... and you know, it's really not <em>that</em> bad."<br />
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These days, though, being less mediocre than expected simply isn't good enough. See not-so-(inter)stellar brands <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/saturn/">Saturn</a> and <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/mercury">Mercury</a> for proof thereof.<br />
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In other words, each new Kia has to be completely on-target and every bit as good as its competitors from America and Japan - and judging by the ambitions of its corporate partner, <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/hyundai">Hyundai</a>, you might even be inclined to include Germany on that list.<br />
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And we've come to expect exactly that from Kia. If the company's first <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/sportage">Sportage</a> was a passable entry with a cut-rate price to make the masses take notice, and the second go-round was, you know... "not that bad..." then this crossover, the third-generation Kia Sportage, had better be good.<br />
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So, were we pleasantly unsurprised by the 2011 Kia Sportage?<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-kia-sportage-review">2011 Kia Sportage: Review</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-kia-sportage-review/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/2011kiasportage---01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2011 Kia Sportage" title="2011 Kia Sportage" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-kia-sportage-review/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/2011kiasportage---02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2011 Kia Sportage" title="2011 Kia Sportage" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-kia-sportage-review/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/2011kiasportage---03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2011 Kia Sportage" title="2011 Kia Sportage" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-kia-sportage-review/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/2011kiasportage---04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2011 Kia Sportage" title="2011 Kia Sportage" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-kia-sportage-review/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/2011kiasportage---05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2011 Kia Sportage" title="2011 Kia Sportage" /></a></div><br />
<em><strong><small>Phot os copyright (C)2010 Jeremy Korzeniewski / AOL</small></strong></em><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/11/2011-kia-sportage-review-road-test/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Review: 2011 Kia Sportage</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/11/2011-kia-sportage-review-road-test/">Review: 2011 Kia Sportage</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/11/2011-kia-sportage-review-road-test/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19668369/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/11/2011-kia-sportage-review-road-test/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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