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2022 Kia Sportage vs 2021 Renault Kadjar

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Kia Sportage
Kia Sportage

$25,990 - $52,990

2022 price

Renault Kadjar
Renault Kadjar

2021 price

Summary

2022 Kia Sportage
2021 Renault Kadjar
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 4, 1.6L

Inline 4, 1.3L
Fuel Type
Unleaded Petrol

Premium Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
7.2L/100km (combined)

6.3L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • Auto wipers don’t work
  • Fuel consumption could be better
  • Tight bottle storage in doors

  • Jerky dual-clutch auto at low speeds
  • Falling behind in advanced safety tech
  • Pricey
2022 Kia Sportage Summary

Kia is on a roll with its SUV line-up. The Stonic light SUV is selling like hotcakes, the Seltos small SUV is hugely popular with long wait lists for higher grades and the large seven-seat Sorento has won a lot of praise from reviewers.

That means there’s a bit of pressure on the new-generation Sportage that just landed in showrooms.

Medium SUVs represent one of the biggest market segments in the country by sales, and with impressive rivals like the Toyota RAV4, Mazda CX-5, Volkswagen Tiguan and Ford Escape, to name a few, any missteps by Kia will be noticed.

The flagship Kia Sportage GT-Line diesel certainly has show-stopping looks, but is there more substance to the Korean contender?

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2021 Renault Kadjar Summary

Don’t let people talk you into buying a tiny car just because you live in the city. That’s what I’ve learnt from being a car reviewer and living about eight kilometres from the CBD.

Yes, car spaces are small, or almost non existent, but the people that live there are as full-sized as people elsewhere and they often carry around just as much gear. What you need is a big, little car and the Renault Kadjar is that – a small SUV which is actually bigger than most.

The Kadjar is also French, and that’s appealing to us city folk because even though there are millions of us living in one square metre we like to think of ourselves as different, as individuals, cosmopolitan, metropolitan.

So the Kadjar looks perfect then, right?

Well, it’s good yes… in some ways, but after reading this you might prefer its Japanese cousin, the Nissan Qashqai. Let me explain...

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