Interior Design and Special Features
Step inside the 2010 Kia Sportage and you'll find a pleasing interior with seating for up to five passengers. Build quality and materials are also generally good, with the exception of a few cheap-feeling knobs and switches.
Up front, the Sportage offers head- and legroom on par with most of its competitors. The 60/40-split rear seat offers slightly less legroom, however, making it a bit of a tight squeeze for larger adults.
That split-folding rear seat design makes schlepping stuff easy. In passenger mode there are 23.6 cubic feet of cargo room behind the rear seats, while folding them forward creates a nice flat load floor with a total of 66.6 cubic feet of space. While those numbers are respectable enough, both fall a tad short of the category leaders.
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Large Trunk
The large trunk has a low, wide opening and a lid that raises easily on gas
struts. Rear seatbacks can be flipped forward for more cargo space, but they
don't sit entirely flat. The pass-through a ...
Economical operation
Your vehicle's fuel economy depends
mainly on your style of driving, where you
drive and when you drive.
Each of these factors affects how many
kilometers (miles) you can get from a liter
(gallon ...
Interior light
CAUTION
Do not use the interior lights for
extended periods when the engine
is not running.
It may cause battery discharge.
Room lamp
Type A
(1) Map lamp
Push the lens to turn the map lamp o ...


