Kia Sportage 2023 tested for 11 years and still the best? 

You can configure the dual mode screen to default to either mode, or stay on whatever you last used. Press and hold the mode switching button (quite a while, just keep holding) and the options will be displayed.

Good lord I look so young! Look what a decade of RU-vid does to you 🤣

So we can’t be “ distracted “ by a phone but an info system , looking, scrolling, selecting is fine?? Mmm.

I think you are spot on with the assessment bob KIA have knocked it out of the park with this one.

Nice car, eleven years Bob, it's been a hard life. Great video, look forward to the "adventure" trips. Your chats with people (in North South Pole run) was very good. Be nice to see what public think of some of the cars.

Whilst I would agree there is a lot to like about this car I think the £522 road tax for 5 years is what puts me off.I’m glad we went for the Niro EV3.Great video though 👍

I still think the Sportage has some of the best exterior design on sale on this planet. Its refresh cycle is even more impressive. Kia-Hyundai are releasing some of the most innovative car designs anyone is currently making for the mass market. From a South Korean company - competing in the US AND Europe. The Kia6/Ionic 5 are near the best EVs on sale - bar Tesla. Most other SUVs are so bland as to be near invisible.

5:00 - I think you can configure the switching mechanism when you press and hold the switch for a few seconds - you can set it so it stays either on AC controls or infotainment shortcuts.

Great work as always Bob, hope you get to the 100k soon. I personally love what Kia are doing now, those usb’s in the seat are a stroke of genius. All the best, Jim.

I subscribed to your channel because of your enthusiasm for that old model Sportage. I thought it was beautiful too.

Hold that climate-menu change button down for a few seconds. You can select default screen.

Hey Bob, you can actually change the "default" settings to show the last used, or change back to whatever you want in the music/climate screen.

I remember those first videos, that was a quick 11 years!

Great review, 70 km range on electric is great, your ladt review on pole to pole highlighted charger anxiety in this country tú ó great effect, now it looks live we will have electricity anxiety as well... I am a firm believer that electric cars are for towns / city's for air quality and petrol / diesel for long commutes, this can deliver on both fronts for the next 10 years.

My 2008 vw 1.9 tdi is refusing to die after 13 yrs although it’s tempting but I’ve concluded it’s just for fashion great channel and Sunday service

Nice car and another good review. Thanks Bob

Great video Bob..

The AWD makes this car quite snappy and sporty and I wouldnt go without it.

Hey Bob, if you keep looking and messing with the screen while you're driving you will end up in the woods!

Class looking machine! Not a fan of petrol hybrids,in fact a bit of a con. Drove diesel model hire car on holiday and managed high 50s mpg. Great torque and would make a great tow car. Great show Bob!

A very enjoyable & interesting review keep up the great work now 👍👍

It's not small. I hate when people call cars in that class small. Its not. Small would be the Toyota Aygo X that's small or a Renault Captur, Peugeot 2008, Fiat 500X etc.

Bob - 🎉 your THE MAN = NO BULLSHIT = 100 % honest. THE truth - shall set u free . 😊

I picked up my K3 PHEV last Friday traded in a GT line S diesel was told the K4 spec wasn’t available so took the K3 lost my leather seats and sunroof but gained awd and an auto. Loving the car so far nearly 600 kms up and she’s doing 3.3L/100kms old car was doing 6.5L/100km I’m happy when charging taking in to consideration and fuel used she’s costing me about 0.075 cent a km compared to the old one would have cost me 0.12cent a km so far so good

Mate if you sit any closer to the steering wheel your chin will be resting on the top!! It's making me very uncomfortable! Anyway, needlessly judgemental comment out of the way, thanks for the vid! I tried the manual version today and quite liked it but I wish I could get the extra safety tech you get with the higher spec versions which are only automatic. I've never driven auto before, so scared to take the leap!

Good afternoon Bob, I have ordered the HEV version in GT Line S trim in what I call ‘Shark Grey’ her in Shitsville (U.K.) but it’s a long wait - ordered in April and still no build date let alone a delivery date.

Nice car Bob, my wife has the 21 Touson and she loves it. I don't think it has active cruse contr

Great review once more. What spec trim was on the phev? K? 👍

0:20, crv and rav4 were always ahead of it in terms of build quality, engines and everything by mainstream class so to speak. In my market at least.

Hi Bob, when parked near a wall, shurb or car the parking sensors keep beeping even when out of gear, do you know of a way to stop that

Great review But (there's always a but after a positive). During the review, you take your eyes off the road too much

Its also pretty expensive. No electric grant. Lower car tax but Those emission figures will become more realistic as current results are fantasy like old fuel economy results vs reality

PHEVs with much longer range can be an interim answer but its still just a more efficient hybrid. Its still emitting C02 (and other toxic stuff). At present it gets a free cut in car tax but those car tax bands have to change to incentivise near zero emissions. Most PHEVs real range is so low as to be near useless (bar driving around the town car park) or stuck in traffic. Studies showed that most never recharged the car otherwise as the time vs range was not worth the effort. The reason for buying them anyway and the extra cost - lower car tax/old SEAI grants and the regular massive commute to some rural location. PHEV grants from the gov do not apply anymore and all that battery weight not charged as well as a full ICE engine when it is charged make PHEVs as they stand neither fish nor fowl. A halfway house that falls between. Most PHEVs have slow charging, low EV range (even lower in reality), higher cost and at some stage more expensive maintenance and more frequent need to replace the battery (if its even worth the cost for such a small range). Once the grants have ended for PHEVs and the car maker is not subsiding it to ship metal, its sales tank like a sinking Titanic. Useless examples were Prius plugin/All BMW-Merc PHEVs and the iconic Outlander PHEV.

Hi Bob, I was looking at these in the local Kia showroom and was told that the PHEV was not available in the green,???

This or the diesel is better? fuel economy?

So ya now like phev's :) . Might look at them when they come into stock.. for now I am tempted for a CRV hybrid.

The new model seams to eat a lot of oil! Anyone know something about this issue?

Majority of people are right handed then car like this you need to operate most thing with left hand not so fun. Must be more expensive also to car company make less cars with steering wheel right when majority countries uses car that has steering wheel left.

Thats one car I cant stand the look of it, I thought the previous generation looked better just my opinion

Nice car - shame about the colour though.......

The front of the car is really terrible to much going on, the back is a bit better, I am amazed you plugged it so much, maybe the greased you well, I would give it 4 out of 10......

Don't buy a Kia 2 year old car and the engines scrap the dealers don't want to know Kia UK doesn't do anything still have to pay for a car I don't have. Warning don't buy a Kia.

I remember those first videos, that was a quick 11 years!