Starts at $27,190
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What's New for 2025?
Fundamentally unchanged this year, the Sportage gets a newly available Premium package for the EX trim that adds a panoramic sunroof and a motion-sensing power liftgate. Also, the X-Line and X-Pro trims get standard gloss-black exterior accents and black badging.
2025 Sportage Selector
FAST FACTS
"The Sportage competes well across the board against the stalwarts of this segment, but we'd take this opportunity to stump for the Sportage Hybrid, which only costs a bit more than the regular version while improving fuel economy and acceleration considerably. The lackluster four-cylinder engine in the non-hybrid Sportage makes the overall package less appealing."—Ranked #4 out of 15 Compact SUVs
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Josh has been reviewing cars professionally since joining Edmunds.com fresh out of grad school in 2008, personally driving most new cars on the market every year since. He also served as the project manager for Edmunds' expert vehicle rankings from their inception in 2018, building the product out from the back end to the front end. Josh is a card-carrying member of the Motor Press Guild and a lifelong car nut who has tested, compared and critiqued a ridiculous number of cars in his career.
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