I keep my climate as default vs my radio settings. I just use my steering wheel for audio/music control. If you hold down the arrow, you can choose which you prefer and it will keep it as that setting. So mine is always on climate so I don't make the mistake you are making.I hope that makes sense.

If you press and hold the nav button or climate control button you can set one of the two as the default and will make it change to the default in case you want to change the climate for a quick sec and will change back to the nav and radio settings after several seconds.

Thanks much for that great in-depth review. Appreciated.

great vid. Looks like you're in Jersey. Vernon resident myself. Looking forward to getting this vehicle whenever the Ex's are back in stock.

Great review! Lots of useful information!👍

Hi, I enjoyed your video it was really interesting. I'm just wondering if the battery is low, say in the winter, would the engine run by itself. Till the hybrid battery charges up. Or would their be reliability issues. I'm learning very ealing stages.

A couple things to mention, the rear seats have an additional cool feature and that is that they recline. Also the Kia Sportage has the biggest cargo space in the class, bigger than the CX5. Cx5 has 30.8 cubic ft behind the rear seats of cargo space and the Sportage has 39.5 cubic ft of cargo space. When rear seats are put down on both vehicles the cx5 has 59.3 cu ft of storage space while the Sportage hybrid has 73 cu ft of storage space. So btw the two not even close. There is a reason why the Sportage hybrid is almost impossible to get these days. You almost need to order them because many kia dealerships are out of stock. Before they get to the lot they are already reserved.

Ik only getting around 34 mpg trying to drive it in hybrid mode the majority of the time. I belive there is a road noise option in the console

Great review. 👍. You mention that the car hesitates a little after stopping and starting, is this too long so that people honk at you? Alsi when backing up is the noise too loud and can you adjust that?

What's been your recent mpg averages? I keep seeing lots of owners complain that they cannot get anywhere near the EPA numbers.

So, how has the reliability been so far? Any glitch or issues we should know of?

Is there any way to open the sunshade, but not the sunroof? When its raining, I would like to leave the shade open, without getting drenched inside. Also, how do you like the headlights? Another reviewer complained the headlights are not bright enough.

I never use lane assist because i dont trust it where roads lines are horrible. My ford lane assist loves to hug the right and adaptive cruise control makes me feel nervous. I will have to check and see how the kia is and compare.

I'm in italy and we just stop and getting to order one air control know turns left and right from air to radio

What is going on with the 2024 Kia Sportage? I was planning on buying one but I only see 2 colors available, black and blue. It’s not even possible to pay for another color on Kia Sportage Prestige 2024.

34:11 Hyundai and Kia do their R&D together. Except R&D all the other things are separated - manufacturing, marketing etc. For instance, Hyundai Tucson and Kia Sportage use same powertrain.

It's always called spotaaage in uk

Does the passenger side have power seats? Are both front seats ventilated?

Why are you filming into the sun? Very dark video result

What's better the Sportage Hybrid or Sportage Plug-in Hybrid?

Pro tip: The heavy metal rock transition music is WAY too much. When I turned the volume down to preserve my hearing I couldn't hear you start talking without turning it back up again. I came for the review, not the rock concert.

I hate those rain sensing windshield wipers..

This is 2023. You need to film in 4K.

Why do this in dark ?????

Does it have spare tire?(hyundai doesnt)

We were very disappointed when the salesperson told us that the HEV SX-Prestige is not available in wolf gray in the U.S.! However, it is available in this color in Canada. I find this ridiculous! What kind of STUPID business model is this KIA?

Canadians pronounces the name the same way as every other country except the USA…. because that’s the correct pronunciation! 😂

That dreadful music!

Was an awful interior colour

Stupid lane assistance . Would want that total disabled!!!

Where’s the location of the battery on this mf ?

SPORTAGE… my nan’s mobility scooter is more SPORTY than that hunk of KIA/Hyundai crap.