Kia Sportage 2016 Interior Pictures Revealed

Kuala Lumpur: After a lot of teasing followed by some unofficial leaks, Kia has finally released some official images of the new 2016 Kia Sportage's interior ahead of its Frankfurt Motor Show debut. The new generation Kia Sportage would also be the first Kia to feature a GT line specification with added visual highlights and full performance upgrades.

This third-generation SUV would feature a redesigned interior with use of high-quality materials to give a more premium feel. The dashboard has been divided in two zones with the upper zone featuring a 7.0-inch or 8.0-inch touch screen. The lower zone features a control panel, tilted 10-degrees towards the driver and contains audio and climate control buttons. The whole cabin has been created keeping in view the driver's convenience. The interior has been provided in a single tone with black colour and two-tone with dark and light grey or black and canyon beige. Other things which can be noticed are a flat bottomed steering wheel, alloy pedals and piano black dash trim.

The front headroom has grown by 5 mm while the rear headroom has grown by 16 mm. More space has been created by adding 19 mm to front legroom and 7 mm to rear legroom. An overall 30 mm growth can be noticed in its wheelbase with total length coming to 2670 mm. It maintains the same height and width with 1635 mm and 1855 mm respectively. Without compromising on exterior ground clearance, Kia has provided this car a 40 mm lower interior floor and 30 mm higher rear bench hip which results in a comfortable seating posture and improved under-thigh support.

The front suspension would include revised mounting points and stiffer wheel bearings and bushings for sharper handling. At the rear end, front-wheel drive models would adopt dual lower arm multi-link suspension. Rack-mounted power steering on GT line would replace the column mounted unit of other models.