Kia Sportage X-Line Prestige PHEV 2023 Review: Best SUV For Your Next Road Trip | Vagabond Builds

come check this out guys the 2023 Kia Sportage hybrid x-line Prestige all-wheel drive exterior check out the interior and we're gonna be talking about this in an in-depth review here at Vagabond builds let's go ahead and show you guys this car now as mentioned we're going to be talking about this plug-in hybrid Sportage but before we do we have two buttons for you guys to press now it is not a sponsor video and we are not sales people so we're not trying to sell you anything we're just bringing you guys this review so we really appreciate and enjoy the fact that you tap that like button and subscribe to our Channel because it really helps our Channel out if you got some for us to film here's our email below email us and we can talk details later also a special thanks and a shout out to Roseville Kia for providing us this car for this review here at the Roseville Auto Mall in Roseville California now keep watching stay tuned because we're going to be dropping that MSRP sticker for the price tag and the exact package that this car comes with because it is way too much to mention in this video it'd be too long of it of a video and you guys would not be watching it so now let's go ahead and talk Kia Sportage now let's kick off with some specs the 1.6 liter inline four-cylinder turbocharged engine with a one electric motor plug-in hybrid system pushes 227 horsepower with 258 pounds feet of torque six-speed automatic transmission a little bit about the mpg with electricity and gas combined you're getting about 84 miles to the gallon to where when it's just a gas you get about 35 miles per gallon it is an all-wheel drive being the x-line prestige you get a total of 8.3 inches of ground clearance on this car so now let's talk front end and shut this Hood and I keep mentioning The x-line Prestige and why do I mention that because it is a higher class trim level but also being the X line gives it more of an off-road rugged type feel on the Sportage but front end okay what do you guys think to me if you ask me it's kind of more of a alien extraterrestrial type of front end but hey that's me and it's different uh does it suit me honestly the mpg is what would sell me on this car in the plug-in hybrid but the look in the black gloss front grille camera sister camera system sorry integrated into that black girl in the center Kia emblem stamped on the hood in that kind of uh metallic gray look dropping down bumper sensors integrated into that lower bumper cover and then that lower grille you have the fog lights in the LED lighting with that matte black plastic lower grille okay now we left the car on so you guys get an idea of how exactly this front end comes alive when the lights are on the lighting is led the daytime running lights are LED and again the fog lights are LED if we come over and show you guys a little bit about the side Some Cuts here but this is not for airflow to wear for example if you check out our other video about the Sorrento here the air kind of enters and comes over to the wheel well area giving it some more airflow and aerodynamic uh feel on these specs now over to the side this is a five-seater SUV or compact SUV if you do want a longer one you'd be checking out our video again for the six seater Sorrento all right that's what the captain's seating speaking in the second row but the starting off with the side sorry wheel well trimming that matte black plastic very durable plastic kind of textured feel with the parking marker let's talk rims rims of the dual color look with that kind of glossy black on the interior side of that rim with the machine surface silver on the surface they're running Michelin privacies all season tires at 235 55 19 inch tires coming over to the side mirror side mirror is in that black glossy look to bring that front end over to the side and finishing off with the back integrated lighting and the 360 camera being the x-line prestige you do get that 360 camera with a bird's eye view now remember depending on the trim you're not going to have the full 360 camera system this comes with blind spot assist also coming over to the side keyless keyless fob entry handle if we drop down you get that matte black plastic trim around the rocker panel area with that kind of darker gray look on the trim on top of that matte black plastic so if I go ahead and open that door get you guys an idea of how it exactly looks now if anybody wants to know this color is called the Vesta blue exterior paint color go ahead and well it's not locked and I don't have the key but you typically would press that gas lid button open but let me go ahead and see sorry it's actually a button that you would press some Kias have actually where you press the lid and it opens all right just wanted to show you guys that over to the rear end rear end end of the LED lighting tail lights you guys can check out the hazard lights on because we left those on X line emblem on the right passenger side Sportage on the driver's side with the kit emblem right smack dead center up top you get the spoiler with the brake light integrated into the spoiler and one thing I like that KIA does on these cars are is that they hide the windshield wiper giving it more of a cleaner minimalist look on that rear end because honestly it kind of looks slightly tacky if you see that windshield wiper there I personally think it looks a whole lot better now the tail lights itself come in to the quarter panel area and comes across connects it kind of looks like a full lighting bar but there is no lighting here in the center if we go ahead and drop down you'd be seeing the camera the backup camera with your button to open up that tailgate from right here the backup lighting right here and your bumper sensors integrated into this lower bumper cover matte black plastic lower bumper cover in that very durable plastic and lasts a long time with some design of that kind of rectangular shape look on that bumper very cool let's go ahead and open up this trunk space now before we talk trunk space I wanted to show you guys being the plug-in hybrid system you press that lid and here is the plug-in hybrid system on the passenger side of the car now coming over to the trunk space of course get a load of the Sportage now for anybody who'd like to know about the cubic feet space with the seats up you get 39 cubic feet of space but if else to drop those seats down you get a full 74 cubic feet of space on the cargo area all right now you can fit a whole lot back here some skis some snowboards bikes whatever you got going maybe for the weekend you're hitting up you want to throw some camping gear in there that's also a possibility let's go ahead and lift this up showing you guys what it looks like under the mat oh can't that I wonder what's not lifting but hey then wanted to show you guys no spare tire where the battery is right get a load of that don't text me I mean don't comment and be like what or where is the spare tire all right no spare tire under the car no spare tire inside just a very good note for you guys some hooks speakers subwoofer because it is a Harman Kardon premium sound system you get the subroofer in the back on the driver's side 12 volt 180 watt Outlet some more Hooks and of course that nice True light LED lighting now that we're done with the specs the exterior and some cargo room let's go ahead and jump inside the interior side of this car now on the interior side of the 2023 Sportage in the prestige guys get a load of this with the kind of rectangular rugged shape in the inlay Trims on the dashboard with the screen being a huge big rectangle and the digital screens being kind of rectangles again your vents in that rectangular shape to me it's kind of a boxy squarish squared off car let me know what you guys think but I honestly sitting inside this car is premium quality inside the Kia Sportage with the black uh piano black trim coming together with that kind of wood look inlay and that silver very cool you see that in a lot of Manufacturers where they bring in that piano black also ambient lighting coming around the center console just a lot of character inside the interior side of the Sportage now let's go ahead and start showing you got the car showing you guys the car door panel you got that wooden inlay with that silver trim and the handle with the piano Black coming around the window unit window control units along with the little trim inside the handle some personal space here with the cup holder and of course the harming cardam speaker cover wanting to let you guys know that because I'm a fan of Harman Kardon on the left hand side of the manual steering column you have five total buttons one button is for the lighting on the dash to dim it you got your tailgate button gas lid button traction control and your parking brake button you have the steering wheel wrapped in leather okay with the kind of black stitching controls to control that steering wheel I mean the cluster let's go ahead and show you guys that and you can control that info card there in the center all right and you can change the theme of the cluster if you go into the infotainment screen 12.3 inch cluster it's a 12.3 inch infotainment screen now we're not going to go through everything but I want to kind of just show you guys in general how it looks because it's too much to mention for the sake of time of video in this video but very responsive touch sensitive screen go ahead and go map full navigation go home go to setup vehicle then you get like your driver conv driving convenience forward safety like crash warnings blind spot safety parking safety all that good stuff you get the traffic signs assist awesome just whole lot of tech inside this Sportage all right let's go home slide that back you could actually change very convenient on how to change the time in format right there because a lot of times I'm in cars and I'm like looking how to change that clock but under that you have this little control unit that we see in the Kias where you also can control that screen from one part of this little control unit and why do I say one part because if I go ahead and tap that little fan you see those that blade there opens up to you the temperature controls the Dual climate temperature controls on the front side of this interior but let's go ahead and go back and show you guys map or let's go over to radio and you get that all right turn that off vent you can control that AC all that now if we continue lower open that USBC usba plug-in 12 volt outlet and wireless charging pad right here you press that to close heated and ventilated front seats on this Prestige trim with the heated steering wheel a little knob here for your shifting through the transmission gears heel decline assist button parking sensor button cameras and auto hold EV HV go ahead and press that low battery maintaining hybrid mode so maybe you want to run just on electric you can do that here driving modes let's go through driving modes you get snow smart sport and you get a different look when you're going through these driving modes okay now you get that Center lock system there that is very cool for off-roading if you're on the snow or mud or all that good stuff press that parking button close and you get different angles all right let's go ahead and show you guys the different angles then you go 360. super cool in bird's eye view awesome Now personal cubby room for personal belongings like chapstick change wallets all that good stuff and you get two little cup holders but where the cup holders oh check this out super cool press that and press that and if you want to use that space instead of the cup holder there's little arrows on these little walls that would tell you which way to slide them back all right up above the center console you get that full glass that goes over to the second row seating tilt slide option sunroof with electric controlled sun visor all right trulite LED lighting inside the car also now before we head over to the second row seating I want to show you guys the front seats syntax material so it's not leather on the seats so steering wheel has leather but not the seats it's a syntax material and you control these seats electrically front and just both front seats all right different trims will have a different different options on the controls on the seats just wanting to let you guys know that now that we're pretty much done with the front side of this interior let's go ahead and talk second row now second row seating we see the same look coming in over from the front to the back in that perforated syntax material look car seat compatibility now the reason I left these kind of at a dual level or dual angle um look is so you guys know that the angle changes on these back uh bench seats and they are comfortable for longer road trips all right that is a check for the long road trip arm rest with your little itty bitty cup holders they kind of slightly made them just a tad bit bigger but it's okay we can drop some izzies or some smaller bottles or cups in there go ahead and step inside the car drop the seat back and you increase head clearance right I'm about six feet two inches leg room it's all there that is not a problem head clearance is there but you minimize the head clearance if I go ahead and stand up but I'm still not touching all right so it's completely clear on the head up to the left and right you get your oh snap handles with your lighting right near the handles in front of us what do we see a little hook to attach some stuff personal pocket room on the back of both front seats some little cubby room and your USBC plug-ins on both of the back of the front seats door panel same idea come in and over from the front to the back Harman Kardon sound system back here also with the cup holder and your control for your window now guys we're pretty much done with this car Sportage let us know if you guys have any comments questions concerns put them in the comment section below we'll try to get back to you guys as best as possible now as promised we're dropping that MSRP sticker in the price so here it goes so you guys get an idea of what it exactly comes with in the price tag on top thanks guys for watching our Channel if you have Vagabond builds stay tuned we have more cool things coming God bless you guys

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Length: 16min 37sec (997 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 08 2023