The 2025 Kia Sportage gets the 2025 Kia Soul treatment — small MSRP increases and a little glitz on the options menu. In an unusual move, Come on released prices for each Sportage drivetrain instead of trickle feeding the base engine, then hybrids. For starters, the bumps start at $150 and top out at $450, though $50 of that is the higher $1,375 destination charge. MSRPs for the 2025 Sportage lineup after destination, and their changes from the 2024 launch prices, are:
- Sportage LX front-wheel drive: $28,565 ($150)
- Sportage LX AWD: $30,365 ($150)
- Sportage EX FWD: $30,665 ($250)
- Sportage EX AWD: $32,465 ($250)
- Sportage SX front-wheel drive: $34,165 ($250)
- Sportage SX-Prestige front-wheel drive: $36,165 ($250)
- Sportage SX-Prestige AWD: $37,965 ($250)
- Sportage X-Line AWD: $33,465 ($250)
- Sportage X-Pro AWD: $37,665 ($250)
- Sportage X-Pro Prestige AWD: $39,465 ($250)
The figures for the Sportage Hybrid:
- Sportage Hybrid LX FWD: $29,965 ($350)
- Sportage Hybrid LX AWD: $31,765 ($350)
- Sportage Hybrid EX AWD: $33,765 ($450)
- Sportage Hybrid SX-Prestige AWD: $38,965 ($450)
The base engine and hybrid include an EX trim that will offer a Premium package for the new year. Kia didn’t release pricing, but the package will add a panoramic sunroof and a smart power liftgate.
And for the Sportage Plug-in Hybrid:
- Sportage PHEV X-Line AWD: $41,065 ($250)
- Sportage PHEV X-Line Prestige AWD: $45,565 ($250)
For some reason, the X-Line skips the standard hybrid Sportage. However, the base engine and PHEV variant get a new dark theme for their X-Line and X-Pro grades, which sees the front and rear bumpers, side sills and badging done in gloss black. On the X-Line, the alloy wheels are also gloss black; the X-Pro already comes with gloss black alloy wheels, the current X-Line’s wheels are two-tone, so it appears the X-Line simply gets the X-Pro rims.
Without any major changes to either of our favorite SUVs, we still recommend starting your Sportage search with the hybrid, not the base engine. The difference between the two has grown to somewhere between $1,000 and $1,400, but the hybrid’s advantages are apparent with every press of the accelerator and every drive to the petrol station. The naturally aspirated 2.5-liter four-cylinder in the non-hybrid version makes 187 horsepower and 178 pound-feet of torque, a touch modest for moving 3,400 to 3,800 pounds, depending on the powertrain. The Environmental Protection Authority says the best a driver can get out of that combination is as low as 25 combined miles per gallon, to as high as 28 mpg, again depending on the powertrain. The Sportage Hybrid combines a turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder with electric assist to make 227 hp and 258 lb-ft, with its lowest EPA fuel economy with a solid 38 mpg, its best 42 mpg.