Kia Sportage: Our Fleet Test Drive - 4th Report

Date: 31 March 2011   |   Author: Tony Rock

Rear sensors

Category: Small 4x4 P11D price: £20,300 Key rival: Nissan Qashqai

At 4440mm in length and 1645mm high - that's longer than the rival Hyundai ix35 (4410mm) but not as tall (1670mm), and bigger in both directions than the Nissan Qashqai (4330x1615mm) - I'm thankful our Sportage has a reverse parking sensor.

The only thing is, it's a bit over-sensitive and begins beeping away like a pre-watershed Gordon Ramsay when there isn't an object anywhere within the vicinity of the car's backside. It does work as it's designed to when the Sportage nears an obstruction, but the flurry of sound before then can be unnerving and has undermined my trust in it.

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