THE all new-Kia Sportage continues to win prestigious awards in the Compact SUV segment such as the Red Dot Design award, highest ranked small SUV and the Top Safety pick award, has once again scooped the quality and reliability award securing first place in the 2016 J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study.
The result comes only six weeks after the Sportage completed a 100,000-kilometre endurance test conducted by German car magazine, Auto Motor und Sport, where it became the first car in the publication’s history to complete the test without a single fault.
In J.D. Power’s Vehicle Dependability Study, a long-term product quality survey, the third-generation Sportage stood out with an extremely low number of faults, measured by J.D. Power in problems per 100 cars (PP100).
The Sportage’s result not only resulted in victory in the Compact SUV segment, but also placed the car first among 68 models from 24 manufacturers in the overall ranking.
The Sportage, which is Kia’s European bestselling model, recorded a 13-point lead over the second-place car.
The Kia Sportage displayed no weaknesses in any of the disciplines and in categories for exterior, interior and airconditioning achieved the best ratings of any car in the survey.
Steffen Cost, Managing Director (COO), Kia Motors Deutschland, said: “Our customers’ exceptionally high degree of satisfaction with the Kia Sportage is very gratifying. It is further proof of the quality of our cars, which also gained us first place in the ‘Quality Report by Auto Bild magazine.
The new model is a highly-developed compact SUV with a premium level interior, an award-winning exterior design, the latest comfort and safety technologies, a more efficient choice of engines, the new GT Line model – and, of course, Kia’s high quality.”
The multi award winning design lead Kia Sportage along with range of Kia vehicles are available from Kia Motors Fiji Showrooms, located in the corner of Grantham Rd and Carpenter St, Garden City, Raiwai Suva, and on the main street in Nadi Town. Kia Motors Fiji Service centers are located on Carpenter St in Raiwai Suva, and on the Khan Jan Drive, Wekamu Subdivision in Nadi, opposite the Nadi Temple.
All brand new Kia vehicles are backed by a three year/100,000km warranty in Fiji.
