While an all-new 5th generation Sportage will land in South Africa this year, Kia introduced a very review worthy limited-edition Sportage GT-Line.

Stephen Crosse, Sales and Marketing Director, Kia South Africa, captured the occasion well when he said: "Sportage has a nearly three-decade-long heritage and remains Kia's best-selling model globally. Now, with the addition of the GT-Line derivative at the peak of the range, the Sportage is at its most expressive, dynamic and luxurious, and offers a distinguished last hurrah before the fifth-generation model debuts next year."

The new Kia Sportage gets a much more modern-looking interior than the outgoing model. Instead of that car’s relatively small touchscreen, you get a 12.3-inch central screen that links up to a new 12.3-inch digital driver’s display – much like the dual-screen setups you find in many Mercedes cars.

You get very few physical buttons in the new Sportage’s interior – as is common these days – so it may be a little tricky to operate some of the system’s more detailed menus while you’re driving.

The Sportage has 591 litres of boot space. That’s a significant improvement on the outgoing car’s 503-litre capacity. Flip the back seats down and you can carry 1,780 litres of family odds-and-ends.

The GT-Line model launches in SA 2023, specifically, features standout body colors and an interior that utilizes a black and white interior to generate contrast and create a lively environment, says Kia. It also features special badging, dark contrasting wheel arches, black-painted mirror caps, dark 18-inch wheels, and much much more.