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#10 of 695 Not coming until June 2004 by robync_03110 Jul 10, 2003 (6:44 pm)
"Kia blames the year-long gap between generations on an inability to coordinate the new model with the phase-out of the existing vehicle."   http://waw.wardsauto.com/ar/auto_sportage_makeover_carbased/
#12 of 695 2004 Sportage? - Response by anides Jul 22, 2003 (3:32 pm)
From Kia's Consumer Affairs Department...   Q. Will there be an updated 2004 Sportage?   A. Our current plan is to introduce a replacement for the Sportage vehicle in the 05 model year, with sales likely to begin in the fall of 2004. We have not confirmed that the name of the vehicle will be Sportage as of this time.
#13 of 695 by bored Aug 01, 2003 (10:31 am)
Well, that sucks. What better name than Sportage?   But you have to admit... the Sportage had a rep as a tough, off-road vehicle, that could also handle the city very well. The replacement is on the new Elantra platform. Rename it, please.
#14 of 695 here's a good name.... by jchan2 Aug 04, 2003 (5:11 am)
Sportage2 Sorento Sport Imana (I don't know what that means; just sounded nice next to KIA.) (Kia Imana) How about............ Santa Fe
#15 of 695 I talked to a Kia salesman who told by iluvmysephia1 Aug 09, 2003 (11:30 am)
me that Kia will NOT go to a car-based unitized body like Elantra with it's new 2005 Sportage. They'll stay with the body-on-frame truck-like arrangement they've used from the start(with Ford Motor Co.'s assistance). carspy01-ya out there still?
#16 of 695 iluv - 2005 Kia Sportage by carspy01 Aug 19, 2003 (4:35 am)
I'm still around but in the background... I only drop by from time to time to read some of the postings, and I just scratch my head and wonder... a bunch of new names on the boards... you can still e-mail me - however, I'm honest, I have waaaay to little time to be in the discussion groups every day....   Well, do NOT buy your next car from this Kia salesman! The 2005 Kia Sportage should be introduced to the US/Canadian public - hopefully - in Detroit beginning of 2004. It should be on sale shortly after, i.e. spring 2004. It will be car based, i.e. of the "JM"-platform, which is - in other words - and upgraded Elantra-architecture with AWD-option.
#17 of 695 carspy01-thanks for the update...it seems this question by iluvmysephia1 Aug 19, 2003 (8:58 am)
comes up from time to time but I knew that it's going to be on a car-based unitized frame of Hyundai's Elantra. Just a short pop quiz for ya...I figured you were still cyber-strolling now and then. carspy01...there's a car maker in South Korea called Proto Motors making a great looking sports car in limited production called Spirra. It is VERY shagadelic. Know anything about this upstart company that has/is assisted/assisting Daewoo-Kia-Hyundai? Don't bother responding if you're busy, man...I'm just curious.
#18 of 695 iluv by carspy01 Aug 20, 2003 (11:52 am)
Just real quick following link:   http://www.protomotors.com/index_eng.html   Fiddle around there a little, and follow the link "About Proto Motors", which should explain a little bit.
#19 of 695 carspy01-been there-done that already... by iluvmysephia1 Aug 20, 2003 (2:20 pm)
I just wanted to see if you knew anything different than what's on their website. If they could make a car like that for $30,000(which I heard from one poster on Edmunds.com)it would be amazing. RWD, mid-ship engine, great power specs, great looks and very light body. Not a BRAND NEW car company, either, though fairly fresh. Interesting read if anybody's interested in them. Check out the link in the above post to head there.

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