I am in the market to buy a new car.. At present I have a Chevrolet Sonic 2012 with only 58,000 kms on it.. I like the car very much but I find it too small.. I will be trading it in.. I am looking at a mid size SUV.. I have seen the Hyundai Tucson and like it for both size and luxury as well as price.. I will be looking at the Kia Sportage this week.. Both of these cars come with a 5 year warranty bumper to bumper as well as a 10 year warranty for the power train.. GM and Ford only have 3 years as a warranty.. They are more expensive, big time.. This new car will most likely be the last car of my life.. What do you know about those choices and how about some friendly advice as to my choice..
@Steve North I know less than very little about the imports, I'm ashamed to say. I do know my nephew dotes on "Consumer Reports" heavily. I personally have never held much faith in them. I will say, though, that GM relies heavily on foreign-made iron put together here; makes it look more "domestic", and therefore more attractive, reliable. Not "up" on prices, but can say this: several of Ford's offerings though high priced initially, are being told of accumulating very high trouble-free mileages on the forums I attend. I take it with a grain of salt, as my 2004 Explorer bought in March, 2010, used, with 92k on the clock, now has 162k, very few glitches encountered during 8 years of service, tires and brakes replaced, little else. Frank
@Steve North It's kind of hard to give advice since the choice of a car is like a fingerprint today, right for you only based on your own needs and aspirations. Before spending a pretty sum I'd read some of these direct comparisons listed below to get an overview. And I'd go on a test drive, of course. If the driving impression is bad/worse then the choice is made. The choice is also hard because the two cars are siblings differing only in some details but having a lot in common. What might tip the balance is something only you will be able to decide. I don't know if you are going for a diesel or a petrol engine nor do I know what is important to you in terms of options. For example, the Sportage has more driver assistance systems on board as standard. I'd check out what I want to have in the car and compare the different design and equipment lines of each. In the end your choice will be one of taste and detail maybe money as well. I know which one I'd take and why but that's completely irrelevant, I know. https://www.carsdirect.com/compare/hyundai-tucson-vs-kia-sportage http://www.worldautoevolution.com/kia-sportage-vs-hyundai-tucson-whats-difference/ https://www.thecarconnection.com/car-compare-results/hyundai_tucson_2018-vs-kia_sportage_2018 https://www.carwow.co.uk/blog/kia-sportage-vs-hyundai-tucson
Steve my daughter has had a Hyundai Tuscon from new 2011 or 2012 can't remember exactly. That car takes some battering up and down a very steep rocky mountain on a daily basis, and also a lot of hard road driving on ocean roads, with plenty of salt spray... it's been a superb car for her, ...and I've been a passenger in it many times, and it's wonderfully comfortable . Only trouble you might find is it's a little high off the ground to get in and out of... something as we age we have to be more aware of the difficulty of access...
My Chevrolet Sonic was made in South Korea, so why not buy a South Korean car.. The fact the Sportage or the Tucson is high off the ground is exactly what we are looking for as my sub-compact is too low and hard to get out of.. other than that, its a great car with very low kilometers.. Our winters up here are something else as well and a higher car is good.. The warranty is a good indication of how good the car is as well.. if they will give a 5 year bumper to bumper and then another 5 years on the power train, it must be a reliable car.. The local cars all have 3 years only which is what my Chevrolet had.. I had a problem last year with the shifter button and they couldn't find a part for it for several weeks.. Finally when it arrived, it cost me several hundreds of dollars for the replacement of that button, while if it were a South Korean car, it would be under warranty with all the parts available at all times.. No diesel up here.. Not practical at all.. Petrol (gas) only.. I'm looking at a new car and not a used one.. Up here the majority of the used ones have pretty well had it.. The very good ones command a high price which it doesn't pay to buy as a new one is almost the same price..
I don't think I'll be buying any more new cars unless I win the lottery and, even then, I'd probably buy a classic rather than a new car. If I were going to buy a new car though, it would probably be a Chrysler. They seem to last a long time, and without a lot of repairs.
Ken.. You are probably not wrong except the Chrysler SUV equipped like the Kia is about $12,000 more than the Kia.. The Chrysler has a 3 year warranty while the Kia has a 5 year, 1000,000kms warranty bumper to bumper and another 5 years, 200,000kms on the power train..
We've had to have a vehicle powerful enough to pull a boat. Our 2005 Dodge Durango SLT does a great job of that, but does have 153,000 miles on it. We've also put money into it for repairs and new tires. We could never have a small compact car. I'm too tall. As it is, I have to push my seat in the Durango all the way back to be comfortable.
Edmon's.com will have reviews and more on both those cars @Steve North. I'm prejudiced because this is my second Kia and my first I bought used in 1991 and it lasted until the year before last without many problems during the years I had it. Now we are enjoying our 2015 Kia Soul and in August it will be two years since we bought it and for us it is just fine.
After her husband passed away, Ina purchased a Kia Sportage brand new, and she really enjoyed that vehicle. She drove it all the way out here to Alabama from Texas when she and Izzy came out to visit me, and she said she really enjoyed driving it. She did have some kind of a problem when something from the shifting area caught on fire, but the company fixed it for her, what ever it was, and she didn’t have any other problems that I know of. I had an older Kia Sportage, one of the little ones that looks like a Tracker, and I really liked it. the only reason that i don’t still have it is because we moved somewhere that Bobby needed to haul lumber and other materials to work on the house we moved to, and the Sportage just wasn’t large enough to do that; so I traded it for a minivan.
This truck was our recent choice. Ford Stx..we like trucks...is tricky getting into at times. I keep the blue Ford Focus for my driving around town. Great car but might be too small for you @Steve North
Today (Tuesday) I'm off to see the Kia Sportage for a test run and an appraisal on my car to see what the difference to trade will cost me.. I have had only positive feed-backs about the Kia.. Nobody has a bad word to say about it..
I went to see the Kia dealer and they had a 2017 Sportage, the middle model, all wheel drive, and very loaded with options with only 21,000kms on it.. That is roughly 12,000 miles and it still had 4 years left on the warranty.. I tried very hard to swing a deal but they wouldn't budge from their price.. We are $3500 apart.. The car is like a charcoal blue in colour with black inside.. What I plan on doing is waiting till tomorrow and going up $1,000 to see if they will come to a compromise.. If not, well, I will have to pass on it and keep on looking.. My wife would like the car, but also agrees with me that we should keep on looking.. its not as if we are without a good car now except it is a bit too small.. Naturally I will keep you posted... Am I being stubborn for the little difference in price ?????? Should I go ahead and get this rather good car ???