Was in getting a service today. While waiting I had a look at a Tucson and they oddly had a Kia Sportage on the showroom too. Sportage was I think a higher model and have to say looked better inside by a fair degree. Both were fairly big cars compared to the konas. Looking at them beside konas they looked huge. I love the grill on the Tucson tho. edit. it was the ‘GT-Line S’ 1.6 T-GDI 226bhp 6-speed auto HEV. 39k
They are beasts.
The Sportage too a lot of design from the futuristic EV6 which means it’s taken cabin design up another step. I’m not sure quite why but cabin design went nearly nowhere in 30 year, stepped up a bit over the next 10 then recently has gone into high gear. A 5 year old car looks fully antique in comparison, the wrong 2 year old car and it’ll feel outdated too. My ZS (Mk1) was updated for the new model and instantly seemed old but compared to the newest most modern cars it’s positively ancient.
That’s also something of a concern, the cars I’m looking at on scheme aren’t exactly old spec but are beginning to look it, especially in comparison to some of the newest. Compare a Ford to the latest Nissans, or even the ID5 to the Ariya and there’s a step in what feels like design eras.
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