2001 Kia Sportage Product Spotlight

Today we are introducing a new feature; the Product Spotlight. We will be focusing on certain models that sell extraordinarily well on our website diyrepairmanuals.com. The first vehicle we will be looking at is the 2001 Kia Sportage. This compact SUV from Kia definitely falls under the category "kind of sucks". According to Wikipedia it shares many of its components with a Mazda. The engine was underpowered and it lacked many of the amenities the American public wanted. Only slightly bigger than a Geo Tracker it never came close to getting the same market share. It sold poorly even i its native South Korea. In 2002 it was dropped in from the Kia lineup to be reworked. There is nothing really remarkable about the 2001 model except that it remains our number one best selling Kia owner's manual. Go figure.