Kia Sportage (China)

The Kia Sportage for the Chinese market is a compact crossover SUV produced by Yueda Kia under the Kia brand. The first two generations in China were the same as the international Sportage: the first generation (JE) was sold from 2005 to 2010, with production extended by a facelift exclusive to China in 2013 that carried sales to 2015, and the second generation was sold as the Sportage R. The international fourth generation was sold in China as the Kia KX5, so the China-exclusive third-generation Sportage was developed as a separate model based on the second-generation Hyundai Tucson, sold in China as the ix35. It was revealed at the 2017 Shanghai Auto Show, reached customers in early 2018 with a 2.0-litre G4NJ inline-four of 118 kW, and was facelifted as the Sportage Ace at the 2020 Guangzhou Auto Show with a 1.5-litre turbo engine of 147 kW.