Kia · Timeline
Kia Sportage
1995 – today
The Kia Sportage has been on sale since 1995. In that time it has had 9 generations or facelifts: JA (1995), KM (2004), KM restyling (2008), SL (2010), SL restyling (2014), QL (2016), QL restyling (2018), NQ5 (2022) and NQ5 restyling (2025).
Move has 63 versions with full specs, with petrol, diesel, hybrid and plug-in hybrid engines, from 83 to 265 hp. All of them come with the manufacturer’s service schedule, so Move can remind you of every service.
Below is the timeline with every generation, its years and its photos. If you have photos of a Kia Sportage, you can send them to complete it.
Generation by generation
Kia Sportage JA
1995 – 2003
- 4 versions
- 83–128 hp
- Petrol
- Diesel
- 4 with service schedule
Kia Sportage KM
2004 – 2009
- 7 versions
- 112–175 hp
- Petrol
- Diesel
- 7 with service schedule
Kia Sportage KM restyling
2008 – 2010
- 4 versions
- 140–175 hp
- Petrol
- Diesel
- 4 with service schedule
- Code KM
Kia Sportage SL
2010 – 2014
- 6 versions
- 116–184 hp
- Petrol
- Diesel
- 6 with service schedule
Kia Sportage SL restyling
2014 – 2016
- 5 versions
- 116–184 hp
- Petrol
- Diesel
- 5 with service schedule
- Code SL
Kia Sportage QL
2016 – 2018
- 7 versions
- 116–185 hp
- Petrol
- Diesel
- 7 with service schedule
Kia Sportage QL restyling
2018 – 2022
- 10 versions
- 116–185 hp
- Petrol
- Diesel
- 10 with service schedule
- Code QL
Kia Sportage NQ5
2022 – 2025
- 15 versions
- 116–265 hp
- Petrol
- Diesel
- Hybrid
- Plug-in hybrid
- 15 with service schedule
Kia Sportage NQ5 restyling
On sale2025 – today
- 5 versions
- 136–239 hp
- Petrol
- Diesel
- Hybrid
- 5 with service schedule
- Code NQ5
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