Sportage Priced from $15,900

Kia's new Sportage SUV - the first Sportage to be sold in nearly three years - will cost $15,900 not including destination charges, the Korean automaker announced on Monday. The new Sportage slots in beneath the company's Sorento SUV, offering a package about the size of a Honda CR-V with a choice of either four- or six-cylinder engines. A four-wheel-drive system with a low range also can be ordered with the Sportage, as well as either a five-speed manual or four-speed automatic gearbox. The Sportage 2WD model with the four-cylinder engine and no air conditioning stickers at the low base price; the four-wheel drive LX starts at $17,900, with the 4WD LX V-6 stickering at $18,500; and the upscale EX edition with four-wheel drive, the V-6 engine and luxury touches like a glass sunroof, will start from $19,999. Kia's five-year, 60,000-mile basic warranty is included in the price as is the 10-year, 100,000-mile powertrain warranty.