2022 Kia Sportage vs 2022 Jeep Cherokee in Lancaster OH
2022 Kia Sportage Overview
Coughlin Kia of Lancaster is the premier Kia dealer serving Columbus Lancaster Groveport Ohio, and our team is thrilled to announce that the 2022 model year Sportage is now available to test-drive, lease and own. With the new edition comes streamlining of the trim lineup and additions and refinements to the standard equipment. There are four trim levels available: LX, Nightfall Edition, EX and SX Turbo. The base LX model offers a Value Edition group that adds many popular options, and the EX trim level gets many new features, including a panoramic sunroof. The Sportage is an even more compelling option now, and it continues to be an excellent alternative to vehicles that cost a lot more. A great example is the Cherokee, and in this comparison, we break down the 2022 Kia Sportage vs 2022 Jeep Cherokee.
Exterior - Kia Dealer serving Lancaster OH
The 2022 Kia Sportage is a small crossover SUV. It measures 176.4 inches in overall length, which is 14.7 feet. The wheelbase is 105.1 inches. The minimum ground clearance is 6.8 inches. The vehicle is 64.8 inches tall, without roof rails, and 73.0 inches wide, without mirrors. Despite updates to the Grand Cherokee platform, the 2022 Jeep Cherokee arrives mostly unchanged. It is also a small CUV. It measures 182.0 inches in overall length, which is approximately 15.2 feet. The wheelbase is 106.6 inches. The minimum ground clearance is 8.7 inches. The vehicle is 66.2 inches tall, without roof rails, and 73.2 inches wide, without mirrors. The base Sportage has 17-inch alloy wheels, and wheels as large as 19 inches are available. Jeep wheels are alloy too and also range from 17 to 19 inches.
Interior - 2022 Kia Sportage in Lancaster OH
Both vehicles are five-passenger crossovers. The cockpit areas are similar offering about 38 inches of headroom and more than 41 inches of legroom, but you will find a bit more legroom in the Sportage. The 2022 Jeep Cherokee, on the other hand, affords more rear legroom at more than 40 inches compared to more than 38 inches in the Kia model. Kia makes that trade-off for more dedicated cargo space—30.7 vs 25.8 cubic feet—and it offers more overall cargo space too: 60.1 vs 54.7 cubic feet. Cabin designs are both attractive and modern, but the base Kia does stand out with an 8-inch central touchscreen. Otherwise, standard and optional interior equipment are similar for the most part.
Kia Sportage Mechanical specs
Every 2022 Kia Sportage available at our location serving Columbus Lancaster Groveport Ohio comes with a six-speed automatic transmission with Sportmatic and comes standard with front-wheel drive. All four trim levels give you the option of all-wheel drive. The LX, Nightfall Edition and EX models have a 181-horsepower 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine under the hood. If you want more performance, you can opt for the SX Turbo trim level, which features a 237-hp 2.0-liter turbo four. Jeep offers both front-wheel and all-wheel drive as well. The base setup has a similar 180-hp engine. Starting with the Latitude Lux, you have the choice of either a 271-hp 3.2-liter V6 or 270-hp 2.0-liter turbo four.
Safety - 2022 Kia Sportage dealer
The Kia model comes with the Uvo infotainment system and an 8-inch center touchscreen with bells and whistles like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Many driver-assistance technologies are also standard, and these include forward collision detection, automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, lane keeping assist and driver attention monitoring. The up-level trim adds blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert, and the trop trim adds adaptive cruise control and front and rear parking sensors. The 2022 Jeep Cherokee comes standard with a 7-inch touchscreen, and a larger display is not available until the Trailhawk trim. The driver-assist tech is not as robust overall. Jeep does include blind-spot monitoring with its base model, but when you compare pricing, this is not much of a difference at all.
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If you have any questions that we did not answer in our 2022 Kia Sportage vs 2022 Jeep Cherokee comparison, call us or contact us via text or email. The team at Coughlin Kia of Lancaster will be happy to answer them. You can also test-drive the 2022 Kia Sportage at our Kia dealership serving Columbus Lancaster Groveport Ohio. No appointment is ever required. Prefer to shop online? Explore our website! Live assistance is available via chat, and we offer tools to compare trim levels and options, get preapproved for an auto loan or lease, value your trade-in and much more!
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