2018 Kia Sportage vs 2018 Honda CR-V in Laval

Because the quality of Honda vehicles is so well-established, Honda sport utility vehicles are often used as the benchmark brand. People like to compare them with SUVs from other manufacturers. Let's see what we can learn from a comparison of the 2018 Kia Sportage with the 2018 Honda CR-V that you can discover for yourself when you visit the Honda de Laval dealership near Blainville, Saint-Eustache and Montreal's North Shore.

In fact when you visit Honda de Laval, you can take advantage of your visit to ask about the advantages that the Honda promotions and Honda financing can offer.

But back to our SUV. With a 6-speed automatic transmission, AWD and a 2.4 L 4-cylinder engine with dual distribution and continuously-variable-valve-timing technology, the 2018 Sportage delivers 181 horsepower and a torque of 175 lb.-ft. The 2018 CR-V with its all-wheel drive, continuously variable transmission and 1.5 litre 4-cylinder 16 valve engine with turbocharger and direct injection delivers 190 horsepower and a torque of 179 lb.-ft.

Despite its higher power than that of the 2018 Sportage, the 2018 CR-V is the most frugal since it only consumes 8.7 L/ 100km of regular fuel in the city and 7.2 L/100 km on the highway. Thirstier, the 2018 Sportage consumes 11.3 L/100km in the city and 9.5 L/100 km on the highway. With such a low fuel consumption and a gas tank that only contains 53 litres of fuel, it isn't surprising that the autonomy of the 2018 CR-V is 662 km while even with a 62-litre gas tank, the autonomy of the 2018 Sportage is limited to 590 km.

The Honda CR-V offers a useful cargo space that ranges from 1 110 litres to 2 146 litres, significantly higher than that of the 2018 Sportage that only holds 798 litres when the rear seats are up and 1 703 litres when they are down.

And the LX AWD model of the 2018 Honda CR-V that you can see at Honda de Laval near Blainville, Saint-Eustache and Montreal's North Shore include several standard safety features such as collision mitigation braking system, forward collision warning, lane departure warning, adaptive cruise control with low speed follow, road departure mitigation and the lane departure warning system. On the 2018 Kia Sportage EX with all-wheel drive, some of these systems are only available with the Premium Group.

The best way to get a really accurate idea of all the possibilities offered by the 2018 Honda CR-V is to take it out for a test drive at your Honda de Laval dealership, located near Saint-Eustache, Blainville and Montreal's North Shore.