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Kia · model year 1997
1997 Kia Sportage 2WD
Special purpose · Rear-Wheel Drive · Gas · EPA class: Special Purpose Vehicles
EPA figures · 1997fueleconomy.gov
18MPG combined
17/20MPG city / highway
$3,700fuel a year
494 g CO₂ per mile 2.0 L 4-cyl Manual 5-spd
This car on fueleconomy.gov, read 2 October 2026. Your own figures depend on how and where you drive.
Where it places
Every figure on record
- Combined MPG
- 18 MPG
- City MPG
- 17 MPG
- Highway MPG
- 20 MPG
- Annual fuel cost
- $3,700
- Tailpipe CO₂
- 494 g per mile
- Model year
- 1997
- Body
- Special purpose
- EPA size class
- Special Purpose Vehicles
- Drive
- Rear-Wheel Drive
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cyl
- Transmission
- Manual 5-spd
- Fuel
- Gasoline
Efficiency
Running cost
The car
Powertrain
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