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Kia · model year 1997
1997 Kia Sportage 4WD
Special purpose · 4-Wheel or All-Wheel Drive · Gas · EPA class: Special Purpose Vehicles
EPA figures · 1997fueleconomy.gov
19MPG combined
17/21MPG city / highway
$3,550fuel a year
468 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
- 19 MPG
- City MPG
- 17 MPG
- Highway MPG
- 21 MPG
- Annual fuel cost
- $3,550
- Tailpipe CO₂
- 468 g per mile
- Model year
- 1997
- Body
- Special purpose
- EPA size class
- Special Purpose Vehicles
- Drive
- 4-Wheel or All-Wheel Drive
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cyl
- Transmission
- Manual 5-spd
- Fuel
- Gasoline
Efficiency
Running cost
The car
Powertrain
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