2023 Kia Stinger Review It's a sport sedan offering the utility of an SUV. It's a Kia with premium design and interior fittings. It looks like a low-slung coupe, but it has room for your spouse, your kids, and enough luggage under its rear liftgate for a family road trip.

Both engines are paired exclusively to an eight-speed automatic transmission. Available features include LED headlights, Kia's UVO infotainment system, leather upholstery, a head-up display, a Harman/Kardon premium audio system, blind spot warning, and a multi-information display between the gauges.

Overall, Kia's new Stinger left us impressed. And not just for its power and joyous behind-the-wheel dynamics - financially, it held its value well, and although the Stinger is still somewhat rare you can still find some “pre-owned” Stingers for sale. New, the 2018 Kia Stinger GT2 carried a sticker price of $50,100.

167 miles per hour 2018 Kia Stinger GT, GT1 and GT2 models offer drivers up to 365 horsepower, a 0-to-60 miles per hour time of 4.7 seconds and a top speed of 167 miles per hour.

The 2023 Kia Stinger carries a base MSRP of $36,690, which is one of the lowest starting prices in the luxury small car segment.

grand tourer The concept of the GT car emerged from Europe in the mid-1900s, with the goal of being both a high-performance automobile and a long-distance driver. So GT - meaning grand tourer or gran tourer - makes sense. Some hallmarks of GT models include a near-seamless merging of luxury and performance and a 2+2 design.

It's best considered as just a nice all-around sedan with a strong engine, but not a sports sedan." Driving with real purpose on winding mountain roads isn't the Stinger's forte. It is, in its best moments, a long-legged grand tourer that willingly swallows high-speed miles with tremendous ease and aptitude.

The V-6 Stinger yields 12 mpg in the city and 25 mpg on the highway. The four-cylinder Stinger returns 22 and 29 mpg in the city and on the highway respectively with a rear-wheel-drive. For the all-wheel-drive, the estimates are 21/29 mpg for city and highway.

The right way to order the Stinger is with the peppy 368-hp twin-turbo V-6. The only way to get that powertrain is to order the GT2. For an additional charge, you can add all-wheel drive, but that replaces the rear-drive Stinger's Michelin Pilot Sport summer tires with all seasons.

The Stinger GT2 is the top trim level. Highlights: The rear- or all-wheel drive Stinger gets either a 2.0-liter turbo four making 255 hp or a twin-turbocharged V6 making 365 hp, both coupled to an eight-speed automatic transmision with paddle shifters.

Kia's oft overlooked performance sedan is still an excellent and engaging daily driver. 2022 sees small upgrades that help keep it relevant. You won't find a member of Roadshow's staff that doesn't have something positive to say about the Kia Stinger.

The Kia Stinger celebrates its fifth rotation around the sun with a simplified lineup and two special edition models for 2023. Kia has also announced that 2023 will be the final production year of its sports sedan.