Like all SUVs in the class, the Sportage comes with five doors only and, like most of its rivals, a raised ride height and tall body gives a great view of the road ahead. The driving position feels good, but the narrow side windows and thick rear pillars mean visibility out of the rear isn’t the best. Happily, a reversing camera is standard throughout the range.

The Sportage doesn’t offer a huge number of cubbies. There’s a large glove box, two cup holders and big door bins but these spaces will soon fill up and there are no clever places to hide extra items.

Leg room, head room and passenger space

You can fit three people comfortably in the rear of the Sportage – even though the middle seat passenger has to position their feet either side of the transmission tunnel. There’s excellent kneeroom and decent headroom despite the sloping roof-line. There are Isofix points in the two outer seats for child seats and one particular feature that marks out the Sportage are its reclining rear seats offering an extra bit of comfort in the back.