according from US reviews, people should change their perspective/views towards kia because kia is better now. kia even hired audi designers and engineers(from what i've read) so they can compete with the 3 giant japanese carmakers. honda has declining sales recently because of bad reviews they got from the recent motor show in US. and koreans are climbing their way up the rank.

If I had the chance again I would definitely buy the sportage(but that's me). I'm sure you wouldn't have problems with parts since you're gonna buy brand new so it's headache-free for 3 years. try the sorento also.quite nice.