Tyres for Kia Sportage

The Kia Sportage runs 215/60 R16 on lower trims and 235/60 R17 on higher ones. Both are crossover sizes with load indices well above what a sedan tyre of the same width carries, and that load index is the specification that matters most when replacing.

This is where people get caught. A 235/60 R17 exists in both a passenger-car load rating and a higher crossover rating, they sit next to each other on the rack, and the cheaper one is cheaper precisely because it is built lighter. On a two-tonne vehicle loaded for a trip to Naran in July, that difference is not academic. We read the door placard with you before we fit anything.

On compound: the overwhelming majority of Sportages in Pakistan never leave tarmac, and for them a highway-terrain tyre is the correct choice — quieter, better in rain, and it will not wear out in 25,000 km. All-terrain is a real option if you genuinely use the car on unmade roads, and we stock it, but it costs you noise and fuel every day for capability you may use twice a year. We will ask how you actually use the car. Fitting, balancing and an alignment check are included with every set.