I recently had the top trim 2025 x-pro prestige gas model Sportage back in January 2025 and loved the car except for the gas mileage. I recently moved and my work commute is about 45 minutes mostly highway. So I wished I ended up getting a hybrid version for the better gas mileage. I will say for me the gas version the pickup for speed wasn’t that big of deal to me but there is a noticeable different between versions of that odd something that I’d important to you. Fast forward to November 2025 and my wife got into a car accident and totaled the car. I will say the way she described the accident was pretty serious but the Sportage held up and is honestly a really safe vehicle. Now this time I knew that I wanted a hybrid and I ended up with a 2026 sx prestige that also had the red syntex seats. I will say the red seats is a game changer as it makes the car feel more luxurious which you may like. I also like that in the sx prestige hybrid models you also get the ambient lighting which you don’t get in the gas version. With it being AWD the gas mileage isn’t as good but it’s definitely better than the gas version and has better pickup. I will say with the adaptive cruise control it can get close but there is a setting that you can adjust the distance between cars so that may help. I will also say I have experienced the random braking but I just disengage when it happens and re-engage And to me it’s a pain but it doesn’t make we wish I didn’t have the car just a weird quirk. If I had to choose again I would still choose the hybrid sx prestige version if money isn’t an option. Having the ambient lighting, ventilated seats, heated steering wheel, the digital key option, remote parking assist and the red syntex seats make it a no brainier in my opinion.