Tiny fuel tank

[Chris]

You need a rest break every 300 miles anyway ;-)

There are some places in the US Southwest where you might not see a gas station for more than 300 miles... IMO it should have at least an 18.5 gallon tank like the Optima.

 

[Bamm1]

I don't think the Stinger's tank is particularly small for a sedan.

The tank size surprised me as I saw a "sort of" trend in the luxury sedan market that I thought would also apply to the Stinger. If you look at the forced induction six powered models, as the fuel economy goes down (relative to their competition) the fuel tank capacity goes up. Here is an example:

440i xDrive: 21/31/25 - tank size: 15.8
C43: 20/27/23 - tank size: 17.4
RS400 AWD: 19/26/22 - tank size: 20.0

Then we have the 3.3T Stinger AWD, which is marketed as a long road trip, comfortable highway cruising GT, at 19/25/21 with a tank size of 15.9. Seems the range does not match the purpose.

I almost never fully fill my cars - don't know if that's normal. Anyone always fully fills the tank?

I am curious as to the purpose of this as well. Is it a cost thing?

 

[STNGRNV]

I always fill my tank up. I don't know why anyone wouldn't other than cost. My current car is an old sedan and it's tank is 15.1 gallons so barring any significant MPG hits I should be fine.

 

[davebo]

I got spoiled having the 2012 Optima with a 19 gallon tank, but if I think back to the car I had before that, it had a 17 gallon tank, although it still got a lot better mileage than the Stinger. It's definitely a caveat for the car, but one I've decided I'm okay with. Time will tell if I regret that or not. Guess I won't have to worry until Kia decides to actually send some yellow Stingers my way.

 

[CDv6]

I'm on the fence. Would be great to have more range, but I can accept that it was likely an engineering decision based on space and front/rear weight distribution.