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2025 Kia Tasman

After a few months of teasing a pickup truck, Kia finally took the wraps off of the global 2025 Tasman. Kia has not confirmed if the Tasman is coming to the U.S. market and hasn’t released all of the truck’s specifications yet. Here’s what shoppers can expect to see from the 2025 Kia Tasman.The 2025 Kia Tasman is Kia’s first-ever pickup truck and features a bold exterior design. The Tasman doesn’t look like anything else in Kia’s lineup with a chunky hood, small square headlights, a rectangular grille with five vertical slats, and a stocky front bumper. The side profile of the Tasman reveals large fender flares, rugged body cladding, and a boxy silhouette. The truck’s rear end has small square taillights, a large tailgate, and a sturdy rear bumper with integrated steps. Underneath its rugged design, the Tasman has a body-on-frame design with a solid rear axle and independent front suspension.The inside of the 2025 Kia Tasman has a symmetrical dashboard design with a large display that's positioned in front of the dash, a square steering wheel, and a mix of physical and touch-capacitive controls. In a nod to its truck body style, the Tasman features a column-mounted shifter, an elongated center console with plenty of storage, reclining rear seats, and center console flaps that create a small table.On the tech front, the 2025 Kia Tasman comes with a lot of the same features as current Kias. The pickup truck will come with a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, a 12.3-inch central display, and a 5-inch display for the climate control system. Available features include Bluetooth, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, dual wireless charging pads, and a Harman Kardon audio system.2025 Kia Tasman Engine & SpecsThe 2025 Kia Tasman will be available with multiple engines that depend on the market. The pickup truck will be available with a 2.5-liter 4-cylinder engine that makes 277 horsepower and 311 pound-feet of torque.Kia will also offer the Tasman with a 2.2-liter diesel engine that produces 207 hp and 325 lb-ft of torque. The gas-powered 2.5-liter engine is paired with an 8-speed automatic transmission, while the diesel engine can be paired with an 8-speed automatic or a 6-speed manual transmission.When properly equipped, the Tasman can tow up to 7,716 pounds and has a maximum payload capacity of up to 2,635 pounds.2025 Kia Tasman SafetyKia didn’t confirm all of the 2025 Tasman’s safety features. The pickup truck is expected to have a lengthy list of modern safety features, which include automatic emergency braking, forward collision warning, lane keeping assist, lane departure warning, blind spot monitoring, rear parking assist, Kia’s Highway Driving Assist 2 system, and a surround-view camera.2025 Kia Tasman PricePricing for the 2025 Kia Tasman has not been announced yet. The Tasman will compete against other midsize trucks like the Jeep Gladiator, Toyota Tacoma, Ford Ranger, Nissan Frontier, and Honda Ridgeline.2025 Kia Tasman Release DateSome reports indicate that Kia won’t bring the 2025 Tasman to the U.S., while others claim that Kia is still considering the possibility of bringing the truck to America. Strangely, Kia’s global press release for the 2025 Tasman specifically calls out the U.S.“State-of-the-art all-terrain drivetrain technology tested and proven in numerous locations, including the snowy tundra of Sweden, scorching deserts in the Australian outback and the Al Qudra in UAE, and steep inclines in the US and Korea,” reads the press release.Whether the Tasman is sold in the U.S. remains to be seen.Pictured: 2025 Kia Tasman