Why is There a "Low"-Mileage Kia Borrego Currently for Sale?

 By Nicholas W.



I was browsing AutoTempest looking for weird, or just uncommon cars for sale, when I decided to look for Kia Borregos, because a one-year only SUV that isn't that well remembered and wasn't entirely popular is certainly something that meets that criteria. Also influencing the search for Borregos was the fact that I saw one for the first time only about a month and a half ago, and since then, I've started to see a couple on the roads, which I find strange. I found this one, and had to click on it. It has less than 90,000 miles on it, which makes me ask: Why?

Before I get into why I'm questioning the low-mileage number, some details on the Borrego, in case you're one of the people who didn't know about the existence of this. The Kia Borrego was sold in the U.S. for 2009. What? Did you think I was going to say 2009 through something else? The Borrego went on sale here for 2009, and 2009 only. The Borrego was a full-sized SUV, and there were V6 and V8 engines available. The V6 was 3.8 liters, and made 276 horsepower, and a little less than 270 pound-feet of torque. The V8 was a 5.3L, and made 337 horsepower, and 323 pound-feet of torque, which was 27 horsepower more and 12 pound feet less than the 5.3L V8 GMC Yukon from the same year. This particular Borrego has the V6. The Borrego is 192.3 inches long, so about the same length as a new Toyota Camry, although I'm not sure which way of looking at that is better. Kia sold less than 23 thousand 2009 Borregos over 4 years, or almost 10 thousand cars less than the amount of Toyota Camrys that were sold... in June 2021 (according to Good Car Bad Car.) So, then, despite this being a rare, largely forgotten modern vehicle from an established brand, it's still a workhorse 3-row SUV from Kia, so it's something that will probably stay forgotten.

Image Credit: Truecar, https://listings-prod.tcimg.net/listings/9982/04/17/KNDJJ741095021704/7WQN4ZDJ6TNEKKNAQOVPY2MTD4-cr-540.jpg

And that's why the question has risen: Why does this one have only 88 thousand miles? This was a car not meant to be preserved, and there aren't even any accidents in the history report, or things that would otherwise discourage people form buying it, or having problems selling it, and the title is clean. The car has had three owners so far, so were they all like "Oh, this car is going to become rare and valuable soon, let me preserve this one?" Also, with regards to the listing, the car was listed under "Personal Use," and there doesn't seem to be any rust anywhere, and like mentioned, the title doesn't have anything like flooding, salvages, theft or being rebuilt on it, so it's not like this has any issues that pictures wouldn't necessarily make the severity known. TrueCar even said the mileage was an entire 51 thousand miles below average, for a different perspective, and that's with the fact that this car is only 12 years old. This was a Chevy Trail Blazer competitor, also competing with the Jeep Grand Cherokee, none of these are really collector cars, or even a car that one could say would become valuable in like 30 years or so. This one's for sale in Oklahoma, and for less than $9,000, although there are no under-the-hood or interior pictures with the listing. This Borrego makes me question some things, but it was an interesting find, and a departure from the more common cars you'd find listed for sale.

Image Credit for the First Image: TrueCar, https://listings-prod.tcimg.net/listings/9982/04/17/KNDJJ741095021704/3UREO4HSUOICRTVOM4MEEZEABM-cr-540.jpg


About The Author
Nicholas W. is a young emerging journalist from the United States. He currently owns a Chevy C6 Corvette Grand Sport, although it's a 1:16 scale. At the time of publishing, he isn't old enough to legally drive on public roads. Not that that matters.

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