Two-story foglights with a swivel section are another distinguishing feature of the new Sorento
Two-story foglights with a swivel section are another distinguishing feature of the new Sorento. Two-story foglights with a swivel section are another distinguishing feature of the new Sorento.
Europeans look at the new Sorento with undisguised surprise, because even in a rather rich area of the Costa Daurada near Barcelona, such cars are very rare. "What for? - the Spaniards inquire with all their looks, glancing out of the new “Megan” and “Ibiza” at the all-terrain vehicle. “Why do we need a car that can hardly fit in a lane and costs a hell of a lot of money?” The huge Kia really looks foreign here, but it is not addressed to Europe. The car’s focus on the States immediately gives off the unusual “scissor” of the parking brake and the steering wheel of considerable diameter, but the company is sure that this crossover can please everyone. U. S. too? And is it new?
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Kia Sorento Kia Sorento
Representatives of the company answer with a categorical "yes!" The car was built on a completely new platform, with a modified power structure of the floor and side members (as a result, the torsional rigidity of the body increased by 18%). Suspensions underwent significant changes, installed adaptive shock absorbers and new silent blocks, worked on sound insulation of the tunnel of the body and engine.
Sounds good. However, the size of the car exactly repeats the predecessor, and external changes are more likely to be deeply restyled. Front - a new bumper, grille and optics, rear - the trunk lid, bumper and lights. However, more was not required: the crossover began to look younger.
Finishing materials are good not only visually, but also to the touch, but the plastic is mostly hard. It is high time to replace the archaic watch block over navigation with a more modern one
Finishing materials are good not only visually, but also to the touch, but the plastic is mostly hard. It is high time to replace the archaic watch block over navigation with a more modern one. Finishing materials are good not only visually, but also to the touch, but the plastic is mostly hard. It is high time to replace the archaic watch block over navigation with a more modern one.
In the interior decoration - more expensive plastics, the design of the center console is fresh. Even in medium configurations, it will be decorated with a 4.3-inch color touch-screen display of the multimedia system with bluetooth, support for voice commands and control buttons on the steering wheel, and in high-end versions the screen diagonal will grow to 8 inches. Such a device, among other things, will offer convenient navigation.
In the front seats of the Sorento, electric drives with memory and ventilation. The back row is heated. There is an automatic parking system. “Kia” with this set of options marks in the premium segment (at least in static).
The back seat is enough for three. Brown leather trim is not available in our market
The back seat is enough for three. Brown leather trim is not available in our market. The back seat is enough for three. Brown leather trim is not available in our market.
The engine lineup remains the same. The buyer is offered to choose between a 176-horsepower gasoline aspirated in volume of 2.4 liters and a 2.2-liter supercharged diesel engine with a capacity of 197 hp. Transmissions - 6-speed manual or automatic. Drive - full or front. According to representatives of the Russian branch of Kia, every fourth Sorento sold in our market is with a diesel engine. And almost all buyers choose a machine (regardless of the type of motor).
I understand them. The diesel engine and the machine work together, providing decent traction and dynamics. With the comments of some colleagues about the lack of torque on the bottoms - I do not agree. You should not expect supercar dynamics from a crossover. And even more so, there is no reason to forget about the capabilities of the chassis. At Sorento, they are not unlimited - even with a small excess of speed in a sharp turn, the car slides out with its front axle. But he will not go beyond reasonable limits: the stabilization system will work. In general, I liked the behavior - moderately recklessly and not too harshly. Great balance.
The dashboard "supervision" is very beautiful
The dashboard "supervision" is very beautiful. The dashboard "supervision" is very beautiful.
At a press conference, Kia Motors Rus president Kim Song Hwan hinted at a future price: “The new Sorento will become more expensive than its predecessor only at the cost of previously unavailable options.” On the one hand, it’s quite reasonable: if you like premium, please pay for a beautiful life. On the other hand, this means that the price of the Prestige machine will approach 1.7 million, and the minimum cost of the “mechanical” front-wheel drive Classic is almost 1.1 million rubles. For this money, you can consider not only the competitors named by Kia representatives: Nissan X-Trail and Mitsubishi Outlander, but also the Land Rover Freelander. Fighting with such rivals is not easy.
The third-row chairs when folded form a flat floor of a roomy trunk. An adult will sit on the “gallery”
The third-row chairs when folded form a flat floor of a roomy trunk. An adult will sit on the “gallery”. The third-row chairs when folded form a flat floor of a roomy trunk. An adult will sit on the “gallery”.
