Now this is great! The latest Kia Sorento has the layout. Slender and sleek headlights provide the impact the Sorento is looking for, as well as the silky lines of the big SUV bodywork provide tons of visual impact. Parked up at any traffic lights, you'll have others drooling your path, because they check out what's one of the very best looking SUVs.

Capable off-road would become a description that undermines the new Kia Sorento. The AWD ability can go far beyond a muddy paddock, riverbed or forestry track. The part time 4WD system makes normal roadwork efficient, but the car might be locked into full time 4WD when the going gets tough. There's a dedicated 2WD version available, also.

Deluxe cabin appointments, effortless performance and superior safety provides a pleased peace to the new Kia Sorento owner of mind. And with a fiveyear unlimited kilometre warranty, you can bet your bottom-dollar that you'll have the finest SUV deal around.

At first, the Kia Sorento looks like a Smart/">Smart urban car with a bit more height than usual. It will be hard to think that this is just a vehicle that overcame a real 4x4 challenge.

In 2005, the adventurer Christer Gerlach and driver drove a Kia Sorento around the whole world in a full international circuit (the limited edition Sorento Global Circuit commemorates this accomplishment). And four months after leaving, Gerlach and his Kia Sorento arrived back in Stockholm.

The Kia Sorento that performed this remarkable journey was not some specially equipped and tweaked car; it was the perfectly regular 3.5 litre V6 automatic version with regular street tyres (the commemorative version, the Kia Sorento Global Circuit is a 3.8 litre). That is 27,000 km of dependable performance even in the most punishing of conditions. Gerlach was appropriate to do his effort solo with no support team - unless you count the Kia Sorento design team back in South Korea as his support team.
Gerlach said that the Kia Sorento was "unusually comfortable" and he finished the journey "fatigue free".

You might not need to drive round the whole world, but possessing a car with this specific degree of 4x4 capability and this level of dependability sounds really appealing to me. And lumbar support seats that one may actually spend 120 days in and still refer to as comfortable are surely to be valued by anyone, even in a quick visit to choose up kids and groceries. Other interior characteristics that make the Kia Sorento a specific, comfortable drive are the alloy pedals, cruise-control, a leather-wrapped steering wheel and gear shift, dual front vanity mirrors, a six-speaker stereo with tweeters, dual-zone climate control, three 12volt power outlets, and an awful lot of storage space that comprises an underfloor compartment within the cargo space. In the event that you are having a weekend experience the electronic readout that features a compass, altimeter, barometer and thermometer is useful - And even when you're not to duplicating Gerlach's feat, it may prove helpful for more routine uses (a school project on weather?).

With shift-on-thefly high and low ratio four-wheel drive that is selectable when off-roading, limited-slip differential and freerunning front differential, 184 mm of ground clearance, and nimble approach and departure angles, the Kia Sorento is a truly beneficial off roader - just in case you hadn't realised this right now. In the tarmac, the Kia Sorento performs well, the normal 2.4 litre petrol motor pumping out 128kW at 6000 rpm, and with Continuously Variable Valve Timing the motor has excellent fuel economy and reduced fuel emissions compared with old petrol units. A smooth 6 - speed vehicle is standard, and is a great match for all on and offroad jaunts.

If you like the idea of owning a diesel Sorento, then a 2.2-litre CRDi will match your requests totally. Leading edge technology makes the brand new Kia diesel engine a force to be reckoned with. The utmost energy is 145 kW that's complimented superbly with a responsive and colossal torque amount which is maximised from a low 1800 rpm at 422 Nm! This is achieved while meeting the Euro clean emissions specifications. The conventional 6-speed manual which is tipronic in design works fantastically with the motor to supply the driver with exceptional functionality. Something is for sure, you will always see that both engines are quite capable of hauling a decent load on any family-packed adventure. Needless to say, with more than 400 Nm of torque in diesel form, this might be the style of selection.

Gerlach's accomplishment will make a great film one-day (you read that here first). But even in case your horizons are more limited, you'll manage to have an experience of your in the new Kia Sorento.

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