New KIA Sorento Review
New KIA Sorento Review
The Korean automaker Hyundai and Kia which produce New KIA Sorento are part of that group since 1997. Thus, they share platforms, engines, electronics and technology. In general is that Hyundai has priority in the projects. Among the larger SUV, but Kia has reversed the order. And the new KIA Sorento comes in front of Hyundai Santa Fe, despite inheriting his unibody platform and four-wheel independent suspension. In fact, while drive in Sorento, felt a steroids version of Hyundai ix35. Many things are similar: equipment, transmission, rolling gait and engine family. The main difference is the size. With 4.68 meters in length, Kia now brings up a third row of seats.
At the wheel, can not get the head ix35. The movement toward the light (which was 6% faster) and the firm suspension are very similar. Good news for the Sorento, which was much more enjoyable to drive.
The tests revealed that the Kia 2.4 drives up to a little better than the 2.0 ix35 – a sign that the extra size was offset by the larger engine. It spent 12.5 seconds from 0 to 100 km / h and required less than 10 seconds to resume from 80 to 120 km / h. Much of that willingness comes from a new design philosophy: the new Sorento has set aside part of their vocation adventurous. Lost separate chassis of the truck and gearbox in exchange for a weight loss of around 200 kg. It seems hypocritical for a Jip worried around saving fuel, but the Sorento comes up with econometrics, panel, the word “ECO” is green if you go easy on the accelerator, and red if you hit bottom. Even with the help of resource consumption was just moderate, averaging 6.5 km / l in the urban cycle and 10.1 mpg on the highway.
Although the Sorento have been hungrier than asphalt land, it still offers some ease in the off-road. It has good ground clearance (20.3 cm), and even with stiff suspension and 18″ wheels, gives less shots than the ix35 dry holes. Otherwise, it brings the same features as Hyundai: 4×4 on demand control and reductions, entirely operated by buttons on the left of the driver.
New KIA Sorento Features
In the New KIA Sorento, you also enter without the key and gives the game a button. The camera gear is one that is there, with his image appears in the rearview. It noticed that the Kia is as equipped as the Hyundai? Or rather, the Sorento goes beyond: it has xenon headlights, air-conditioning outlets for rear two rows, the direction that adjusts for height and depth, and hood supported by two gas springs.
Even inside, the New KIA Sorento exudes space. In front, the driver is good driving position, aided by electric seat adjustments. There is also great freedom of movement for passengers in the second row, even three people. Deep down, however, the extras are two benches for children. No need to take so many?
Moving to the outside, the Sorento still look good. As Cerato and Soul, the new generation of the Jeep is the work of designer Peter Schreyer, the father of the first Audi TT that was created New KIA Sorento.
