The new third generation Kia Sorrento is a new concept car that was created to meet customer requirements. His appearance was waiting for many. In order for a car to become popular, in our time, it is not enough for it to be just reliable and with good technical characteristics. We also need an attractive design.
Therefore, when creating a new Sorrento, the developers paid special attention to the exterior design of the car. If you look at the first cars of the Kia company, you can see that the car has changed noticeably. Designers who thought through the design of the car, previously worked on the creation of American and European cars.
The design style of the car developers themselves called the "street wolf." But in reality this is a family car, although a bit inclined to a little adventurism. When looking at the front of the car immediately catches the eye three-dimensional grille. She looks pretty stylish.
Review of the Kia Sorento 2018
Once in the car salon, immediately looking for the usual brand watches. Here they are also present, but now on the touch screen. In the maximum configuration there is a lot of leather, aluminum inserts and under the tree. Plastic Sorrento is also a lot, but it is of high quality and soft to the touch. Present on plastic imitation seam. It looks very nice and creates the feeling that the panel is trimmed with leather.
The Kia Sorrento has always had a great dashboard. And in this car, he remained virtually unchanged. The central well is completely computer pretty decent graphics, and on the sides of the classic red arrows. The on-board computer has excellent computer graphics and a lot of information useful for the driver.
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Many Sorrento fans in this car will not find the button responsible for the sensitivity of the steering wheel, since now this function is placed in the Drive Mode button. By pressing the button of this system, the car goes into eco mode or sport mode and, depending on this, its settings change. For comfort, the car has a heated steering wheel. Armchairs are very comfortable with many adjustments.
Sorrento turned out big and solid. Even in spite of the fact that the car has a third row of seats, there is enough space for both the second row passengers and the third row of seats. On the second row of seats you can adjust the inclination of the seat backs, which is important. The third row, though not too spacious, but very practical. Passengers have separate climate control and cup holders. Therefore, low passengers can get pretty, not bad here.
Technical characteristics of 2018 Kia Sorento
The luggage compartment when the seats spread out is 320 liters, but if you fold the back of the second and third row, the volume can be increased to 2066 liters.
The main highlight of this car is not only in the presence of all-wheel drive, but in a 2.2 liter diesel engine. He is well known for the Kia Sportage, but here his power is 200 horses and a torque of 450 Nm. That is why the car accelerates to a hundred in 9.6 seconds. As for fuel consumption, the car consumes 6 liters of fuel.
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The suspension of the car is clearly tuned to a good road surface, which is why there is a slight discomfort on small bumps. As for large pits, the machine is doing very well. In general, Sorrento good rulitsya. There is an automatic six-speed gearbox installed, you can switch to sport mode.
Thanks to the excellent torque, it is not necessary when overtaking to think about whether there is enough power. Noise isolation is not perfect, but compared to the previous generation, it has become better. The cabin has become quieter.
All changes to the car have benefited. This is a great car, especially for our country, because it is large, has a great and economical engine. In addition, there is a system of all-wheel drive. This is a universal car that is suitable for city driving for a large family, and for long trips and easy off-road. The car of this brand has become much better both in terms of the quality of the passenger compartment, and in terms of its technical characteristics and exterior design, which has noticeably changed.
