#Kia sorento xline update#
#Kia sorento xline driver#
#Kia sorento xline plus#

Inside the test crossover/SUV is attractive and well arranged. Kia also includes turn signals that engage side-view cameras and project those images on either side of the driverвЂ™s instrument cluster. Better yet, the lane-keeping can be turned off to avoid odd steering patterns in town when thereвЂ™s construction and debris to dodge. All the usual goodies are standard such as adaptive cruise control, blind-spot warning, forward collision avoidance and assist with cycle recognition, rear cross-traffic avoidance, lane-keeping, and parking sensors. Sorento also touts plenty of safety gadgets, like Santa Fe. The EPA estimates 21 mpg city and 28 mpg highway. I got 25.7 mpg in about 80% highway driving, about the same as the Santa Fe that I drove roundtrip to Indianapolis.

#Kia sorento xline plus#

Plus gas mileage is good, so the transmission appears to help. I found it mostly shifted smoothly, with just a little early acceleration lag. Kia adds a dual-clutch 8-speed automatic transmission to help its efficiency too. Road noise is a bit more noticeable than I found in the Santa Fe, but wind noise and engine noise are well controlled. Ride is fine on the highway too, but sharp bumps in town are felt and thereвЂ™s a little more rock and roll on uneven pavement, but nothing concerning.

#Kia sorento xline driver#

It creates 281 horses while the non-turbo version in lower trim levels makes 191, certainly adequate.ДЇive drive modes allow the driver to dial up Sport to firm steering and goose the acceleration, but at highway speeds it was fine to rotate the console knob back to Comfort to ease the ride and steering effort, while lowering engine RPM. Power is up from the previous model too with a turbocharged 2.5-liter I4 in this model.

Go around fast bends on the highway and itвЂ™s well planted, no body lean to be concerned with. Handling is good and the Sorento is easy to park. To accommodate that rear seat the wheelbase also grows 1.4 inches from the Santa Fe, and the X-Line also comes standard with AWD, a wintertime winner in Wisconsin. Sorento is handsome with a good-looking nose featuring a hexagonal grille pattern and in back are snazzy two-bar vertical LED taillights, one shy of looking an awful lot like MustangвЂ™s taillights. Sort of enjoyed it!ДЄside from that, there are just minor dash and accessory differences between Sorento and Santa Fe. My 12-year-old grandson had no problem sitting in row three. Yet for short hops to the soccer field, etc., kids can manage. If the second row riders can be convinced to slide their seats somewhat forward then knee and legroom isnвЂ™t bad, but the third row seats are low-riders (close to the floor) so a personвЂ™s knees rest up near the chest. The third row is snug, as are most third rows. Go with a second row bench and Sorento will lug seven, but at least a couple need to be pre-teen. This test unit had captainвЂ™s chairs, so would coddle only six. It sneaks in a third-row seat that would allow six to seven passengers, depending on the second row configuration. If youвЂ™re a family with enough regular passengers to fill a Santa Fe, but often car-pool for school or to kidsвЂ™ athletic events and need more space, well, Sorento has you covered. I tested a gorgeous Aruba Green (grayish metallic green) X-Line model. Sorento and Santa Fe are nearly identical in size, ride on the same platform and offer identical power choices, two internal combustion engines (ICE), one hybrid with a supporting ICE, and a soon-to-appear plug-in hybrid. READ: 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe Calligraphy Review The fourth generation Sorento is another fine offering from the South Korean car maker, this one offering a third row seat to tempt buyers away from its kissinвЂ™ cousin, the Hyundai Santa Fe, reviewed here recently. Therefore prices on this site are available only to consumers who initiate their transactions via email or the contact mechanism of this site.Choices are rife in the mid-size crossover/SUV market and Kia is not making it any easier. * The efficiencies of eCommerce permit us to offer eCommerce consumers pricing benefits.

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#Kia sorento xline update#

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