Test drive Kia Sorento 2006 - 2009 SUV



Diesel rate

If desired, any changing numerical value can be called a parameter. But the target parameter has only rackets this distance along the perpendicular between the starting installation and the trajectory of the target. Sometimes it is close, but it will leave to shoot to no avail. It was not so easy to hit a certain group of potential buyers, too, Kia-Srento was not well aimed at the Russian market.
Large full -fledged (frame design and with a lowering transmission) an all -around with a solid appearance, a good choice of engines, worthy of comfort and behavior on the road. All this is at a very attractive price of 28 thousand dollars. However, success must be developed, it is time to get acquainted with the modernized machine.
By clothing
The updated Sorento, of course, has changed externally. Like any dandy with a limited budget, he spent on the little things that are needed to follow fashion. Bamers, headlights, rear lights, a radiator grille and lining on the sidewalls. However, the appearance of the car is actually successful. Try to imagine something between the previous Mercedes-Ml and Lexus-RX300 will turn out to be Kia Sorento, which is almost half as much and at the same time quite original so as not to look like a copy.
The updated Sorento has a store with improved finishes, separate climate control, player of CDs with MP3 support, richer equipment. However, new engines and gearboxes are much more important.
Previously, the basic Sorento was equipped with a 2.4-liter or 3.5-liter gasoline engine, as well as a 2.5-liter 140-horsepower turbodiesel. Nowadays, the four -cylinder gasoline engine has been resigned. The 2.5-liter turbodiesel received a different power system adjustable to the turbocharger, fulfilled the norms of Euro IV, added capacity and torque by 21 and 25%, respectively, and in addition became more economical. The new gasoline six demonstrates a thorough increase in 49 horsepower and 14 N. M. With a decreased by 200 cm with a working volume. This is achieved thanks to adjustable phases of gas distribution. New five -speed machines with the possibility of manual switching, now available for diesel, are also responsible for improved dynamics and efficiency.
Messengers with the ranch
The test drive in Madrid, as in any big city, is difficult. Therefore, the start was set on one of the suburban ranch here also laid the route along the crossed terrain, among the picturesque meadows, hills and rivers that have not yet been dry from the summer heat. The choice of cars was small, and there is little time to get acquainted. My colleague and I came across an automatic diesel Sorento of a photogenic red color.
It is worth sitting down behind the wheel, and the memory helpfully scrolls the events of three years ago, when I happened to travel on its predecessor. All the same at hand, but the tall driver is not very convenient: the sliding hatch in the roof pretty tightly squeezed the salon on top, and the pillow is high. In a simpler configuration without a hatch, you can sit better, but then the driver tall above 180 cm will have to peek out from under the hanging peak of the roof.
The diesel Sorento is very confidently accelerates to about 120 km/h, and then long, for the sake of economy, the programs take their pace. The diesel does not bother with excessive noise, without exceeding the mark of 3000 rpm. It is difficult to feel his character: a rather soft hydrrotransformer carefully chews a remarkable torque, transforming it into a smooth and almost silent acceleration. In general, several hundred kilometers along the highway on Sorento is not a problem.
On narrow provincial tracks, they hoped to feel the suspension here, there are still noticeable irregularities. But the fleshy wheels of Sorento easily swallow the flaws of Iberian asphalt. Cool turns are passable almost without reducing speed: the car is thoughtful, but we fully predict and has a fairly accurate steering control. But sudden maneuvers at high speed must be performed carefully that the car is straining and ready to present a surprise. However, this case is ESP.
Now you need a beautiful place to shoot. That huge cobblestone will suit us. We won’t sit on him in the forehead, and with the rear it is not so cool. Reducing and forward! Does not turn on? It is necessary to convert the selector into neutral, then everything will be ok. The front wheel soars quite early into the air, but Sorento stubbornly climbs up. With a rigidly connected front bridge, such tricks will not stop us, especially since the rear wheels adapt better to the relief: the dependent suspension is clearly more.
For an off -road route, I choose a machine with mechanics, it is necessary to evaluate the traction qualities of a new diesel engine, but at the same time to discuss on your favorite topic: why should a modern diesel all -resistant be with an automatic transmission?.
So no one presses the indicative rise from behind, I spend an experiment: to move without a reduced transmission. Q.E.D! Either with a thorough slip, or you are categorically impossible to die below 1,500, such is the harsh reality of the turboyam. However, Sorento can go to a relatively flat place at smaller speeds, and even in higher gears.
The mobile phone calls out of balance: in connection with road traffic jams, the bus will go to the press conference in 15 minutes! It seems to us only three points in the legend is 6 km left, we will even have time for a narrow primer without any haste. A colleague in the role of the navigator turns the legend, then another one. Not six! Sixteen!
This is already more serious: you need to go at least a hundred on straight lines. Does the suspension make such a pace on a bumpy primer? The stabilization system immediately had to be turned off differently, it strangles the engine, taking the wheel soil for those who fell on the ice. And the suspension holds a blow, closing to the compression buffer only after the most evil bumps. It is amazing that the first is not the front, but the back in the car is only two and no luggage! It is a pity that no one took off this impromptu race from the almost rally-raid.
START!
The renewed Sorento undoubtedly opened new talents in a powerful diesel diesel very worthy of showing himself on the highway and on lane. The costs of the configuration remained in the past now it can be ordered with an automatic transmission and with a constant all -wheel drive. It is a pity, however, that the basic gasoline engine was resigned by the entrance ticket to the Sorento club is now noticeably more expensive. Returning to our missiles, it turns out that the accuracy of guidance has increased, and the parameter decreased. However, the start has already been made. Waiting for a report, the goal is amazed?
Kia-Surento is a good shot: part of potential buyers will be struck by a successful combination of off-road abilities and asphalt qualities.
Hello Madrid!
At the Madrid car dealership, which took place on the days of the presentation of Sorento, the new mini-van Kia Karens first appeared before the public. It is presented in five- and seven-seater versions, with two-liter gasoline and diesel engines with a capacity of 115 to 142 hp. Any of them can be compiled with both a mechanical and automatic transmission. With quite compact sizes (length 4545 mm, width 1800 mm, height 1650 mm), the car freely accommodates seven adult passengers. By the way, compared with the previous generation, it did not grow much (55 mm in length, 50 in width and 40 mm in height).
The seats of the second and third rows are removed on the floor with the floor, freeing a large cargo site. Due to the 130 mm of the wheelbase increased by a 130 mm, a new Karence, a new Karence level, has become one of the leaders in terms of salon, and a lower floor level. Much attention is also paid to comfort and security. In other words, the car is sharpened for Europe, where he has every chance to significantly expand its presence.


 
 
Anatoly Fomin
 

Source: The magazine "Driving"