Test drive Kia Sorento 2006 - 2009 SUV

Without modesty

Working on the Kia Sorento of the second generation, the Koreans seemed to forget about the innate eastern modesty and set off in all difficult ones. As a result, the market got Sorento a new generation fashionable crossover, which was stuffed with all sorts of technical goodies to the eyeballs.
From the old Kia Sorento there is no stone left on the stone. Instead of the archaic frame came the supporting frame of the body.
The mass of the car decreased sharply by 215 kg. At the same time, the Sorento length increased by 95 mm. The front racks and the instrument panel moved forward, and the back door of the luggage compartment was shifted back by 70 mm, which allowed to increase the space of the salon and install the third row of seats.
True, you won’t envy passengers in places for kisses: you won’t call a landing with a comfortable knees to your chin but there are many seats, which means that the car easily turns into a seven -seater minibus.
The exterior of the new Sorento is completely brought into line with the current corporate style of KIA (pay attention to the radiator lattice) and the general trends of modern automotive fashion.
Block framents crawling onto the hood, the raised upper line of the profile, coupled with enlarged wheel arches with 17-inch wheels, give the car a fit-sports character.
There are two engines in the Sorento motor line: a 2.4 liter gasoline with a volume of 2.2 liters. With a gasoline engine, the car, let's say, lives hard. The herd in 174 horses is registered in six thousand.
The car gets to the declared maximum speed of 190 km/h so long that you manage to forget about your desire to accelerate. On the Sorento diesel, it starts much more fun even with an automatic KP. 197 horses at 3800 revolutions and 436 Nm at 18002500 rpm. They pour out the carcass of sorento up to 100 km/h for 9.4 s C from the manual transmission and for 9.7 s on the machine.
Yes, and on off -road with a diesel engine, the crossover showed good fighting qualities. Especially with all -wheel drive transmission. And all -wheel drive implies the presence of the following systems: HAC (assistance when touched on the rise with preventing backwards), DBC (control of the brakes on the descent).
Plus there is Lock Mode mode, in which the torque between the front and the rear axles will be strictly distributed in a ratio of 50:50. However, those who are not eager to test their fate in the off -road wars will be able to vote with their blood for front -wheel drive Sorento. Its weight is 60 kg less, but how much it will be cheaper, it is still unknown.
 

 

 
 

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