Test Drive Kia Sorento since 2009 SUV

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Second life Sorento.

Publications of many commemorative journalists resemble speeches at the funeral: the previous Sorento left us was a true SUV! He was alien to the words carrying the body, comfort, smoothness. The ridge him was a real frame; He has always been moving only a rigidly plugged front axle and handout

And this is not because about the deceased only good. The new Sorento really lost the frame and most of the previous off-road arsenal, but he acquired something in return?! And how!
Even death sometimes gives rise to a new life.
The Kia line was not left without a real SUV in the fall of last year, sales of the real passing Mohave started (reading test drive). True, therefore, the entrance fee to the Off-Road Kia club rose to 1,459,000 rubles. As for Sorento, the efforts of KIA designers and their head of Peter Schraira (in the past of the VW and AUDI designer) attention to the novelty was riveted even before the first auto trucks got to the salons (I made this conclusion for the living interest of my own acquaintances intrigued teasers and rumors).

The crossover is converted to be unrecognizable from the branded radiator lattice to the LED rear lights. It really looks like a million (and, not South Korean van, but the most real rubles). Is it good inside?

Speed, yes. All the fact that engineers punished designers to accommodate the front panel into the framework, was integrated with taste and quality. Casting the Kia logo on the steering wheel, and not everyone guesses, in which country this car has developed. Inside there are both German and Japanese motives, and even something their own, original; The design of the predecessor only strengthened the image of Korean design as something outdated and far from leaders-competitors. And the new Sorento can be shown to students-designers as a sample of very successful restyling.

Magnificently fitted interior panels, as before, are made from low-cost and not qualitative to the touch of materials, but a little more pleasant than before. Supervision instrument panel looks great and does not spoil readability of indicators, but it is not available from the basic version. And pictures of standard devices on the official website of Kia showed sexual.
From the driver's seat, (having an electric drive from the Luxe + version for 1 319,000 rubles), a great overview opens in all directions. The driver and front passenger are not offended by space, as well as the inhabitants of the second row of seats.

Moreover, in the central racks there are ventilation deflectors, and both backrest segments are adjustable along the angle of inclination. There are plenty of clothing offices: before the gearbox selector there is a compartment for mobile phones or a wallet, in the pockets of the doors of deepening under the bottles with water, there is also a pair of cup holders on the center console, and immediately the deep box-armrest is installed. By the way, under its lid there is guess that the slot for the electronic ignition key! Why he is there another question. It is good that the key is not particularly and needed: the motor will start, the engine with the button, the main thing is that the key itself is somewhere in the car.

Alternative
Good news for those who are more likely to previous modification of Sorento: it is still produced at the facilities of the Factory of Factory, at a price of 839,990 to 1 149 990 rubles. With mechanics and machine gun; 3.3-liter gasoline and 2.5-liter turbodiesel.

From the Sorento Places with the engine 2.4 goes back, even a second of a second, pressed to the back of the chair of the cabin inhabitants. But, unfortunately, almost immediately the intensity of overclocking is weakening. And most of all, Sorento is upset if at a speed of 60-70 km / h, you will suddenly be asleep sharply accelerate (for example, for urgent overtaking on the track). In such cases, it would be nice to move in advance to the second gear and torture with the engine. It is a pity that the motor on the diesel fuel at the time of the test was not available; Thus, a much more moment 2.2-liter turbodisal unit in absentia became the title holder the best motor for SORENTO. Though for it, they require pay extra 30,000 rubles. And in the USA, these cars put 3.5-liter V6 here, where the real power!

Indeed, the change of status SUV on the crossover meant loss in the passability. At the same time, Sorento has grown in terms of management quality, in comfort and smoothness. True, to climb off the road to make sure that it immediately welcomes the crossover, I did not dare. Enough as a small firewall of a puddle, where even the all-season rubber cooper lost contact with the surface; Thanks to the stabilization system, which, almost thinking, provided an additional portion of torque rear wheels, pushing us forward. It is even scary to imagine that it would be, do not be solid under the rear pair

And the comforts paid attention from the first meters of the trip: the shock absorbers are set to smooth ride, not allowing the holes and pins to annoy nor rolls or blows. The hydraulic powerover allows you to feel easy opposition and accurately control the electric powerful tutorial is not easy to adjust. No sound insulation, vibrations are also minimum. Maybe not in vain Koreans abandoned the frame?!
Top Sorento Equipment List of Waughty Cars: Panoramic Roof, Rear View Camera, Rain And Light Sensors, Driving Chair Ventilation, Second Row Seat Heated, Separate Air Conditioning for Passengers Gallery and Even Assistance Systems on Lifting. Naturally, such a crossover will cost a considerable amount of one and a half million rubles.

When opening the door, the knobs did not return each time to the initial position. And this is despite the positive air temperature. I wonder what happens to them at -20c?

However, and in the Sorento database looks attractive if not counting manual gearbox and front drive. Judge for yourself: ABS and a complete set of safety pillows (and curtains); 17-inch alloy wheels, heated windscreen, adjustment of the front chairs in height and seats of the second row along the length and corner of the backrest, electric drive glasses and mirrors, audio system with CD, MP3 and 6 dynamics, two-zone climate control. Something is missing? So the basic equipment is 929,000 rubles.