The all-new fourth-technology Kia Sorento adjustments the game. Again. Since its debut in 2002, the Sorento is one in every of Kia's excellent-regarded and excellent-promoting motors, turning into gradually extra powerful, extra attractive, higher engineered and extra technologically superior in every new iteration. The 2021 version units a brand new wellknown for Sorento's sustained excellence and management withinside the compact SUV phase because the simplest car in its magnificence to provide the excellent envisioned gasoline financial system for a three-row SUV with 37 mpg blended.
"Sorento has constantly been one in every of Kia's surest products," stated Sean Yoon, president & CEO, Kia Motors North America & Kia Motors America. "Its aggregate of style, utility, protection and luxury have made it a perennial consumer favorite.
This lovely new Sorento units the bar withinside the compact SUV magnificence even better and represents the top of Kia layout and engineering. We're extraordinarily proud to feature it to our line-up of excellent automobiles."
A Sorento for Everyone
- Standard torque-on-call for AWD with middle locking differential and downhill descent manipulate
- Increased trip top to eight.three-in. (1.0-in. boom over wellknown trip top)
- Exclusive bumper and outdoors info, along with particular 20-inch alloy wheels and bridge-kind roof rack
Stunning New Shapes
The outdoors of the 2021 Kia Sorento gives a observe in elegant architectural shape described with the aid of using sharp, current traces and accented with high-tech info - extra true SUV than tender crossover. This evolution of Kia's dynamic aesthetic is exemplified excellent withinside the following info:
- Kia's modernized "tiger nose," with new "eyeline" DRL info and a extensive grille extending into the headlight and hood shape
- The hood aspect wraps across the frame facet and integrates into the rear shoulder line, improving duration and width
- Standard LED headlamps and elective signature LED ahead lights consists of daylight jogging lights. Headlamp and DRL modules are separated for a high-tech look
- Strong facet man or woman line emphasizes muscular and athletic profile
- Distinctive dynamic wave form at base of the C pillar
- Six one of a kind alloy wheel designs, from 17-inches to 20-inches, that is the biggest ever for Sorento
The all-new indoors maintains the strong, strong and complex sensibility of the outdoors. Following a credo of "Refined Boldness," the indoors designers instilled the cabin with sudden substances to forged a placing effect, consisting of:
- Bright satin finishes
- Available metallic texture inlays or open-pore timber inlays
- Leather embossed duvet sample on elective leather-geared up models
- Eye-catching vertical middle air vents impart a feel of electricity and presence
A Strong Base to Build On
The 2021 Sorento is constructed on an all-new third technology "N3" platform that may be a lighter, more potent and extra bendy layout than preceding models. Features include:
- Increased wheelbase with the aid of using almost 1.four inches for extra indoors space
- Body-in-white weight is decreased with the aid of using five.6% and basic weight is decreased with the aid of using three.1% (119 lbs.)
- Average tensile electricity is advanced with the aid of using four% in comparison to the preceding Sorento
- Improved riding dynamics, consisting of acceleration, trip and handling, and noise vibration and harshness (NVH)
- New aluminum bumper plate for advanced durability
- Distribution of effect kinetic power forces thru multi-load-direction frame shape
- Versatility to house trade drivetrains, along with hybrid and plug-in hybrid (to be had in calendar 12 months 2021)
Power to Choose
Four engines are presented at the 2021 Sorento, consisting of inner combustion powerplants and electrified automobiles in each the front-wheel drive (FWD) and all-wheel drive (AWD) configurations:
- 2.five-liter GDI four-cylinder
- eight-pace automated transmission
- 191 horsepower and 182 lb.-ft. torque
- FWD or AWD
- AWD device makes use of torque-vectoring with middle-locking differential to offer greater strength to rear wheels in slippery situations
- Estimated blended (town and motorway) 27 mpg (2 mpg boom over preceding Sorento)
- 2.five-liter GDI four-cylinder Turbo
- Segment special eight-pace moist twin snatch automated transmission
- 281 horsepower and 311 lb.-ft. torque
- FWD or AWD
- three,500 lbs. of towing capability
- Estimated blended 25 mpg (three mpg boom over preceding V6 Sorento)
- 1.6-liter GDI four-cylinder Turbo Hybrid with forty four kW electric powered motor
- 6-pace automated transmission
- 227 horsepower
- five kWh battery
- FWD
- Estimated 39 MPG town / 35 motorway / 37 blended
- 1.6-liter GDI four-cylinder Turbo Plug-in Hybrid with 66.nine kW electric powered motor (to be had in 2021)
- 6-pace automated transmission
- 261 horsepower
- eight kWh battery
- Estimated 30-mile all-electric powered range
- AWD
Let's Get Technical
Like all Kia motors, the brand new Sorento is loaded with an in depth listing of famous era, consisting of:
- Available 12.three-in. complete virtual meter cluster, a primary for any Kia SUV
- Surround View Monitor makes use of 4 cameras to offer a 360-diploma attitude across the car improving motive force self assurance in tight parking situations
- Blind View Monitor initiatives stay video view of adjoining lanes withinside the tool cluster and activated through the flip signal (a Sorento first)
- eight USB charging ports (6 in LX)
- eight-inch or to be had 10.25-inch high-decision shadeation touchscreen display
- Split-display screen capability
- Available SiriusXM satellite tv for pc radio
- Available 10.25-inch inch touchscreen adds:
- Haptic remarks buttons
- New multi-connection Bluetooth wi-fi connectivity that lets in connection of telephones simultaneously
- UVO hyperlink telematics gives an array of superior linked car functions, along with:
- Connected Routing: A new cloud-primarily based totally course calculation device that makes use of UVO cloud to calculate the most desirable course the use of real-time maps, expected upcoming site visitors data primarily based totally on ancient records and AI to analyze the favored routes of users
- Connected Weather: Provides climate records for extra than 25,000 cities
- Enhanced UVO voice help characteristic lets in voice manipulate of the car's climate, seat and guidance-wheel heating, audio device, and different functions
- Connected User Profiles: Allows clients to feature a further motive force to their car. The drivers may have their man or woman UVO bills to the car and get admission to to the far off functions the use of the Kia Access App. The profile shops a few pick out settings at the UVO cloud and may be shared with different well matched Kia motors.
- UVO & Smart Speaker Integration shall we clients use Amazon-Alexa or Google-Assistant enabled clever speaker or tool to remotely manipulate a few functions (along with far off start)
- Advanced notifications:
- Engine Idle Notification and Automatic Engine Shut Off notifies the driving force through the UVO hyperlink app if the engine is left idling and, after a pre-decided on time, turns off the engine
- Rear Occupancy Alert can ship push notification indicators through the UVO hyperlink app if motion is detected in the car
- 911 Connect and Roadside Assistance will robotically try to name 911 through the integrated UVO modem if an airbag deploys. For non-emergencies, it is able to connect to 24/7 roadside help and percentage the car's location
- Also to be had inside UVO, for the primary time on any Kia, are new functions:
- On-call for Find My Car with Surround View Monitor makes use of the car cameras to seize pics of the car's environment after which percentage them through the Kia Access UVO app
- Last Mile Navigation presents taking walks guidelines to the driving force's very last vacation spot if the car is parked among 0.1 and 1.2 miles away
- Bose Premium sound device, to be had with 12 high-overall performance speakers
- Bose Centerpoint era converts stereo reassets right into a richer surround-sound experience
- Dynamic Speed Compensation analyzes the sound supply and robotically adjusts consistent with pace
- Available wi-fi phone charging pad with multiplied price rates
- Standard Rear Occupant Alert makes use of ultrasonic sensors engineered to come across toddler or puppy motion withinside the 2nd and 1/3 rows after the doorways were locked after which can notify the driving force and surrounding location with the aid of using sounding the horn and illuminating the risk lamps
There are 16 "Kia Drive Wise" Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) which are both wellknown or to be had:
Available new Blind Spot Collision Avoidance (BCCA) - Parallel Exit: Uses the rear-nook radar to come across a collision danger with parallel site visitors while leaving a parking spot. The device applies emergency braking and cautions the driving force thru the cluster and an audible alarm
- Standard Intelligent Speed Limit Assist (ISLA): Automatically adjustments set pace of Smart Cruise Control with the aid of using the use of the velocity restrict records detected thru the the front digital digicam or GPS navigation records (while activated)
- Standard Forward Collision Warning (FCW): Designed to come across a car in advance withinside the lane and in sure situations, calculates distance and last pace to difficulty an alert to the driving force if it senses a capability frontal collision
- Standard Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA): Builds on FCW with the aid of using supporting the driving force while braking to assist save you a collision or reduce the consequences in sure situations if a car or item is detected in the front
- Standard FCA-Pedestrian: Builds upon FCW capability and facilitates come across pedestrians in the front of the car and makes use of automated braking to keep away from or mitigate an effect
- Available FCA-Cyclist: Builds on FCW capability and facilitates come across cyclists in the front of the car and makes use of automated braking to keep away from or mitigate an effect
- Standard Driver Attention Warning (DAW): Senses inattentive riding styles and sends an audible/visible caution to alert the driving force
- Leading Vehicle Departure Alert (LVDA): Alerts motive force with a chime while the main car starts to transport ahead from a status position
- Standard Lane Following Assist (LFA): Follows lane markings that the device detects and presents guidance inputs to assist hold the car withinside the middle of the lane
- Available Forward Collision Avoidance Assist (FCA) - Junction Turning (FCA-JT): Assists the driving force in braking to assist save you a collision or reduce the consequences in sure situations while turning left and an oncoming car is coming near
- Available Blind Spot Collision Avoidance Assist (BCA): Under sure situations, can come across motors visiting withinside the subsequent lane. When a car is "seen" withinside the blind spot, the car brakes the outer wheel below sure situations to assist go back the car to its lane
- Available Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Avoidance Assist (RCCA): Helps come across maximum coming near pass site visitors while in reverse. When coming near pass site visitors is detected, the device indicators the driving force and applies brakes
- Available Parking Distance Warning-Reverse (PDW-R): Detects sure gadgets in the back of the car, issuing an audible caution while an obstruction is detected. The caution tone chimes quicker because the car receives toward the detected item
- Available Parking Collision Avoidance Assist (PCA-R): Uses rear view digital digicam and rear ultrasonic sensors to assist come across maximum pedestrians or close by barriers while the car backs out of a parking spot, caution drivers with a chime and may have interaction brakes to save you a collision
- Available Navigation Based Smart Cruise Control-Curve (NSCC-C): leverages the navigation device to decrease the car's pace proactively earlier than upcoming curves
- Available Highway Driving Assist (HDA): Uses federal motorway pace restrict records from the navigation device and, below sure situations, will robotically modify pace to be withinside the published pace restrict and hold distance with the car detected in the front
- Available Safe Exist Assist (SEA): Can alert the driving force or passengers starting their door now no longer to go out the car while the device detects coming near site visitors. When detected, a chime sounds. The device can intrude to fasten the rear doorways while the car is geared up with to be had Power Child Lock
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