New Kia Sorento 2022 review

What's the best SUV? 🤔

I've now owned the 2021 model Sorento PHEV for 3½ months. It's basically the same car, but it's missing a few practicality features that the newer model has. For example the lane keeping assist button is not there in my model, which is the range topping one (Business Luxury with every possible feature available at the time). Also I'm missing the quick buttons for folding the 2nd row seats and also the fold buttons in the boot, so more manual work to fold.

About the load cover: The boot actually has little indents on the sides at near boot floor level just behind the 3rd row, so you can fit and secure the cover in place quite conveniently. It's not perfect as you do need to fit the cover before lifting the 3rd row seats, otherwise there's not enough room to set it in place.


All in all I've been very happy with the car. It now has 60k km on the meter and the EV range still holds well even in colder climate. 7 seater PHEV is an oddity but suits our family's needs exactly. Need 3 child seats in the rear.

@carwow When you click on the link to find 'Matt's Choice' you have to go thought a lot of loops and jumps to even get to the carwow site, then there is no mention once you sign your email, car registration, home address and sacrifice your first child to carwow data gods to still not find 'Matt's Choice' anywhere....

Why do some models come with a big badge in the back saying Sorento for almost all the entire back of it and others just a small tiny thing on the left side?

I drive a professional SUV

I have had a GT Line (Diesel) for a couple of months now and overall it is a good car to drive. I bought the car for the interior space (all the seats down) and also because of the Australian crap roads, I wanted something that would ride better than a couple of cars I own. To this end, it has been really good. Fuel economy in the country (100 - 110 kph) 6.4 to 7 L/100km. The camera system is great, as is the automatic lane assist on a freeway.

I think a couple of misses compared to some of the competition are.

The seats, you sit on them and not in them, too wide between the side bolsters and unsupportable when cornering. I find myself bracing a knee on the console and an elbow on the door. On long trips, it becomes quite uncomfortable moving around on the seat.
No cooled glovebox or centre console, this is handy to keep a couple of drinks cool on a trip.
The headlights are good on low beam but not great on country roads on hi-beam (not enough distance) so if you drive a night on country roads full of potholes (NSW and Vic) or shared with kangaroos and wombats driving lights are really a must.

I was seriously considering a Skoda Kodiak before the Kia but due to Skoda / VW poor support and service in Australia, I decided to stick with the Sorento as I know from a previous Kia that I owned the support is really good in Oz.

So this is basically the Hyundai Santa Fe ?😁 I am torn between a Carnival and some type of 7 seater SUV ( I don't want to give up ground clearance or trunk space ) but with my budget not a chance with getting a new one 🙆🏽

@carwow Matt, which one do you suggest for long journeys with comfort, Kodiaq or Sorento?

Beautiful

I have a 2023 x-line sx prestige and I’m very impressed by it. The transmission gear changed cannot be felt. Also, plenty of power @ 271 HP and there are OST available for it for more power.

Fuel theft is the reason the fuel cap remains locked unless you manually open from inside

Sorento, Kia, No thx

You can Long Press the lane assist button on the steering wheel and it goes off. Took me months to find out.

Like feature 1123

Nice bit of kit, but like most modern cars, far too much silly and pointless technology that just makes things more complicated and difficult to repair.

Looking to buy one of these 2nd hand. I was looking at GLB till I saw this one. Same price for much more

From minute one I get the feeling that you seem to think: "Why on earth am I reviewing this pile of metal?" It lacks any enthusiasm...

The 2022 Sorento sold in the Philippines is available in 2 trims, but here are the only ADAS features exclusive to the top trim:

Blind Spot View Monitor (SX only)
360-degree Surround View Camera (SX only)
Rear Cross and Forward Collision Avoidance Assist (SX only)
Lane Keep and Following Assist (SX only)

KIA bings and bongs are really annoying. I was offered a KIA as a hire car recently and spent a lot of time looking for a bing/bong stop option. Never found that option and thus suffered several days of bings and bongs for everything that happened in the car. Everything else was great, but the bings and bongs would simply be the factor that stops me buying a KIA.

It’s like a family tree when reviewing cars there’s lots of pop out banners to different videoed so I have to go back to a vide to whatch

What color is the car in this video