Recently, it was learned from overseas media reports that South Korea's Hyundai-Kia Motors Group officially announced the launch of a new mid-term facelift Kia Sorento on the official website of the United Kingdom. It is reported that the new car is available in three model levels, and all of them adopt a new family-style design language, the overall shape is very similar to the Kia EV9, and at the same time has a 2.2-liter diesel engine, a 1.6-liter turbocharged gasoline hybrid and a 1.6-liter turbocharged gasoline plug-in hybrid power 3 power options. Among them, the two hybrid models are equipped with a 6-speed automatic manual transmission as standard, while the diesel-powered model is equipped with an 8-speed dual-clutch transmission as standard, and the price starts from 41,995 pounds ~ 55,995 pounds, about 379,200 yuan ~ 505,500 yuan.
It is understood that the current fourth-generation Kia Sorento has been launched since 2020, and it has been more than 3 years, in terms of appearance, the new mid-term facelift Kia Sorento maintains the existing exterior styling, the front face part adopts the same new family-style design language as Kia EV9, and the family-style grille equipped with it has also been redesigned, and the overall look is more concise; 。
The sides of the car remain the same as the old model, but with new style wheels, while the rear features integrated taillight clusters, and the internal LED light sources have been rearranged to make them highly recognizable.
Walking into the car, the interior of the new mid-term facelift Kia Sorento also adopts a straight line design, and the overall look is layered; at the same time, the new car is equipped with dual 12.3-inch new curved dual screens, and the air conditioning interface under the screen adopts a capacitive operation mode to further enhance the convenience of handling; it is worth mentioning that the interior of the car has canceled the vertical air conditioning outlet shape, and adopted a horizontal way integrated into the center console, and at the same time with LED ring cabin lighting system, further enhancing the sense of technology in the car. In addition, the new car is also equipped with Hyundai Motor Group's newly developed fingerprint recognition system, which creates a good sense of technology.
Finally, in terms of power, the new car is available in three model grades, and all are equipped with three power combinations: a 2.2-liter diesel engine, a 1.6-liter turbocharged petrol hybrid and a 1.6-liter turbocharged petrol plug-in hybrid. The two hybrid variants are equipped with a six-speed automatic manual transmission as standard, while the diesel-powered variant is equipped with an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission as standard.