Kia Sorento Sport+ 2024 review: snapshot

EXPERT RATING
7.6

Likes

Stylish redesign
Improved in-car tech
Comfy ride, brisk performance

Dislikes

Lacking some features in lower grades
No curtain airbags in third row
Annoying speed limit alert
Tim Nicholson

Managing Editor

2 min read

The Sorento Sport+ is one down from the flagship GT-Line and gets a lot more kit than the base S. 

The seven-seat Sorento Sport+ includes features over and above the two grades below it, like a premium Bose 12-speaker sound system, USB-C chargers in the second and third row, a heated steering wheel, a second-row sunshade and more.

If you want more gear, you’ll need to step up to the GT-Line flagship.

Read More About Kia Sorento

The 2024 facelift introduces an EV9-like exterior makeover, new curved multimedia and driver display and a modernised dash and console, as well as improvements to ride and handling.

As with all grades it’s available with a 3.5-litre V6 petrol (2WD), or a 2.2-litre turbo-diesel (AWD), and while the latter will set you back an extra $3000 over the petrol, it’s the pick of the non-hybrid grades.

All Sorentos have a solid list of standard safety gear that includes auto emergency braking with a forward collision warning and vehicle, pedestrian, cyclist and junction detection, lane-keep assist, lane-follow assist, blind-spot collision assist, safe exit warning, adaptive cruise control, rear cross-traffic alert, a driver attention alert and a rear occupant alert.

Read the full 2021 Kia Sorento review

Kia Sorento 2024: Sport+ 7 Seat

Engine Type V6, 3.5L
Fuel Type Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency 9.7L/100km (combined)
Seating 7
Price From $48,730 - $55,990
Safety Rating

Pricing Guides

$52,750
Based on 223 cars listed for sale in the last 6 months.
LOWEST PRICE
$34,990
HIGHEST PRICE
$75,777
Tim Nicholson

Managing Editor

Calling out the make and model of every single car he saw as a toddler might have challenged his parents’ patience, but it was clearly a starting point for Tim Nicholson’s journey into automotive journalism. Tim started his journalism career as a staff writer for the Australian Open tennis tournament in 2011, completing an internship as part of his Master of Arts (Media and Communications) at Swinburne University. Tim followed his passion for all things automotive by launching the program, Fender Bender, on community radio station JOY 94.9. This led to an entry role at industry publication GoAuto, before eventually holding the role of Managing Editor. A stint as RACV’s Motoring Editor – including a year as an Australia’s Best Cars judge – provided a different perspective to automotive media, before leading him to CarsGuide where he started as a Contributing Journalist in September 2021, and transitioned to Senior Editor in April 2022, before becoming Managing Editor in December 2022. You can find Tim on LinkedIn and Instagram Education Master of Arts (Media and Communications) | Swinburne University | 2010-2012 Featured Publications GoAuto | 2012-2019 GoAutoNews Premium | 2012-2019 RACV Royal Auto | 2019-2021 CarsGuide | 2021-present
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Pricing Guide
$34,990
Lowest price, based on CarsGuide listings over the last 6 months.
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2024 Kia Sorento
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