Kia Sorento 2015 Video Review

Unlike most new models, the new Kia Sorento doesn't really do anything that hasn't been done before. It doesn't boast class-leading fuel efficiency, all of its key rivals have five star safety, and it's certainly not the first looker in the class. It's even more expensive and thirstier than before, but in a segment where no rival does everything exceptionally well, the breadth of the third-generation model's improvements could push it straight to the top of the seven-seat class.

The previous model had fallen half a generation behind its Hyundai Santa Fe mechanical twin, along with being overshadowed by newer versions of the Toyota Kluger, Ford Territory, and Nissan Pathfinder.

On paper at least, the new Sorento looks to push the Korean brand further from its cheap and not even cheerful origins than any model to date, and Kia is banking on the new seven-seater to continue the brand's march up the Australian sales charts.

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