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Kia Sorento vs Holden Trailblazer

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Kia Sorento
Kia Sorento

$47,650 - $81,080

2024 price

Holden Trailblazer
Holden Trailblazer

$17,950 - $41,490

2018 price

Summary

2024 Kia Sorento
2018 Holden Trailblazer
Safety Rating

Engine Type
V6, 3.5L

Diesel Turbo 4, 2.8L
Fuel Type
-

Diesel
Fuel Efficiency
9.7L/100km (combined)

8.6L/100km (combined)
Seating
7

7
Dislikes
  • Lacking some features in lower grades
  • No curtain airbags in third row
  • Annoying speed limit alert

  • Engine can be noisy
  • Suspension too firm
  • No rear diff lock
2024 Kia Sorento Summary

For the past four years the Kia Sorento has been a top pick among motoring journalists in Australia, and it’s found favour with people looking for a stylish, practical family SUV.

That’s if you can get your hands on one. The past few years of pandemic-related chaos meant buyers were waiting up to a year for a high-spec Sorento. Kia reckons that will change with the 2024 model.

That’s right, it’s now time for the obligatory mid-life facelift, and this time around the Sorento gets some big and not so big changes.

The biggest changes are exterior design and interior tech upgrades. The Sorento now looks a lot like the EV9 that just launched late in 2023 - and that’s not a bad thing.

Inside the dash has been significantly rejigged with the latest multimedia and a few other helpful changes.

Aside from some tweaks to help improve ride and handling, there are no other changes under the skin.

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2018 Holden Trailblazer Summary

SUV wagons based on their ute stablemates are by no means a new thing – just look to Toyota Fortuner (based on HiLux), Ford Everest (based on the Ranger) and Isuzu’s MU-X (based on the D-Max) for evidence of that.

But the strategy is not always a successful one and these ute-based wagons have already gone through a stage or two of tweaking and refining in an attempt by car makers to shed some of the lingering ute-related niggles (such as work-focused suspension tunes) and improve the final products so they're better suited to a life of work and play.

The 2018 Trailblazer (formerly known as Colorado7, and based on the Colorado ute) is another clear sign that these wagons are indeed getting better, but are those improvements good enough to attract the cash of an otherwise ute-fixated public?

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