Facelifted and damn! Looks better






isn't it?

I could just imagine the facelifted Sportage to look even hotter after a mid life slight makeover.

Kia's design seriously looks too much like Audi.

Thanks to Peter Schreyer

Rear is now quite similar to a Q7.

And soooo cheap... too.

Really tempting to replace our CR-V with this. And with the manual transmission on the 1.1m model, we'd be saving a little gasoline, too.

niky wrote:


I wonder, which is more fuel efficient. Our Innova J gas MT, does consistently 9km/l mixed city and highway driving. And for me, it's fuel efficient at 9km/l cos hey! that thing moves. Can spank 1.6s on the road.

The Innova has body on frame structure but has a smaller 2.0L engine. The Sorento has unibody construction, MT and FF layout which is lighter than body on frame but has a larger 2.4L and slightly bigger footprint. Do you think FC will be comparable to the Innova gas' 9km/l?

Hmmm... doubt it... probably do 7-8 in the city. It's only a five-speed, not a six.

But who cares... it's a Sorento!

Some better news... there's also a diesel MT variant, at just over 1.2m. Will post up article in a while...

Wow! That should kill some of CUVs sales.

Anyway, what's the engine of the diesel Sorento? Is it the R-eVGT 194hp 2.2L?

The price for the diesel would definitely affect sales for the montero and fortuner. As for Honda CRV... maybe by a smaller percentage because of brand loyalists.

Nice headlights!

led lights make this SUV look upscale. Even the upgraded picanto EX now feature led tail lights