I drove from the lot after buying this in 20-30 degree weather 400 miles away all highway. I got 26mpg on highway but I had drained the battery within the first 30 miles because didn't know to hit the hev button. Now with 60 degree weather and using battery I am basically never touching gas. It's the 80mph that gets it back down to 26mpg. If you stay 60-70 you get 29-35mpg fully loaded with people and even a cargo trailer I put on the hitch. It seems like you pay for speeding big time. I love the car anyway and now basically use no gas in town.

I sure hope you can redo that in a few months when it’s about 60F and fully charged. For comparison,I was able to average 31mpg on a rented previous generation 2020 Grand Cherokee with the standard 3.6L V6 for 1200 miles from Hartford CT to Des Moines! That was avoiding toll roads and keeping near the speed limits.

@Right Lane Hog, how did Chris do on his first solo mpg test?

@dailymotor Can you test the MPG on the regular 2022 hybrid Sorento? Not the plug-in. I greatly appreciate it.

I really like your testing method since im curious how effective the 1.6 motor is on a such big car.

Nice video. 26 mpg at 70 mph that seems a lot. 9L/100 km where I am. We cruise at 130 km/h (80 mph) That would push it to 10 L/100km. Suprise your international now. Subscribed.😁 I have an HEV version on order.

I live at the Mexican border and a hybrid or plug is a sweet deal. We do hours a day on bumper to bumper traffic and border wait, so that's when we save. Highway, yes, not the best, maybe if you only freeway long travels a diesel is better, but if frequent stop and go traffic are your thing, get a PHV o hybrid. In in SoCal where I live (San Diego/ Tijuana mexico area) gas is $5.80.

I know it's a bigger car but how it felt compared to new Tuscon in comfort and noise isolation

I dont think long distance is where this vehicle shines. Its around town car and that's what plug in hybrid are all about. I drive about 35-40 miles per day and most is not all of that is on Electric only. I'm in California though and it's not 22 degrees ever where I live. I fill up about 1 time per month, not too shabby. My mpg right now per the car (same tank of gas now for almost 4 weeks is 138mpg, because I'm mostly Electric.

1:43 - wait what? Other videos I have seen of this exact same car mention that you CAN run in EV only mode (assuming the battery has juice), and that the engine will kick on in certain situations, and then more frequently as the battery drains down. That being said, your test is a bit misleading. Running the car with the battery completely drained is nothing more than an MPG test on the 1.6T engine, which is fine I guess. Except, the vast majority of the time you will drive with some amount of juice in the battery, which WILL help MPG. The comments are about this PHEV are very negative because I don't think people are fully understanding your testing methodology here.

Was it using electricity....? My Honda accord hybrid goes full electric just randomly crusing 70mph here and there when not going uphill

Why run battery down? Running ev as well is the purpose of the plug in hybrid

Is the as smooth as a highlander?

Sorento MPG is Similar to Telluride?

What is this trim model?

26 mpg is 9l/100km. I was expecting better fuel economy as my old diesel Sorento 2008 does 9l of diesel per 100km on highway.

Thanks for the video, really cool! Sad about the consumption. Did you turn off the hybrid mode, or just out off eletric fuel? Can anyone else confirme the real consumption @120kmh on highway on a long trip?

I have the same car and this highway mpg is about right. I hope with warmer weather the mpg will improve.

We own a Sorento PHEV in Germany. Same engine as in the US, but a few upgrades here in Europe. Head up display, memory seats, bench in second row. 7 Seats are optional, we own a 5seater. MSRP is much higher here (63.900€ = 70.000$ including tax). But you get 6.000€ rebate for PHEVs 2/3 sponsored by government, 1/3 from the manufacturer. (For BEVs you get 9.000€ rebate.) We paid 48.000€ including tax September 2021 to get an instant available top-trim ("Platinum") Sorento PHEV from the dealer 6months old with 3.900km on it. First 10,000km (=6,215 Miles) we did 50% commuting mainly electric, charging every night. 50% long distance without charging at all. Average was 5,5l/100km = 42.9 MPG. That are real world data. With Putin's terrible and cruel war on Ukraine gas-prices almost doubled in the past weeks. Diesel costs 2,30€/l at the moment = 9,59$ per Gallon! We are really happy to drive full electric in every day life. That saves a lot. The Sorento PHEV is a wonderful spacious and comfortable car, saves gas/carbon/money and brings luxury like a Volvo XC90 or Audi/Mercedes/BMW at a reasonable price. In Europe we get a 7 years warranty including free online services and navigation updates. Well done KIA!

How can we force the EPA do 70mph testing? Highway means those speeds, I mean lots of people even go faster.

Charge it and go straight into hybrid mode, 72mph is a fast speed as well if you are trying to be economical, especially in wintertime. This is the worst case scenario

we have a 2500hd duramax deisel that we drove 840 miles on one tank of fuel . we averaged 27mpg on that trip and get 25-26 mpg consistently and 22 in town. so you are telling me that a hybrid gets no better mpg than my giant diesel 2550hd z71 4x4 truck?? thats terrible.

Sure, 26mpg may come off as bad however ya'll have to remember it's 22f. Cars in general do worse on MPG at that temperature and Hybrids lose about 30% MPG when the weather gets to 20f. I'd imagine that it would do a decent amount better if the weather was closer to 60f or above.

I heard the Sorento can not drive ev only mode on the winter because I does not have a heat pump. So if your running your heater the engine has to constantly be running. If that is true it's a deal breaker for me. The outlander and rav4 can produce heat without the engine running.

You did full charged test about toyota phev. Why this test is empty bettery? Is it fair? I don't understand this test.

26 mpg is terrible for a phev

$23 and change for 7 gallons.... odd that I miss that price today lolsob

The hybrid is way better than the PHEV for the Sorrento

I seriously considered this vehicle because I needed more cargo capacity than my 2019 Kia Niro PHEV (which was phenomenal on mileage) and 4WD, but ultimately chose a CPO 2020 Audi A6 Allroad. I've been averaging 28 mpg with a mix of highway, city, and winding mountain road (paved and unpaved) driving - on the 200-mile highway trek back from the dealer, I averaged 36mpg at 75mph. The Kia is nice and well-equipped, but lacking in performance (plus every dealer wants at least $5K over sticker).

My 2019 rav4 hybrid in winter driving on the highway gets average of 38mpg It’s smaller though than Sorento. I’d be afraid of investing so much money into untested turbo engine.

You drained the juice! Click.

Mpg seems a bit disappointing based on the EPA rating this in the 33-35 mpg range…

My 3.5 liter Honda pilot has a higher MPG on the highway.

The camera person keeps on moving the camera around i radically > and sorry to say it is making my stomach sick …. so i cannot watch this any longer.

hahahahahahha. my old hyndai tucson diesel did 43mpg tank to tank. uk gallons that is. or 7.2l per 100 kilomteres. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY ANYONE BUYS THESE PHEV CARS? i have asked kia why my sons 1.5t kia ceed has better mpg than my mild hybrid stonic 1.0..they wont give me an answer.

26 mpg and the sienna will laugh at you doing 30-35mpg. Kia thats a joke

My sienna hybrid dies significantly better gas mileage in the upper 40's composted to 20 degrees seeing 10mpg or more difference. I can hit 50 mpg on this 1 stretch of road with Warner genius over 20 miles but when it's 20 I can only do about 35mpg trying.

Pathetic MPG! Have always believed that if you take the same size car, with different displacement engines, the smaller engines will burn more fuel to pull the same weight. It’s clear manufacturers want to mislead the public on fuel economy. My father owns a 2019 Kia Sorento with the 3.3 liter V6 with 290 Horsepower. On a recent road trip, I kept the cruise control set at 72 mph and we maintained 31 mpg for the entire drive. I won’t be purchasing this hybrid anytime soon!

forget this hybrid shite and buy the diesel version. 40 mpg tank to tank. wtf u gonna do when this thing needs a new battery pack? wave goodbye to 10k i suspect. all a crock of shite this hybrid malarky. i know as i have a mild hybrid kia and a non hybrid kia. the non hybrid is better on mpg.

Any chance you could reduce the camera movement? No way I can watch this video directly unfortunately - I got dizzy and I usually don't. But it sounded good.