New Upgrades Make This SUV Better! (Kia Sorento 2024 Review)

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We drive the new flagship GT-Line diesel version of Kia’s newly ‘deep facelifted’ Sorento large seven-seat SUV that’s just launched in Australia.
Available with a variety of powertrains, the Sorento comes in four trim grades and launches with 3.5L petrol V6 front-drive and 2.2L diesel four-cylinder all-wheel-drive options, starting from around $50K.
A couple of months after launch the hybrid options will join the current eight-variant strong lineup.
Under the boxier new exterior design, the cabin gets a spruce up and the suspension has been revised aimed at improving the ride and handling balance.
Has the facelift improved the breed by much measure? And which of the pack do we think will be the sweet spot in the range? Watch on to find out.
Time codes:
00:00 - intro
00:09 - Local lineup
00:12- GT-Line Diesel
00:50 - Interior
01:28 - Seats
01:50 - Curved digital instrumentation
02:18 - Colour
02:45 - Infotainment
03:20 - Row two
04:16 - Row three
05:01 - Rear styling
05:48 - Boot space
06:34 - On the road
07:09 - Powertrains
07:42 - Popular diesel choice
08:02 - Fuel efficiency
08:26 - Hybrid options
08:57 - Suspension and ride
10:13 - Handling
10:43 - Steering
11:20 - Safety
12:00 - Verdict
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@christianalvarez7799 5 ай бұрын

Please bring the tan interior to Australia

@Krmelj 5 ай бұрын

Tan interior please!! And a shootout with the current Kodiaq is in order I think.

@rajTrondhjem10 4 ай бұрын

Wondering where this video was shot? Nice review and a good car as well..

@cmair77 5 ай бұрын

Watching from TO, looking good Tom. My wife bought the 23, so far so good very comfortable and a good road trip car.

@crimson005 5 ай бұрын

I just picked up my MY24 GT Line yesterday. It is a fantastic car in all respects. But the fact that you have to turn off the inccessant speed limit warning everytime you start the car is maddening. It could be easily solved with a software update. Such an inexplicable own goal from Kia. Don't regret the purchase though. Wonderful car, with the interior and extrior even better than before.

@chpud1003 5 ай бұрын

How to update? How to turn off without manually turn off everytime ?

@paulm0573 3 ай бұрын

How long does the warning chimes last for? If it’s a couple of seconds and not too loud, then should be fairly tolerable?

@gorakhgore5725 2 ай бұрын

Can you please review 2”25 Carnival?? Very excited

@terrymichaels306 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for another insightful review. I can’t wait to see your comparison of the new generation Kodiaq v new generation Santa Fe v facelift Sorento. I have a 2021 Kodiaq Sportline that needs replacing this year.

@Krmelj 5 ай бұрын

I think current (2024) vRS Kodiaq is the smart money. More sophisticated suspension and steering than your model year, and better infotainment software and drive mode tuning, plus a golf GTI engine. Too expensive though, so maybe an ex demo in two years lol

@samuelbrazel55 Ай бұрын

Hey Tom, Has Chasing Cars taken carriage of your long term HEV Sorento? Looking forward to the review.

@2010appra 5 ай бұрын

I know sorento does not come in brown interior in Australian market but just for my knowledge is black interior or brown interior is better in general ?

@mohammad_alnasser 5 ай бұрын

Does it have acoustic glass?

@waynewilliams1487 4 ай бұрын

Does America replace the GT line with the SX prestige ( that’s the top trim that puts the telluride to shame!

@nchia 5 ай бұрын

I wonder which car will be the first to include Qi2 charging pads.

@sebadass2 4 ай бұрын

tan interior looks so much better

@MrJoedotmac 5 ай бұрын

Cadillac wants their headlamp assemblies back.

@Tie626 5 ай бұрын

This needs a tan interior!

@sch-corp 5 ай бұрын

Infuriating that they don't offer the 2.0 turbo petrol here. Quite like the facelift. Prices are very high...

@hellothere4342 5 ай бұрын

Majority of the sale are GT-line diesel. We've got the pre facelift Sorento and before that the Santa Fe Highlander. The diesel suits these cars perfectly.

@kelsey_roy 5 ай бұрын

The Tom Baker show is always an advertisement for the Apple Watch

@g-urts5518 5 ай бұрын

What they arent telling you is, that engine takes 0W30. It's extremely expensive. The dealer in my area is charging about $250 for a damn oil change. Absolutely ridiculous. Plus I have a friend who works for that dealer and says they aren't even actually putting in 0w30. They're putting in 0w20 and telling people it's the 30. Because they don't want to stock the 0w30 for like 10 cars. Cause it's just the 2023 and 2024 sorento (so far) that takes it

@2010appra 5 ай бұрын

I am considering 2024 sorento but confused between petrol and diesel. I drive 30km in day , 4 days a week.

@word1901 5 ай бұрын

i would buy the petrol more refined and it would take years to make up the extra upfront cost in fuel savings and that's if diesel doesn't go back to 40/70cpl more then petrol also modern diesel engines/emissions systems hate short drives 30km a day so 15 each way wouldn't burn off the DPF

@pastorofmuppets8834 3 ай бұрын

Does the Kia have a DPF? @@word1901

@kodessa 5 ай бұрын

As much as I like that front end design on the Carnival and Picanto... It doesn't work well on the Sorento

@sebadass2 4 ай бұрын

there is continuous rumour in korea that disel sorento is gonna be discontinued

@ashrick718 5 ай бұрын

Very GMC, Buick looking now .

@nchia 5 ай бұрын

No lighter coloured leather is a deal breaker for me.

@TalismanPHX 5 ай бұрын

Interior is quite drab. 🤔

@stizzygrayson5541 5 ай бұрын

Get an Xtrail with tan leather, and save money.

@chasingcars 5 ай бұрын

This is admittedly larger

@boskojovanovic2770 5 ай бұрын

That’s a product of sex between the previous Sorento and the current Santa Fe.

@jorgtungler7348 5 ай бұрын

Guten Tag,ich habe den Sorento GT Line 2019/ 2020 kurz danach 1. Facelift. Der Motor 2.2 Liter Diesel 202 PS HP . Der das ganz neue Modell ist ein Eyecatcher. Wurde auch Zeit ,das Modell 2020 war Scheiße Shit,sry

@MrRaitzi 5 ай бұрын

Koreans love to give west dull interior colors. Only on color in EV9 in Finland and not classy light brown

@word1901 5 ай бұрын

the 2.2L diesel is an unrefined shitbox of an engine sounds like a a 10 year old isuzu truck engine and drives like one would also love to see some real world emissions data on them as every santa fe CRDI i see has a massive soot stain running halfway up the tail gate i bet that's why kia went with the tailpipe facing down to the road the sooner it's dead the better new santa fe has no diesel lets see that trend run through the hyundai kia range bring on euro6 340 days to go that should put an end to a lot of garbage diesel engines good to see the LC70 series gutless V8 is gone as well

@pastorofmuppets8834 3 ай бұрын

Probably because the Santa Fe doesn't have a DPF

@word1901 3 ай бұрын

@@pastorofmuppets8834 all diesel engines in aus have been required to have DPFs since 2016 obviously the hyundai ones do not work very well

@pastorofmuppets8834 3 ай бұрын

@@word1901 that was my understanding but yes maybe they weren't working particularly well! I thought I read somewhere that they had an exemption being an older engine or something. I know the pajero did.

@word1901 2 ай бұрын

@@pastorofmuppets8834 nope the pajero has had a DPF since 2006 even the lc200 and lc79's ageing v8s were forced to have DPFs in 2016

@pastorofmuppets8834 2 ай бұрын

@@word1901 well that's a surprise. The rear end of every pajero certainly leads me to believe they never installed them!