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2014 Sorento May Look the Same, But Kia Says 80 Percent of the Parts are New or Redesigned

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/11/2014-sorento-may-look-same-but-kia-says.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yuBrq5VX2PU/ULbsNFBJ5NI/AAAAAAAKXFU/ZHiU-sz0KGM/s1600/2014-Kia-Sorento-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(63, 63, 63); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> If you were to take a quick look at the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/kia-announces-2013-sorento-facelift-for.html">2014 Kia Sorento</a>, which is enjoying its North American premiere at this week's Los Angeles Auto Show, what you would probably see is the restyled front and rear ends, and some barely noticeable tweaks in the cabin. Ask Kia, however, and the Koreans will tell you that there's much more than meets the eye to the revamped Sorento. In fact, Kia claims that more than 80 percent of the parts in the crossover are either "all-new or significantly redesigned", including the 3.3-liter GDI V6 engine producing 290 horsepower. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/11/2014-sorento-may-look-same-but-kia-says.html#more">Read more »</a>

If you were to take a quick look at the 2014 Kia Sorento , which is enjoying its North American premiere at this week's Los Angeles Auto...

Woman's Kia Sorento Gas Pedal gets Stuck Sending her on a 120mph Horror Ride

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/woman-kia-sorento-gas-pedal-gets-stuck.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5781361460547726738" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lsIKEuiqu8o/UDuFng4UrZI/AAAAAAAIuwY/B1p-bLyuuLw/s800/Untitled-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Given the sticky situation she was in, Lauri Ulvestad of Ames, Iowa, should consider herself extremely lucky for making it out alive when the accelerator pedal of her <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Kia%20Sorento">2011 Kia Sorento crossover</a> got jammed as she was driving up Interstate 35 in Missouri last week. The 47-year old woman <a href="http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/Troopers-chase-SUV-with-stuck-accelerator/-/9357080/16249544/-/item/0/-/onvg3q/-/index.html">told KCCI-TV</a> in Des Moines that she tried everything from turning off the key, to shifting out of drive and slamming on the brakes, but nothing worked. "I knew I was going to die," said Ulvestad. "I didn't have any doubt about. I really thought I was going to die ... and no matter what I did, I couldn't slow it down." <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/woman-kia-sorento-gas-pedal-gets-stuck.html#more">Read more »</a>

Accidents Kia Kia Sorento Kia Videos Offbeat News Police Cars Video Woman's Kia Sorento Gas Pedal gets Stuck Sending her on a 120mph Horror Ride

Given the sticky situation she was in, Lauri Ulvestad of Ames, Iowa, should consider herself extremely lucky for making it out alive when th...

Kia Announces 2013 Sorento Facelift for Europe, Releases More Details

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/kia-announces-2013-sorento-facelift-for.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5777379441126323394" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2zP7pj5ROAk/UC1f_ej6tMI/AAAAAAAIm9A/1KXfCNybYJQ/s800/Kia-Sorento-01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> As anticipated, the refreshed 2013 Kia Sorento SUV will make its world premiere at the upcoming <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Paris%20Auto%20Show">Paris Motor Show</a> in France this September. While Kia didn't release any new pictures this time (the ones you see here are and which accompanied the press blurb are the same as the ones <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/kia-officially-reveals-refreshed-2014.html">shown in June</a>), the Korean company provided information about the changes under the hood. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/kia-announces-2013-sorento-facelift-for.html#more">Read more »</a>

Diesel Kia Kia Sorento New Cars Paris Auto Show Kia Announces 2013 Sorento Facelift for Europe, Releases More Details

As anticipated, the refreshed 2013 Kia Sorento SUV will make its world premiere at the upcoming Paris Motor Show in France this September. ...

Meanwhile in Motorcycle Land…Some You Dodge, Some You Don't

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/07/meanwhile-in-motorcycle-landsome-you.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5769996761032026946" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x67zdS0GxDU/UBMle8B360I/AAAAAAAIYfE/hZ1AXW0oNh8/s800/Untitled-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Riding a motorcycle can be fun, but it can also be dangerous, and since bikers are not as near as protected as drivers and passengers of an automobile in the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Accidents">event of an accident</a>, they need to extra vigilant while driving on the road. In our first video, which looks like it was filmed somewhere in Europe (if you think you know where, tell us in the comments), we have a rider of Kawasaki Z100 trying to overtake an older Kia Sorento on a turn when <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/BMW%20X5">a BMW X5 SUV</a> driver from the other side of the road enters the lane and clips his foot. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/07/meanwhile-in-motorcycle-landsome-you.html#more">Read more »</a>

Accidents BMW BMW Videos BMW X5 Kia Sorento motorcycles Offbeat News Video Meanwhile in Motorcycle Land…Some You Dodge, Some You Don't

Riding a motorcycle can be fun, but it can also be dangerous, and since bikers are not as near as protected as drivers and passengers of an ...

2014 Kia Sorento Receives its Video Debut in South Korea, Plus First Interior Shots

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/2014-kia-sorento-receives-its-video.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5756897986370055906" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6MSG7bCeZnA/T-ScN52_ruI/AAAAAAAIAxU/pnAf4q2Vfik/s800/Untitled-2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> As you would expect, Kia is showing more of its <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/kia-officially-reveals-refreshed-2014.html">revamped Sorento crossover</a> in its home market of South Korea where the current generation is marketed as the Sorento R. While the engine range differs from country to country (for example, Europe gets a 194hp / 197PS 2.2-liter turbo diesel while North America a 276hp 3.6-liter V6 gasoline, in addition to the 2.4-liter petrol offered in both regions), the styling is more or less the same sans some very minor differences. <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p2JBlXES4e8/T-ScSpdoKCI/AAAAAAAIAxg/hfdt1mw6e4k/s1600/2014-Kia-Sorento-6.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5756898067868035106" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p2JBlXES4e8/T-ScSpdoKCI/AAAAAAAIAxg/hfdt1mw6e4k/s200/2014-Kia-Sorento-6.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); width: 103px; height: 103px;"></a>That said, the design changes are common for all markets, which brings us to these latest photos that afford us our first look at the facelifted <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/kia-quietly-introduces-2013-sorento.html">Sorento's</a> interior. The latest iteration of the Sorento, which will be sold as a 2014MY in the States, features a redesigned LCD instrument cluster plus a new center console with a 7-inch display screen and more modern and upscale controls for the audio and air conditioning systems. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/2014-kia-sorento-receives-its-video.html#more">Read more »</a>

Kia Kia Sorento Kia Videos Korea New Cars Video 2014 Kia Sorento Receives its Video Debut in South Korea, Plus First Interior Shots

As you would expect, Kia is showing more of its revamped Sorento crossover in its home market of South Korea where the current generation i...

Kia Officially Reveals Refreshed 2014 Sorento SUV

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/kia-officially-reveals-refreshed-2014.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5755339449023886642" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6WaRhLsWrr0/T98SvFzcdTI/AAAAAAAH8nA/KRz0gbye7NY/s800/2014-Kia-Sorento-4.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Ending several months of <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Kia%20Scoops">spy shots</a> and close ups of <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/2014-kia-sorento-crossover-updated.html">prototype models</a>, Kia today officially lifted the covers off the facelifted Sorento crossover that will be sold in the U.S as a 2014 model. The mid-cycle refresh brings a host of improvements that include styling and equipment upgrades as well as what Kia is describing as a "re-engineered bodyshell" and "a new chassis". <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g6HERbO8iGU/T98S2NyfPeI/AAAAAAAH8nQ/ATFBqzfbdRg/s1600/2014-Kia-Sorento-5.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5755339571426442722" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g6HERbO8iGU/T98S2NyfPeI/AAAAAAAH8nQ/ATFBqzfbdRg/s200/2014-Kia-Sorento-5.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 94px;"></a>The exterior changes are concentrated on the two ends with Kia’s designers having created new headlamps with LED positioning lights, a re-styled tailgate with LED taillights, and re-sculptured front and rear bumpers with vertical-axis fog lights, plus a new selection alloy wheel designs up to 19-inches in size. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/kia-officially-reveals-refreshed-2014.html#more">Read more »</a>

Kia Kia Sorento New Cars Paris Auto Show Kia Officially Reveals Refreshed 2014 Sorento SUV

Ending several months of spy shots and close ups of prototype models , Kia today officially lifted the covers off the facelifted Sorento cr...

2014 Kia Sorento Crossover's Updated Looks are a Secret No More

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/2014-kia-sorento-crossover-updated.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5754326130918223714" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e_90CZFDO-8/T9t5INsg72I/AAAAAAAH7i4/1l2UviJkdLg/s800/2014-Kia-Sorento-3.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> The refreshed for the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/spied-kia-drops-camouflage-on-2014.html">2014 model year Kia Sorento</a> has been inadvertently revealed early as a completely undisguised model was photographed (allegedly) in its home market of South Korea. The obvious bodywork changes concern the redesigned fascia with new headlights sporting "eyebrow" accents on top, a wider upper grille that now extends to the lights and a new front bumper with different air vents and upright fog lamps. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/2014-kia-sorento-crossover-updated.html#more">Read more »</a>

Kia Kia Scoops Kia Sorento Paris Auto Show Scoops 2014 Kia Sorento Crossover's Updated Looks are a Secret No More

The refreshed for the 2014 model year Kia Sorento has been inadvertently revealed early as a completely undisguised model was photographed ...

Spied: Kia Drops the Camouflage on the 2014 Sorento's Lights

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/spied-kia-drops-camouflage-on-2014.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753614962313163570" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uG5Wzt4EEoU/T9jyUwMMczI/AAAAAAAH5ds/pIGgi5Iyvxs/s800/2014-Kia-Sorento-FL-005.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Just last week, we showed you a <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/is-new-face-of-2014-kia-sorento.html">revealing spy picture</a> sourced from South Korea that spoiled Kia's surprise for the front-end styling of the revamped 2014 Sorento. Now, our scoop photographers completed one more piece of the puzzle by nabbing a new prototype of the crossover without any camouflage disrupting our view of the newly designed tail lamps (or the headlamps, for that matter). <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/spied-kia-drops-camouflage-on-2014.html#more">Read more »</a>

Kia Kia Scoops Kia Sorento Paris Auto Show Scoops Spied: Kia Drops the Camouflage on the 2014 Sorento's Lights

Just last week, we showed you a revealing spy picture sourced from South Korea that spoiled Kia's surprise for the front-end styling of...

Is the New Face of the 2014 Kia Sorento Crossover?

Kia Kia Scoops Kia Sorento Paris Auto Show Scoops Is the New Face of the 2014 Kia Sorento Crossover?

While Kia engineers continue to test the 2014 model year Sorento Crossover in Germany at the Nürburgring and in other parts of the world un...

Scoop: 2014 Kia Sorento Crossover to get a Styling Update

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/scoop-2014-kia-sorento-crossover-to-get.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5745844055304645970" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UowRwQ387_4/T71Wubs5LVI/AAAAAAAHs40/B3J4SLCNrr0/s800/2014-Kia-Sorento-3.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> For the second time this year, our spy shooters have caught up with a prototype of the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/spied-kia-prepares-sorento-crossover.html">facelifted Kia Sorento crossover,</a> which will likely be badged as a 2014 model in North America and a 2013 model in Europe and other parts of the world. Interestingly, this latest prototype features more styling changes than the previous model we scooped. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/scoop-2014-kia-sorento-crossover-to-get.html#more">Read more »</a>

Kia Kia Scoops Kia Sorento Scoops Scoop: 2014 Kia Sorento Crossover to get a Styling Update

For the second time this year, our spy shooters have caught up with a prototype of the facelifted Kia Sorento crossover, which will likely ...

Kia Quietly Introduces 2013 Sorento with Equipment Upgrades

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/kia-quietly-introduces-2013-sorento.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720203065875260146" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-deSnAyZH9Lk/T2I-YaiYYvI/AAAAAAAHFUs/t-LcufAbb2g/s800/2013-Kia-Sorento-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> We don't want to get you overly excited, but while we were busy with the Geneva Motor Show debuts, Kia quietly dropped information on its 2013 <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Kia%20Sorento">Sorento crossover</a>. Don't go looking for any styling tweaks, though, as the 2013 model year is all about equipment enhancements and packaging upgrades. First of all, the mid-level EX trim gains new standard leather seating while the LX V6 trim gets a newly standard third-row seat, and the base LX grade now offers the optional UVO powered by Microsoft voice-activated infotainment system. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/kia-quietly-introduces-2013-sorento.html#more">Read more »</a>

Kia Kia Sorento New Cars Kia Quietly Introduces 2013 Sorento with Equipment Upgrades

We don't want to get you overly excited, but while we were busy with the Geneva Motor Show debuts, Kia quietly dropped information on it...

Spied: Kia Prepares Sorento Crossover for its First Makeover

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/spied-kia-prepares-sorento-crossover.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711681496246704802" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2nhyN9bwL1E/T0P4Dx302qI/AAAAAAAGxCo/mMlkBe2kO0E/s800/2013-Kia-Sorento-2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Now in its third year of production, <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Kia%20Sorento">Kia's Sorento crossover</a> is getting ready for its first mid-life facelift, possibly for the 2013 model year. Judging by these spy pictures of a prototype model being trialed in Europe, we will see changes to the front fascia with newly designed headlamps featuring the very BMW-like "eyebrow" accents on top, as seen on recent Kia models such as the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/kia-shows-more-of-its-all-new-cee.html">Cee'd hatchback</a>, together with a tweaked grille and a new bumper design. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/spied-kia-prepares-sorento-crossover.html#more">Read more »</a>

Kia Kia Scoops Kia Sorento Scoops Spied: Kia Prepares Sorento Crossover for its First Makeover

Now in its third year of production, Kia's Sorento crossover is getting ready for its first mid-life facelift, possibly for the 2013 mo...

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