2014 Kia Sorento SX V-6 AWD | 2014 Kia Sorento SX V-6 AWD Images Review

2014 Kia Sorento SX V-6 AWD, 2014 Kia Sorento SX V-6 AWD Images Review :

Kia improves its three-row non-minivan without changing the model's basic appeal.

Nobody wanted the last Lotus Elan except for Kia. In 1995, Lotus managed to sell the Koreans the rights to its overpriced, front-drive roadster, and when it resumed production the following year as the Kia Elan, it looked like it had gone on a Pep Boys’ bender. A year later, Kia went bankrupt and collapsed into Hyundai’s financial embrace. The point of this story is not to remind you that the final Elan was an automotive succubus. Rather, the point is that the Lotus affair may have been Kia’s last big, dumb mistake.

We haven’t seen Kia roll snake eyes since hooking up with Hyundai. The product design and build quality have all improved radically, though theBuick-like Amanti was a close call. It’s gone, but the 2014 Kia Sorento features enough changes to be called “80-percent new” by the factory.

Specifications:

VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, 4-wheel-drive, 7-passenger, 5-door wagon PRICE AS TESTED: $38,550 (base price: $37,550) ENGINE TYPE: DOHC 24-valve V-6, aluminum block and heads, direct fuel injection Displacement: 204 cu in, 3342 cc Power: 290 hp @ 6400 rpm Torque: 252 lb-ft @ 5200 rpm TRANSMISSION: 6-speed automatic with manual shifting mode DIMENSIONS: Wheelbase: 106.3 in Length: 184.6 in Width: 74.2 in Height: 67.5 in Curb weight: 4204 lb

C/D TEST RESULTS: Zero to 60 mph: 7.0 sec Zero to 100 mph: 19.8 sec Zero to 110 mph: 24.8 sec Rolling Start, 5–60 mph: 7.7 sec Standing ¼-mile: 15.6 sec @ 91 mph Top speed (C/D est): 120 mph Braking, 70–0 mph: 177 ft Roadholding, 200-ft-dia skidpad*: 0.75 g FUEL ECONOMY: EPA city/highway: 18/24 mpg C/D observed: 19 mpg *Stability-control inhibited. TEST NOTES: Surprising low-end punch. Quick shifts from the transmission. Brake fade crept in after a few hard stops. Stability control hurts skidpad performance

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