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Car Tech: 2012 Kia Sorento EX

2012-06-08
three rows of seating in a package that won't entirely outraged the Sierra Club let's drive the 2012 kia sorento IX and check the tech the sorento is in keeping with Kia's ethic more on the handsome side of the Hyundai Kia duo a fairly crisply folded crossover with a third row of seats they take up the cargo area though so you'll face choices like passengers or luggage not and inside I find key is to be affordably handsome sort of like a suit from the gap you'll want the premium Plus package though to get 10-speaker infinity sound and built-in navigation but if you go that way you can't get the UVO system which is their advanced voice control for entertainment and such Bluetooth hands-free will be there in any case of course we would opt for that premium Plus package for the better audio and navigation and skip UVO at this point but that's not a choice you should have to make media sources will be am/fm CD USB plus iPod bluetooth streaming and an aux jack our e^x is a mid-level vehicle and it has not to be six or the old four-cylinder but a brand new more modern direct injection for that is 2.4 liters cranks out a hundred and ninety-one horsepower and a hundred and eighty one foot pounds of torque both those numbers improved over the last four it'll get this vehicle to sixty in a little over eight seconds while delivering 22 32 mpg and both those numbers are up to from the previous engine power goes out through a six-speed automatic in all cases to either the front wheels or optionally all for the handling is good the ride is firm that's sort of a Kia trait anyway they generally tune that direction compared to equivalent Hyundai's a Sorento X starts at 27 grand adds 1700 for all-wheel drive the big one is the Premium Plus package its $3,200 and there's really nothing else on the option list you have to think about to roll scene that style
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