![]() ![]() Better to fold it down and open up more than 75 cubic feet of cargo room. But the third-row seat has one of the lowest bottom cushions we’ve sampled. We like Kia’s second-row captain’s chairs and their sliding seat tracks-more leg room or cargo room, your call. With slightly more interior space than before the Sorento can comfortably seat four adults, with a fifth in the middle bench seat position for short trips. All Sorentos have admirable ride quality, but there’s more powertrain noise and more suspension noise than in the past, and some interior trim dazzles in looks and disappoints in feel. The non-hybrid turbo-4’s the best and brightest performer, but the coming plug-in hybrid intrigues us. A trio of powertrain choices starts with a 191-hp inline-4, turbocharges that engine for 281 hp, or veers off into hybrid territory with a smaller turbo engine strapped with batteries and an electric motor. The driving experience is better in some ways, with more lively steering and braking than in the past. With the electric-razor grille, metallic flags and fillips, and a cabin with exotically shaped vents, the 2021 Sorento reaches for new inspiration-and we don’t think it’s grasped it yet. The shape’s new, and it presents some more challenges than the smooth, anodyne Sorento that it replaces. We give it a TCC Rating of 6.7 out of 10, now that crash-test scores are in. It’s good for families who need extra seats on occasion, and for those who want better fuel economy than non-hybrid SUVs. ![]()
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