The Kia Sorento
The Kia Sorento has been on production since the year 2002. The Sorento is a medium size crossover SUV, produced by the South Korean automobile company called Kia Motors.
The first generation of this vehicle was from the year 2002 through 2009. During the first generation the Kia Sorento manual five speed and the four or five speed automatic transmission was available for its customers. The American version of the vehicle had available dual front and side curtain airbags in the front and rear. This vehicle is capable off road with the usage of the automatic drive system with low range gearing. This automobile common features of the first generation are the following: Four wheel disk brakes, 21.1 gallon full tank and the anti lock brake system. The Sorento chassis is based of ladder frame, which is also used for truck building.
In the year 2007, this vehicle had receive several upgrades such as the following: Projector beams, new tail lamps, transition to 3.8L Lambda, five speed tip tronic sportmatic transmission, grille facelift, etc. The second generation of the Sorento was from 2009 to present. In the year 2009 a new face of the Sorento was launched in South Korea, but was built in the United States. The new generation of the vehicle has a new corporate grille called Tiger Nose and the Kia Sorento diesel. By the year 2011 this vehicle was available in three models, which vary on their engine and extra accessories of the vehicle.
The Kia Sorento parts of any year model can be gathered at any dealership of the company. The 2012 Kia Sorento is already available for all customers. This vehicle has been award with a five star safety rating from several crash tests done by the crash safety experts.