We love our new platinum 2013 diesel Sorento. It drives like a dream-purrs around town but plenty of grunt if you want to overtake up a hill. Great suspension, corners well, fabulous fuel economy and no blind spot in side mirrors! It is spacious-although the rear seats (6 and 7) are snug, it is good that 2nd row seat fold forward to allow access to 3rd row. The panoramic roof is aaaamazing-worth upgrading to top model just for that! The heated leather seats are very comfortable and the keyless entry is so convenient (however I do wish there was...Read more

We purchased our first new car. Went and seen the 3.5L 2011 Kia Sorento. We loved it and went home happy after signing the contact and picked up the car the next day. When we received the rego papers we noticed it said the car was a 2011 2.4L petrol. We went up to the salesmen and said what's this? He said that we signed for the base model 2.4L 4 cyl. We looked through all our paperwork and found yes we bought the base model but we shown a 3.5l which was also a base model at the same price. We went to ACCC and they researched for us weather we ...Read more

Just lately I have looked and test drove, always at least overnight the baby Lexus hybrid, Holden Volt, Santa Fe Highlander and done lots of homework on other possibilities from reading reviews and complaints etc. and I to have come off my snob ladder having owned Porsche, Subaru, Triumph Stag, Ford LTD, Holden Caprice and so many news cars of my many years and never have I been more impressed with the new model.

When I look at the long list of refinements, ventilated/air-conditioned seats, door handle lights.....well you can read brochures...Read more

Great car let down my a shocking dealer network. I test drove the car and said yep I take it, the sales manager said it would put it out back so it would not be used for demos that weekend. Picked up the car the following week and headed off, the thing was pulling left so badly my wife got sore arms. Dropped it into the dealer first thing Monday morning said they would fix it straight away, hours later they said they had done a wheel alignment, steering wheel now off centre so they must have done something. LHF tyre scrubbed out in 10K, got a w...Read more

Everything about the new Kia Sorento 2012 seemed fantastic, the economy is amazing for a 7 seater (or even a 5 seater ), spacious, well equipped, great price. But right from the start, it is almost impossible to select first gear - even if stopped for at least 5 seconds, with the clutch fully engaged, I had to take it into second gear before first gear in order to "line up" 1st gear. Salesman said it should loosen up by first service, when I took it back for 1500km service, the service manager told me to wait until 7500km service, "it should l...Read more

SLi MY11 2.2crdi have had the Sorento just over 12 months and have completed just over 33,000klms. Have towed a Lv535 Geist caravan for approx 28,000klm of total. Have had no mechanical problems and have not had any oil consumption issues at all, have had a problem with poor reception from the car radio. Had the vehicle into various dealers to try and rectify what they all acknowledge is a problem. Dealer response has been reasonable to appalling bad, problem still ongoing after 7months. After finally getting connected to customer service and s...Read more

We had been telling all our friends how much we loved the car - driving 18 months, and 70,000+ km without a single issue. Heaps of room, comfortable and stylish. We couldn't talk highly enough of our beloved Sorento. Then my husband had an accident with a kangaroo. Body work was fixed through insurance in a week, but an electrical problem was discovered. Our Sorento was taken to the biggest dealership in the state so repairs could be expedited - well from there things went down hill. Kia do not stock parts in Australia so each part had to be or...Read more

We had a Subaru Forester and loved it but it was time upsize with a 5 year old and another bubs on the way we decided a 7 seater would be functional as we may want friends and family to tag along on some trips.

We checked out the usual suspects and tried to be as objective as possible.

Kluger KX-S AWD - $61k Plus and real world Fuel consumption at 15-16L/100km after speaking with owners in shopping centre carparks and blogs. No 3 row split seat at the time, no leather seating to 3rd row, 5 speed auto

Mazda CX9 - $63K Mid Level AWD Spec...Read more

I don't actually own one of these, but my brother in law has one and I have driven his many times.
I must admit, I felt like a car snob because when he bought it, I was saying "it's a Kia so it's [censored word removed]" but when I first drove it, I was completely surprised just how good it is.

It is really comfortable and has a great driving position, just high enough for great vision, but not so high that it feels like a truck. On the highway and around the suburbs it drives and rides really well.
Potholes and dips don't bother it one bi...Read more

Have just done 5,000km through Victoria and Tasmania. Impressed by the performance, handling, comfort and good fuel economy (up to 40 mpg). SLi version has everything we wanted. Don't use the last row of seats but as they fold flat it gives plenty of luggage space. On the freeway at 110 km/h it gives around 40 mpg (7 litres/100km) and auto hardly changes down - tons of torque. Much better than the 4 speed auto Forester X we had.

November 21st 2016 Update: Problem free motoring

After 5 years driving the 2.2 litre turbo diesel Sorento I can...Read more

This car is fantastic. Just done 12k kms and has not missed a beat. Great to drive and perfect in size for an active family of 4 who wants to occasionally take a couple of extra people.

Towed a loaded 4x4 camper trailer and kayak on the roof for over 1000 k's sitting on over 100 in 35 degrees and no sign of the excess oil burning, the oil has not moved on the dipstick. It was a joy overtaking other cars with ease and still managed fuel economy of 10L per 100km.

Did some offroading on the sand dunes and the car performed very well. Got ove...Read more

We decided to go with a diesel all wheel drive as we do a lot of highway travel & the great Bruce Hwy in Qld is a bit of a mess in places. We wanted the option of 7 seats as we still have 3 of our 5 children at home + grandies starting to arrive. We have had Kias & Hyundais for the last 12 years so decided to stay in that realm. We found the Kia Sorrento has more comfortable seats in the mid level than the Santa Fe, that was the only difference so that was the decider.
Overall, after 30,000km in 6 months, it goes really well, my husband was sk...Read more

We had 03 Ford Escape which was getting to that time when stuff was about to go seriously wrong with major components. Overall we were very happy with the car and were wanting to find something with 7 seats and not to big. Looked at all the usual suspects in this range ie, Kluger, Santa Fe, Mazda, Territory and Captiva. Other than the Hyundai and Captiva all were fairly expensive. Just happen to walk past KIA dealer in Canberra and noticed the Sorrento's which looked quite stylish compared to previous models so took it for a drive and reasonabl...Read more

I have the Kia Sorento SVU in diesel engine and auto option and love it. The Sorento is a mid-size family car with seven seat option. I have a growing family so we decided to upgrade from a five seat sedan to the Kia Sorento and have been very happy with it. Car seats has plenty of legroom, head and shoulder room for passengers. Did i mention the Kia Sorento has the highest level of protection for your family which was our main reason for buying this car was the safety aspect. Features of the car include dual separate climate control which i lo...Read more

Bought the Sorento after owning a 2004 Outback Subaru. Loved the Subaru but wanted something that was more fuel efficient, diesel, auto and that could tow 1000 to 1400kgs with relative ease. The Subaru fell short on the auto side of things and their sales staff were unable to get one for me to drive. After driving the Sorento and getting my mind passes the Kia 'crap' and reading the reviews. I absolutely love it. Great motor and gear box, safe and well equipped and fun to drive. Yes the Subaru was a drivers car but chewed fuel and wore out tyre...Read more

Owned one for 10 months now, proved to be a good well built vehicle. I think the Koreans made a real attempt with this one to build a world class quality car that puts to rest that it is a inferior product.
Diesel gets outstanding economy, big car with small car thirst. Small turbo diesel is quiet and has gobs of grunt when pushed. Optional seven seats is very handy. Holds the road well without being too firm a ride. Nice to drive.
Soft plastic bumpers and bits, if you just drag your luggage out of the back you will scratch the top of your bump...Read more