#KiaSorento
#SorentoPHEV
#CoupleCarReview
This is a Motormouth couple car review of the 2022 Kia Sorento PHEV 3-row plug-in hybrid SUV. The Sorento PHEV has a 1.6L turbocharged 4-cylinder engine with an electric motor and a 6-speed automatic transmission. It has a combined 261 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque. AWD is standard and it runs on regular gas. This PHEV gets 51 km/32 miles of EV range and 740 km/460 miles of range fully fueled. It has excellent fuel economy earning a combined city/highway rating of 2.9Le/100km, 79 MPGe. With the battery depleted it gets 6.4L/100km, 35 MPG city and 7.0L/100km, 33 MPG highway. The Sorento has a rugged looking exterior with a satin chrome grille and trim, LED headlights and taillights as well as LED fog lights, 19” wheels and a temporary spare tire. A panoramic sunroof is standard on the top two trims in Canada but comes standard on the SX trim in the US. A smart power liftgate is standard on all trims. The Sorento PHEV offers 6.8 inches of ground clearance and the towing capacity is 2,000 pounds. It comes with plenty of standard safety features including, blind spot monitoring and rear-cross traffic alert, lane keep assist, lane follow assist, forward collision avoidance, front and rear parking sensors and 6 airbags. One thing you might notice in this PHEV compared to the gas model is the new shifter. The traditional shifter is gone and Kia moves to a dial shifter. The Telluride still has a traditional shifter, but I wonder if Kia will be moving all of their vehicles to this new shifter design. There are three trims to choose from in Canada and two in the US. You don’t really get a base model trim in the US, which is why the price point is quite high and more than the RAV4 Prime, Santa Fe PHEV and Outlander PHEV in the US. In Canada, the price is quite competitive. The base EX trim in Canada comes with plenty of standard features like an 8” touchscreen, heated front seats, leatherette upholstery, a heated steering wheel, a wireless charger, smart power lift-gate, front and rear parking sensors and blind-spot monitoring and rear-cross traffic alert. It is priced at $44,995 CAD so you qualify for the $2,500 Federal rebate in Canada. Why $2,500 and not $5,000? It has to do with the battery size, if a vehicle has a 15 kWh battery or bigger, it’s get the $5,000 rebate, if smaller it’s $2,500. The RAV4 Prime has a 18.1 kWh battery and the new Outlander PHEV coming out next year has a 20 kWh. Both get the $5,000 rebate. The EX+ trim gets extra features like a 10.25” touchscreen, panoramic sunroof and heated second row seats. The top trim has the head-up display, ventilated front seats, driver seat memory, a 12.3” digital driver display and automatic emergency braking with pedestrian/cyclist detection. In the US, the SX trim for $44,990 comes with all the standard features we get in Canada, but also adds a panoramic sunroof, driver seat memory and automatic emergency braking with pedestrian/cyclist detection.
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