Kia made a lot of noise with the American debut of the 2021 Sorento crossover, and there was an express style that we hadn’t noticed when the World Sorento was revealed before this year: the Sorento X-Line. a physically powerful style, a superior frame height and some other special features. Kia’s little Soul was the first to offer an X-Line version, and it turns out there’s a sure bet that there will also be similar packages in Kia’s. other crossovers – in fact, Kia, in spite of everything, has shown a couple of Seltos X-Line Auto Show concepts from Los Angeles.
Visually differentiating the X-Line from the Sorentos in general are larger bumpers with imitation sliding plate elements, 20-inch dark grey wheels, bridge-shaped roof rails and some external badges. the Sorento for a total of 8. 3 inches, about an inch less than a Subaru Outback, and Kia says the X-Line also has better technique and starting angles.
Kia claims that the X-Line is only available with four-wheel drive and that the only engine option is the Sorento’s 2. 5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder, which produces 281 horsepower and 311 pound-feet of torque. It is known whether the Sorento plug-in hybrid coming next year will be held as an X-Line, but the popular hybrid is banned because it is front-wheel drive. The Sorento 2021’s all-wheel drive formula includes torque vector generation and the central locking differential and AWD models also gain advantages in a snow handling mode.
The X-Line package will only be presented at the high-point SX-Prestige endpoint right now, which means it will be very good inside and come with a lot of stuff. The Sorento in these images is finished in the beautiful green color of Aruba, which is exclusive to the X-Line, with a rusty leather (beige) interior accented through genuine wood ornaments. It features padded leather, captain-like armchairs in the second row that glide and recline, a 10. 25-inch touchscreen and a 12. 3-inch touchscreen. The new Sorento is available with features such as a 360-degree camera setup, wireless phone charging, a 12-speaker Bose audio formula and 8 USB ports, all of which are popular on X-Line.
We anticipate that all the safety features of the new Sorento will also be popular with the X-Line. Each Sorento 2021 benefits from automated emergency braking, pedestrian detection and popular lane tracking lend one hand, however, there are a number of new optional features such as adaptive stop and start cruise control, cyclist detection, rear cross traffic alert , go out and lend a hand and a blind spot camera system.
We still don’t know the value of the X-Line or the new Sorento overall, however the high-end 2020 Sorento SX starts at just over $ 40,000, so expect a value for the new SX-Prestige. It will be successful in US dealerships later this year, and the values are expected to be announced close to the launch date.
This was originally published on Roadshow.
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