There is a partial identity crisis going on with this latest generation of the Kia Sorento. It almost seems as if it’s not quite sure what it wants to be now that it’s all grown up. To understand where the Sorento originated from back in 2004, it was this sort of SUV that competed against the Toyota 4Runner and Isuzu Rodeo by offering a truck style body-on-frame, proper four-wheel drive and a V-6 engine that got terrible fuel consumption. Believe me, I should know, I owned one.
Having gone towards the Mommy Wagon side of the tracks when it was later re-designed for 2011, it lost its way with the whole front-wheel drive, uni-body frame and premium comfort features. Obviously, a lot has changed since then and as we gear into its fourth generation, Kia is trying to bring back some of its original ideology. The…
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