The year is almost over, but there is still time to launch new models and The fourth generation Kia Sorento may arrive in Malaysia before we turn over the final sheet of the 2022 calendar, as these images might suggest. In fact, there appear to be two of these moving in tandem, with the black one following the gray one.
Posted on the Facebook page of Kia Sorento Owners Club Malaysia, these images are of the model that made its global debut in March 2020 and has since been tipped to make its Malaysian debut in the final quarter of 2022. according to an analysis report by RHB Investment Bank.
Around this time last year, Kia Malaysia revealed the Sorento as one of four CKD (domestic assembled) cars. binding model for our marketand will be the second of two models set for launch in 2022; the other is MPV . festival It’s a Released in July this year.
The local distributor of the Bermaz brand has also previously confirmed that the SUV – sold internationally in five- and seven-seat versions – will be available in Malaysia as an internal combustion engine, a hybrid and a plug. -in conventional hybrid. Two ICE engines are available for the Sorento globally, a 2.5-liter turbocharged petrol unit with 281 PS and a 2.2-liter turbocharged diesel with 202 PS, both mated to an automatic transmission. eight-speed dual-clutch.
The hybrid version of the Sorento is equipped with a 4-cylinder, turbocharged, 1.6-liter gasoline engine, combined with a 60-horsepower electric motor for a combined output of 230 horsepower, while the version hybrid PHEV get a more powerful electric motor rated at 91 PS. This is powered by a 13.8 KWh lithium-ion battery, with an electric range of 51 km on the WLTP cycle. Both hybrid versions have a six-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive.
Key features of the fourth-generation Sorento include Highway Driving Assist 2 (HDA2) offering Level 2 semi-autonomous driving, remote parking assist, and a technical instrument cluster. 12.3-inch digital, 10.25-inch central touchscreen and Bose sound system. , however, we’ll have to wait to know for sure what its Malaysia kit list includes.
LIBRARY: 2022 Kia Sorento Plug-in Hybrid
