After Kia unveiled its latest SUV, the Sorento, it’s now making ready for the launch, which is scheduled for 4th September 2026. The Kia Sorento has began arriving on the stockyards of some dealerships in Maharashtra, as proven within the photographs under. It seems the top-end variations are being introduced for show and check drives.
The Sorento out on Indian roads appears to be like substantial and premium as effectively. In entrance of different Kia automobiles, within the video, it does look greater than each different product, other than the Carnival. General, it’ll give a tricky competitors as effectively.
Exterior
Wanting on the exterior of spy pictures, it has a placing new look with ice-cube-shaped LED headlamps with LED DRLs, together with a typical Kia nostril upfront, and a break up air-intake setup down the bumper with LED fog lamps current in it.
Within the profile, you possibly can see the Sorento appears to be like huge, and with the chrome window line that rises down on the finish of the rear quarter of the physique, it does add a premium contact to it. It additionally has body-coloured door handles and facet door cladding as effectively. It additionally comes with fashionable dual-tone end alloy wheels that look good with it.
On the rear, the Sorento options break up LED taillamps, together with a sculpted tailgate look, with the Kia brand within the centre. With an built-in spoiler and a high-mount cease lamp, it additionally provides a sporty contact to it. To take care of the clear rear look, it hides the rear wiper and washer underneath the rear spoiler. Down on the bumper, it will get a silver skid plate together with the reverse lamps positioned in it
Options & Security
The Sorento is anticipated to characteristic a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen system with wi-fi Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, and new first-in-the-segment generative AI with linked automotive expertise in addition to a 12.3-inch digital driver’s show. Additionally it is getting powered and ventilated entrance seats with a reminiscence operate for the motive force’s seat, and a premium Bose sound system. Together with these, it might even have a wi-fi cellphone charger, a panoramic sunroof, dual-zone local weather management, rear window sunshades, and a Kind-C cell charging port as effectively.
Whereas the protection tools just isn’t confirmed but, it’s anticipated to have 6 airbags, Stage-2 ADAS (Superior Driver Help System), a 360-degree digital camera, an in-built dashcam for entrance and rear views, a tyre strain monitoring system (TPMS), digital parking brake (EPB), digital stability management (ESC), digital IRVM for added visibility, and ISOFIX little one seat mounts.
Powertrain Choices
Whereas Kia has confirmed that the Sorento will come to India with a diesel and a hybrid powertrain, they haven’t but formally revealed the specs. We count on it to be geared up with a 1.6-litre hybrid and a 2.2-litre diesel engine. At present, the worldwide model of the Kia Sorento comes with these specs for each powertrains:
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Engine |
2.2-litre Diesel |
1.6-litre Turbo-Petrol Hybrid |
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Energy |
202 PS |
238 PS (mixed) |
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Torque |
441 Nm |
380 Nm (mixed) |
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Transmission |
8-speed DCT |
eCVT |
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Drivetrain |
FWD |
AWD |
*AWD- All-wheel Drive, FWD- Entrance-wheel Drive, DCT- Twin Clutch Transmission
Launch Date, Anticipated Worth & Rivals
The Kia Sorento is quickly going to be launched on 4th September 2026, and is anticipated to be priced round Rs 30 lakh(ex-showroom), which places this SUV in competitors with the likes of the Mahindra XUV 7XO, Tata Safari and the newly launched MG Hector Tomahawk PHEV.
