These wanting a 2023 Kia Sorento Hybrid mannequin must pay a bit extra in comparison with final yr. A shuffling of trim ranges takes the SUV nicely past the $40,000 mark whereas additionally elevating the bottom MSRP by $2,500.
New for 2023 is the Sorento Hybrid SX Status, or SX-P for brief. It serves because the flagship of the road, that includes standard-issue all-wheel drive with a middle locking differential. The upscale SX-P additionally will get normal 17-inch alloy wheels, leather-based seats, second-row captain’s chairs, an influence rear liftgate, the high-end Bose stereo system, and a 12.3-inch instrument cluster, amongst different issues.
By way of expertise, the SX-P has navigation-based cruise management, a 360-degree digital camera, and it is decked out with Kia’s Drive Smart suite of driver assists. That features lane-keep help, ahead collision warning with emergency braking, blind spot and rear-traffic collision avoidance help, and radar cruise management. Occupant techniques similar to secure exit help and rear occupant alert are additionally a part of that bundle, and truly, this suite is normal on all Sorento trims.
Talking of different trims, there are nonetheless simply two. With the addition of SX-P comes the lack of the entry-level S trim. The EX is now the brand new point-of-entry for Sorento Hybrid consumers, which is the rationale for the aforementioned $2,500 improve in base MSRP. Yr-over-year pricing on the EX is up $500 – not an enormous soar and that comes with an 8-way energy entrance passenger seat. There is a frameless rear view mirror as nicely.
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All 2023 Kia Sorento Hybrids have the identical 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine related to a 44-kilowatt electrical motor. The mixed output is 227 horsepower (169 kW) and 258 pound-feet (350 Newton-Meters) of torque. It reaches the wheels via a six-speed automated transmission, driving the entrance wheels on EX with all-wheel-drive non-obligatory.
A facelifted Kia Sorento is anticipated to reach in 2024.
