Kia Sorento 2.2 CRDi KX-4 auto - pictures

The Kia Sorento is a 7-seater SUV with great practicality. 

Sole 2.2 CRDi diesel engine is coupled with a range of automatic and manual gearboxes. 

The Sorento has been styled to appeal to markets across the world.

The Kia's interior is the best to date and even compares with the best German rivals. 

There's plenty of space in the back for taller passengers. 

Even the rearmost seats fit two adults with ease.

With all the seats folded down, the boot space is a large 1,662 litres, which is 18 litres down on the Hyundai Santa Fe.

The Sorento's load cover can be stored beneath the boot floor. 

The Sorento features Kia's 7-year, 100,000-mile warranty.

The KX-3 model gets xenon headlights, although you have to upgrade to the KX4 model to get fully adaptive headlights.  

The rear gets LED-tail lights and a roof spoiler. 

<p class="short-teaser">The Kia Sorento is a 7-seater SUV with bold styling and great levels of space and practicality.</p>

<span>The 2.2-litre diesel is the only engine of choice, offering 197bhp and 441Nm of torque. All cars come with standard four-wheel drive, with a choice of manual and automatic gearboxes available.&nbsp;</span>

<span>Engine and road noise is well insulated, but thanks to the sizeable wing mirrors, wind noise does become intrusive at higher speeds for the Sorento.&nbsp;</span>

The steering on the Sorento&nbsp;<span>is quite light and offers little feedback, while using the Drive Mode Select button makes very little difference to increase feel.</span> <span>Body roll is otherwise good for such a large car.

<span>Fuel economy and CO2 emissions are decent for such a large car. Entry-level manual cars on 17-inch wheels will be capable of 49.6mpg and 149g/km of CO2, while those with bigger wheels return a still-respectable 46.3mpg.</span>

<span>The Sorento may be a tempting choice for people with caravans and horseboxes. The manual model is able to tow 2,500kg load, with the automatic towing a little less at 2,000kg.</span>

<span>Offering all the functionality of a seven-seater MPV but in a more attractive SUV body shape, family cars don’t get much more practical than the Sorento.</span>

<span>The large central screen surrounded by brushed aluminium-effect plastic looks suitably upmarket, but t<span>here are still a few questionable materials to be found around the Sorento's cabin.</span></span>

The optional panoramic roof floods the Sorento's cabin with light but doesn't affect headroom either.

<span>The second row of seats in the Sorento also fold flat and can slide back and forth to accommodate larger passengers in the third row.</span> <span>Passengers sat here have their own<span>&nbsp;USB charging point too.</span></s

The seven seats, arranged in a 2+3+2 configuration, can be configured in a variety of ways. With the third row in place there’s 142 litres of boot space, but when not needed they fold away and&nbsp;free up a more useful 605 litres of s

<span>A host of new safety systems are available on the Kia Sorento, including&nbsp;<span>lane departure warning system, a self-parking function, and adaptive cruise control.&nbsp;</span></span>

<span>A new 360-degree Around View function is available on higher spec Sorentos. This uses four cameras to show the driver the view around the car.</span>