2025 KiaSorento Plug-In Hybrid EX For Sale

After a ton of research on many mid size SUVs, I went on test drives. After driving the 2021 Sorento SX Prestige, the choice was simple. This SUV has safety, comfort, performance, and convience features of vehicles costing many thousands more. The ride quality is outstanding and a pleasure to drive. The power from the turbo charged engine will totally surprise you. KIA is now a manufacturer of quality and value which others better pay attention to. Namely Toyota, Honda and any domestic vehicle on the road today. I will gladly compare my Sorento to ANY vehicle. KIA nailed it. Please, if you are in the market for a mid size SUV, just head to a KIA dealership and check out this amazing vehicle.

BE CAUTION WHEN LOOKING AT THIS VEHICLE! Driving to work, only the second time I drove my 2023 Kia Sorento EX X-Line, it went limp after trying to accelerate from a stopped position at a stop sign. I thought that was odd, but maybe just a hiccup from it being new. Driving home from work that night, only the third time driving the vehicle, I was stopped at a red light and when it was time to go I accelerated like normal and the car completely turned off on me. The headlights, dash board, computer screen, power, everything turned off while I was driving in the dark at rush hour. I had owned the car for less than 48 hours before heading to the dealership to unwind the deal and return the car. I loved how the Sorento looked inside and out and thought it would be a good car being new, but couldn't risk it happening again. After some research after the fact, I found alot of people have experienced this as well.

I've had this vehicle for almost a year now. I was hesitant to buy a Kia based on a number of anecdotal horror stories, but I needed a 3-row hybrid on short notice for a school carpool--I just couldn't bear burning gas while sitting in a carline--and this was about the only one I could find so here we are. Overall, I've been pleasantly surprised. It feels solid the way older Kias decidedly do not, it drives very smoothly, and now that I've figured out how to work with the electric/gas engine transition points I can get well over 40mpg in the city, which is 75% of my driving. Mileage does dip a bit in the winter when the gas engine is required to heat the cabin, but even then I've not had a tank below 37. A couple things I do not love: --The beige faux-leather upholstery is comfy in all weather, but it's not wearing particularly well. It already looks worn and a bit faded. --The fact that Apple CarPlay only works when the phone is physically attached via USB is maddening. My last car was a 2017 and CarPlay worked flawlessly via bluetooth. Kia service says there will be an update for this "in a few months," but that was 11 months ago and still nothing...and it will probably come with a hefty price tag. --There is an unnatural delay every time you touch any "button" on the touchscreen, be it the permanent options to the left and right of the screen or live code-driven buttons, before there is any response. I've gotten used to it, but for the first few weeks it was pretty annoying, especially when driving. Now, when I want to, say, change from radio to navigation I'll just touch "nav", look back at the road, and then it'll be there when I look back. Seems like this is something they can fix in future models, and perhaps even with a firmware update. --I live in a mountainous region, and sometimes the transition from electric to gas at slow speeds going uphill can be very herky-jerky. You basically stop going forward for a beat and then lurch onward when the gas kicks in. It's not a big deal and overall the transitions are VERY smooth, but this does happen regularly in that one particular situation. If you don't have occasion to drive very slowly up steep hills, this will never come up. All in all, it's a better car than I thought I was getting and I feel like the $41K sticker is reasonable (it's the EX trimline with all the cool stuff). I had to pay a little bit above that because this was the only EX hybrid available this side of the Mississippi when I needed to buy it, but I imagine those days are over as it looks like there is plenty of inventory today.