11-13-2009, 01:53 PM
From: http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/car/...cond_drive
2011 Kia Sorento - Second Drive
Kia’s U.S.-built Sorento crosses into competitiveness.
BY STEVE SILER
November 2009
Forget everything you knew about the Kia Sorento—if you knew anything at all. The former body-on-frame SUV has been reinvented in its second generation as a far more relevant, if slightly less macho, crossover. And not a moment too soon.
“Everything is new except for the Sorento name,” says Sorento product strategy manager Steve Hirashiki. He’s right. Even its birthplace is new. Built at Kia’s brand-spankin’-fresh factory in West Point, Georgia, about 85 miles southwest of Atlanta, the Sorento is the American car industry’s newest naturalized citizen.
Rest of story here.
2011 Kia Sorento - Second Drive
Kia’s U.S.-built Sorento crosses into competitiveness.
BY STEVE SILER
November 2009
Forget everything you knew about the Kia Sorento—if you knew anything at all. The former body-on-frame SUV has been reinvented in its second generation as a far more relevant, if slightly less macho, crossover. And not a moment too soon.
“Everything is new except for the Sorento name,” says Sorento product strategy manager Steve Hirashiki. He’s right. Even its birthplace is new. Built at Kia’s brand-spankin’-fresh factory in West Point, Georgia, about 85 miles southwest of Atlanta, the Sorento is the American car industry’s newest naturalized citizen.
Rest of story here.