@DrivenCarReviews You certainly work hard to give us excellent car reviews and outstanding video content; and it is very much appreciated!!!!😀🔥👍 Do what you have to do, Tom!!!! Video editing is complicated. I'm still subscribing💪😎
Tom, I really do appreciate the red light yellow light green light portion of the videos is sort of synthesizes all of your core ideas into bullet points that are easily digestible and really helps in the decision making for the purchase of a vehicle. I don’t know about the other comments, but if you could please return that it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you by the way I’ve been following you since your days at the New York Times.
I might do a quick distillation at the end without the graphics and all. I'll add it takes a lot of time to edit, I'm trying to get some of my life back.
Good review as always. If you want to cut some unnecessary fluff, I'd suggest skipping the 20 or so seconds spent revving the engine & listening to the exhaust. May be useful for a few HiPo cars but not family haulers and econ-cars
I logged in just to disagree with you lol… that was my favorite part. It felt like I was really getting to know the car more in that moment and I loved how it was edited switching between those 3 camera angles.
Great review, as usual! I agree with your decision about redlight/greenlight. Your reviews are always so thorough and thoughtful, It was redundant. No need to spend your time putting the segment together either; you've done enough. Viewers can always use the chapters to find & rewatch sections for clarity.
There isn't an Ascent Wilderness, but my guess is you could equip the Ascent with some AT tires and it would likely be similar, if not even better "off road". There's also a pretty robust aftermarket available for Subaru vehicles, so if you really want to have fun, you certainly get. Rear diff lockers, lifts, off road bumpers and wheel and tire combinations are likely an option if you want to play rougher. Most "off road" versions of regular vehicles are barely more than a trim level with minimal actual changes to the vehicle to improve its off road capability. The different wheel and tire combo is good and does make a difference, but increased ride heights, improved approach and departure angles, improved gearing and cooling all really help these types of vehicles in more challenging terrain environments, but most don't offer these options on their "off road" variants. Lastly, I have no idea why they put a dual clutch transmission in this. Like it's sister, the Santa Fe, it's the wrong transmission for this type of vehicle. It should have a traditional torque converter automatic. It will be smoother in regular daily driving (especially in traffic and low speed crawling) as well as likely be more reliable and trouble free. DCTs are very likely to overheat if you attempt anything mildly challenging off road. There's a reason why they aren't used in ANY off road vehicle. They should be reserved for "sporty" cars, not family crossovers, especially ones where you are marketing this as a light off roader.
Thank you, Tom! Thank you, Martin! Great video as always. The Sorrento isn't for me - a single guy - but there are a lot of other great choices from Kia and Hyundai.
Great review, nice SUV! I had a 2020 Telluride and loved it. Don’t know why this has a DCT… I worked in product planning at Kia and we tried did research on the DCTs and made proposals to Korea to get rid of them in vehicles. And I love the “red light green light” section of your reviews! Please continue it and all of your great work!
7:44 like the main point of cameras like this is to be able to navigate in tighter spots more confidently... but there's lika foot blacked out in each direction! XD
Sounds like an ideal combination Tom. If it were a hybrid it would get over 30mpg. Really nice that Kia still has a spare despite the addition of two extra seats.
Green light: I appreciate a well organized synopsis at the end of a review. Yellow light: It’s becoming harder to differentiate car reviewers as they eliminate unique elements of their craft. Red light: The loss of this aspect of Tom’s great videos.
In a world of "gas, ass and grass" this fun-sized Gangnam Chariot gets 1 of them, but fortunately, Tom, it's the most fundamental, (gas that is, arguably) so stomp the go-pedal to the floor and have fun in this all-new for 2024 Sorento! Wunderbar! Guggenheim!
You can make the infotainment/HVAC controls default to the screen you use the most if you hold the symbol between the two systems on the slim touchscreen. That way after you change what you need, it can go back to the screen you use the most. It's still annoying there's an extra step to change something, but you can make it more simple to operate.
Great review and information 👍👍 Please think about keeping Red light Green light, it's one of the many things I like about your channel 🙂. P.S. Thanks Martin Campbell 👍
I’m surprised Hyundai & Kia made their midsized crossovers (Santa Fe & Sorento) three rows exclusively. I heard non-American markets can get a two row version of this model.
