It would be interesting to see how the PHEV would do with its conventional 6 spd. I suspect it will still struggle to transfer torque but not tap put like this did. Bummer since I bought a PHEV. Knew it wasn’t a rock crawler but was hoping it would do better on a hill climb.
I just bought a lx premium in Canada, and it has sand, mud, and snow modes, but no "diff lock." Strange, they would leave those modes out for the higher trims. Also the lower trimes have car play wireless. Again not sure why the lower trims have these
I got to disagree with you gentlemen. This test really proves how a DCT isn’t satisfactory in off-road situations. Kia really dropped the ball in creating this supposed off road package and failing to insert a proper transmission. I’m convinced a CVT would’ve performed better. Subaru has proven that without question. Kia has access to a decent traditional automatic that’s used in the Telluride, so what gives Kia? I’m assuming that Kia has a warehouse full of DCT’s that have to go in something.
Fair point, but just to clarify, we are praising that they made this with a DCT because of its attributes on pavement, which is where nearly all of the Sorentos live. Kia did the math, and they know what this vehicles owners really use them for. And the DCT is worlds better than a CVT for that use. As you noticed, off road (tire in the air) is a worst case scenario for DCT transmissions.
That would be great, except we don’t work that way. And Kia is not looking for off road verification on a vehicle like this. If anything they would want that on the X Pro, not the X Line. Thanks for watching.
