LIVE: 2021 Kia Sorento Trim Lines Compared! 

Yes and manufacturers are not very good at explaining all differences between every trims on their website

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this! We'll try to do more in the future. It's always nice to know what people like about these videos.

@@SkodzGaming I find that sometimes the website leaves off really practical things that make a difference to people, I'm not perfect at this, but I do try to catch some of those things and demonstrate them. Thanks for watching!

Right! I don't see many reviews with several trim levels side by side. Other thing I would like to see the MSRP on the screen for each vehicle throughout the video to help determine what to go with at the end of the video especially if your trying to save

@@adriancastle90x25 When we use the RU-vid app for these live videos, we don't have the ability to put titles on the screen, but we do have the ability to interact with a live audience and answer their questions in real-time. Pricing information is usually fairly easy to find online at our dealer website, or the manufacturer website, so while I agree with you, we do the best with what we have available to us. Also, with Covid stuff going on, I have to work alone, and that can mean that I juggle a number of things while I'm live. I appreciate your suggestions though, and thank you for watching!

I appreciate all the likes, and comments! Thanks for watching!

Interesting! I haven't seen this car with running boards yet. Thanks for sharing.

Glad it was helpful!

Haha! Thanks for your kind words! We've got a LOT more planned this year!

Wow! Thanks for the high compliment (it may help that I don't actually sell cars, I let our team work with me on that)

Congratulations! You'll love it

Thanks for watching! I agree, it's interesting that you can't get the turbo model with a bench seat. I thought that was a strange choice too.

Me too considering sorento hybrid but they only have lx😕

Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how this plays out. I know that the captain's chairs have been in high demand on the Telluride, but we'll see what people think about this decision in the Sorento.

Cool! Where do you live?

Burlington. Not too far from you guys.. about a 25 min drive I’d say.

@@jttinamisan773 Oh man... I would have loved to have connected you with our team. Maybe next time.

Yeah, it does seem like a popular request to have a bench seat in the middle. We'll have to see if they do that in the future.

Time to move to Canada!

Haha! You have no idea how much it means to me to hear that these videos are useful to others! Thanks for watching! All the best with your new vehicle!

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to seeing that new Sportage.

Yeah, this is a great colour! I love doing videos with vehicles that have bright, unique colours like this!

Yeah! I really like this blue!

You don't have to hope! If those vehicles show up (which I'm expecting them to) I'll do complete reviews of them in multiple videos to make sure that you have the most complete look at them.

Ummmmm.... You might want to move to Canada. The U.S. doesn't always pick up those options in the second model year.

Good point! The EX has been hard to come by, and those that came in were sold and delivered quickly. If we don't have one in stock right at the moment, I expect to have one soon. I'll try to do that comparison, but at the very least, I'll get the EX up on the channel. The Sorento in general has been selling very well, and it's been tough to get certain trims in the video bay at the same time. Thanks for the request though! I'll get to it as soon as I can.

I can tell you that the companies that rate reliability and dependability around the world are consistently rating Kia vehicles very highly. The most recent J.D. Power Dependability study rates Kia as the top mainstream brand in the study, ahead of brands like Toyota and other brands that used to be top of the pack.

Yeah, that's an interesting decision that I'm curious to see how it plays out in real life. For my family of 4, it has no effect, but a family of 5 doesn't have the option of putting the third child in the middle row to have maximum use of the trunk for something like a roadtrip or vacation. That's the specific scenario that I see it being a compromise that not everyone will want.

@@BrantfordKia id be willing to go with the s trim and non turbo but I would have to see how it drives compared with the subaru forester. Also is a spare tire an option instead of the fix kit? That might be a deal breaker for me too.

I'd go with the non-turbo models just to get the extra seat. Family of 5 here and we often take along kids friends.

@@scottfurlong5475 Yeah, I wish a turbo model was available with the bench seat in the middle. My suggestion would be to make our X-Line that model, and make higher trims captains chair models.

Do these Sorrentos have that engine auto stop/start ? If so, is there a defeat button ? Does it have to be pressed every time the vehicle is started ?

I'm not sure... feel free to send me a picture through email if you like. I can be reached using the following link. www.brantfordkia.com/youtube.html

We're a dealer in Canada, these are all available for sale.

@@BrantfordKia oh, I thought they weren't available until later this year. That's great to hear that they are already available.

@@andrewcheung1523 Yeah. As a general rule of thumb, if you see them on our channel, they're probably available unless I clarify that they aren't yet. Anything filmed in the room that you see here, is filmed at our dealership, and up until this point, has been a car that we have available for sale. If you're local, feel free to reach out to us to see one for yourself!

Yes, we've sold several. It's a Kia Accessory.

Oh I missed a LOT of details on the SX model. We're going to come back to that vehicle and give it the time it deserves.

LOMBARD support lmao

I think it will hold up fine. Painted surfaces are often the most fragile on the outside of the car. To be fair, the styling like this is probably the way of the future for the time being. So "non functional" is going to be common.

There's a review by a guy called " Savagegeese" who shows how badly the piano black plastic is scratched up really badly at the door sills of the 2021 Sorrento SX. He has quite thorough reviews of vehicles. He even brings them into a shop and shows you the good and bad components underneath the vehicle too. That could be very important to some people.

@@keithglynn9237 I've seen some of his reviews. Keep in mind, he has zero incentive to do a straight review. He needs to be edgy to get hits, and therefore income, so sometimes I wonder if his complaints are as justified as he makes them sound.

No to both of those questions. The Telluride may be an option if you want those features, but the Sorento is captain's chairs only on any vehicle with the 2.5 litres turbo engine.

Anything without the Turbo engine. We have several on our lot right now. The Turbo engine is tough to get right now. It can easily be done, but there is often a wait.

I've heard nothing about that. Hyundai is about to introduce a sport truck pickup truck that excites me, but it's NOT a traditional pickup truck. It will be introduced on April 15th. An Australian Kia executive has gone on the record to say that Kia will be making a pickup truck for their market, but I haven't heard anything at all about what that may or may not be.

Keep it folded? No. Every 2021 Sorento has a third row seat.

I don't believe that we're getting the wood trim in Canada, but we have several burgundy leather Sorento's on order. Once we get one, we'll do a video.

@@BrantfordKia thank youu! Cant wait for the video

Not that I see. I'll double check again today. We'll take the SX in at 2:00 today for our live video, but I don't believe that it has ambient lighting.

Mine didn’t, wish it did

In the U.S. it might.

I'm not sure what the U.S. plans to do. I'm sorry. Unfortunately, we can't sell to Americans here. It's against our franchise agreement.

Yes to memory seats

So, just so I'm clear, I'm not sure how I said it in the video, but I want to be careful about what I promise. On the K5 (not the Sorento) we were told that ALL K5's will have wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, but only the 8" screen will have that at launch. So in the case of that car, all vehicles will get it, I'm just not sure when. When it comes to the Sorento, I don't have any official information on this, but it would be logical for me to assume that the Sorento will do the exact same thing. I'm trying to find out the full story.

Once a year update the uvo/ system

@@talon2rell In Canada some people use UVO and UVO Intelligence interchangeably so I just want to be clear that the UVO Intelligence updates through a cell phone app, but the car's software can be updated separately. So really, the user can update the MAPPING system on their own, and on some models that can update the main screen's software, but depending on which system you're talking about, it doesn't always work to update once a year.

@@BrantfordKia thanks for info. As a couple of months have passed im assuming no further updates regarding wireless android auto for sorento sx 2021?

@@anthonychiechi7836 I expect it, but they have not released a timeline. I'll definitely do a video when I find out that it's available!

Yeah, the new Sorento is a big step forward from where it was. I encourage you to test drive it! I think you'll like it!

Unfortunately, we can't sell new cars to the U.S. It's against our franchise agreement.

In Canada, only the SX does.

Not in Canada, not yet. It's possible that future model years will have different features and colours, but right now, that combination can't be had.

@@BrantfordKia Thanks so much...

Yeah, you know what... I hadn't realized that. I drive a lot of different cars here, so maybe it didn't stick out for me the same way it would for someone who drives the same car every day. I don't think there's a way to swap them. Interesting point!

@@BrantfordKia Maybe you can put the word in for me to flip it!

@@EricCrofut Haha! I have ZERO influence in the greater Kia world!

I've asked Kia Canada to give me an update on this. On the K5 we were assured that ALL K5's would receive wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, but only the 8" screen will come from the factory with this function, while the 10.25" screen will receive a future software update to enable it. I haven't heard the same thing with the Sorento, but it would VERY MUCH surprise me if this wasn't the same situation. I'm trying to get confirmation, but I haven't heard back yet.

Great! Happy to help!

That's a great question... I'm not entirely sure. I want to say yes, but I'm not positive.

@@BrantfordKia The Kia Sorento car manual available online makes reference only to “Air-conditioning” in the 3rd row which gives me a strong feeling that the 3rd row air vents only support cooling and not heating. A bit of a bummer.

Yeah, it's definitely a "rear air conditioner" I'm just not sure if it will also move residual hot air through the system.

On a push button car, you keep your foot OFF the brake, and press the start button ONCE for Accessory mode, and TWICE for ON. Obviously, if you press the brake pedal while pressing the start button, the car skips the Accessory and On mode and just turns over to start.

@@BrantfordKia Thank you for your time. I enjoy your training videos. Just purchased a 21 sorento ex+ trim.

@@tomernst577 Nice! Because of Covid, I haven't seen that vehicle yet. We usually get to see these before they make it to our dealership, but things are different this year. I'll see the EX+ tomorrow for the first time.

Hey, it sounds like you know exactly what to do, I encourage you to make your channel and do that. Our channel isn't like every other channel, and sometimes we do what we do for a reason. Not everyone is going to like it, and that's ok, there are billions of other videos on RU-vid for those people.

Interesting. I love it on the new K5, and I think the Sorento looks good with it too. To be fair you can get Sorento trims without this.

Ok... I want that!

I haven't checked, but I'm sure you can. I'll double check tomorrow.

@@BrantfordKia Hi Peter, love your videos! Could I trouble you to circle back on this question? The tailgate on the Sorento lifts impressively high, but it would be nice to set a lower max for lower clearance situations (smaller garages, etc). Thanks!

@@Kaiser0929 We did a Kia Class on this feature here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-idlmU3WzqDg.html&t

The seats are strong points in these vehicles. Large, and comfortable. Every person is different, so be sure to try them out for yourself, but I would roadtrip 12 hour days in this vehicle no problems!

That's a good point that I hadn't thought of. I'm going to mention that in a future video. Thanks for watching!

No, but it does have the dark wheels.

Yeah, the blue is great for video, but not everyone wants a bright colour. Most people buy some version of white, black or grey when they buy a car today, so we'll stock all kinds of colours based on market trends.

White with burgundy seats, awesome set up

@@slawomirwojtas9115 Yeah we're going to get some with the burgundy seats soon. I'm looking forward to seeing those!

Ok.

The X Line has a higher ride height. Not sure if you made a typo or if you were saying that the SX has a higher ride height.

@@BrantfordKia yep typo

Haha! Strong opinions!!

Fun fact. Set RU-vid to play at half speed and I sound like I'm enjoying some (legal in Canada) plant products! You can thank me later!