KIA Sorento · 2.4 16V LX · SUV & Crossover · 2002 ‐ 2005

In 2002 KIA began production of cars type Sorento, modification of 2.4 16V LX and closed it in 2005. This 5-door SUV & Crossover has a length of 4.6 meters, weight 1.8 tons and is assigned to fit 5 men including the driver.

«Sorento 2.4 16V LX» have a full wheel drive car with a 5-speed manual gearbox. 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with «multipoint injection system» can produce output 139 horsepower at 5500 rmp, which allows you to accelerate the automobile in 13.4 seconds to 100 km/h and obtain max speed of 168 km/h.

Gas tank volume of this vehicle is 80 liters of petrol, thereby when intermediate fuel consumption is 10.9 l per 100 km (8.6 liters on the suburban, 14.8 l in the city), that allows to go nearly 734 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks brakes and attached to the undercarriage with help of suspension type «Double wishbone, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have ventilated disks brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension «Rigid, coil springs». Tires have the following size - 225/75R16.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of KIA Sorento gained the lot number of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a enough safe car. Furthermore to passive systems of safety (head/curtain, side, passenger, driver airbags), it is also equipped with active safety such as ABS, EBD.