Recently my mom and I took a road trip to Chicago together. We try to take a trip together every couple of years and this time we thought a trip to a big city while it prepares for the holidays would be fun. It’s about 5 hours from Cleveland to Chicago and we were excited to test drive for a week, the Kia Sorento.
The storage space in the Sorento was amazing. The trunk was large and easily held all of our luggage for our 4 day trip with room to spare.
I was also excited to see that the floor of the trunk folds up into a third row. This is perfect for when we are visiting Kora and Logan’s cousins and we need just a bit more room. Being that the seats sit right on the floor there is no dangling leg room, but it’s perfect for children. I know Kora & Logan wouldn’t mind at all if they got to sit in the “way back.” It’s easy to get the third row into position too, just tilt the middle row seats forward a bit and then pull on the strap on the back of the third row seats and that’s it. You’re third row is ready to go.
I took a short video to show off a few of our other favorite features including Keyless Entry & Push Button Start, Power Folding Side Mirrors, Sirius Radio, Dual Climate Control, Easy to Read Navigational Map, Bluetooth, and more.
We enjoyed the spaciousness of the Sorento. As you can see there is plenty of room in the second row and a good distance behind it to the 3rd row. This is nice and gives everyone space of their own eliminating the dreaded, “She’s touching me!” often heard on road trips.
I also liked that the second and third rows had their own vents as well. These would make everyone happy being able to control their own heat and air vents.
The steering wheel controls made it easy to access a variety of features without taking our hands off the wheel.
The touchscreen in the center console was really easy to use and you can see me scroll through the various options in the video above.
The sun roof was large and we were happy to see the sun shine through and the beautiful blue sky once the rain finally stopped.
I’ll forever miss the Keyless Entry and Push Button Start. It was a wonderful few days not having to dig for keys in the bottom of our purses or juggling shopping bags while trying to find the right button on the keyfob to hit. Starting the Sorento with the push of a button was a breeze too and so convenient. Going back to our old vehicles and having to put a key into the ignition feels so archaic now!
We enjoyed the Kia Sorento and would recommend it to anyone looking for a new vehicle. It’s roomy without being too big, it offers lots of storage space, it drives smoothly, there are vents to please everyone, and the optional 3rd row makes it the perfect family crossover.
I would love to have a keyless entry and push button start. My Mom rented a car and it had that feature, I loved it!
The sunroof seems like a great size! Looks like a spacious car!
I really like the features in this car. Especially the sun roof!
Great product and great review as well! Hope you had a great time with your mom! Looking forward to the time I can review a car as good as this. Thanks for sharing!
What a cool car! Looks like a lot of fun to drive!
It’s so pretty looking. So glad you and your Mom got to take it on such a journey!
The car seems to have some great features. Perfect for long road trips. I love the idea of traveling with your mom and enjoying time with her.
This looks like such a nice car. I love the key-less starts that the Kia has!
we had the Sorrento a couple months back and I loved it. It fit my 3 kids and our stuff perfectly. I can’t wait to get rid of my minivan and go for something smaller and easier to handle like the Sorrento.
It looks very spacious. We have a car with a 3rd row that folds up, but it has nowhere near the amount of room the Sorento has.
Great looking vehicle! I love all the trunk space!
What a great car! I like that so many controls are on the steering wheel!
Wow all that fancy electronic stuff is intimidating! I love how much room it has. And I LOVE KIAs :)
We own a Sorrento! I love it!
What a nice vehicle! I love the keyless entry option and the space in the back is fantastic!
I love the push start. I wish my vehicle had it.
Ahh. I’d love all that space!
I love the storage space and that navigation! Great car!
I absoluteluy love how roomy this is. And that trunk….dream!
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The Kia Sorento is so nice. We test drove it a while back and absolutely loved it.
Wow – love the third row seating and the sun roof! It looks like it has some very nice features!
I almost bought this car (I LOVE IT), but decided on the RAV4 instead. All price driven. $100 difference a month and Toyota had a deal I could not pass up! Had money been no object I would have decided on the Kia hands down!
You know Kia’s used to be considered a low-end car. But the more I see of it in commercials and reviews like yours – I see how it’s a quality car.
I’d love to test drive one too and see how it works for our family.
My parents have a Sorento. They really like it but it is too small for our family. We drive the Sedona and love it!
I heard so many wonderful things about the Sorento and your post justifies all the great reasons! I will certainly be looking into the Sorento!!
WOW –you were so lucky to spend the time with your Mom and have a great car to ride around in to do it! thanks for sharing. I like the one button start engine and the GPS–I’d rather give up my cell phone before I gave up my GPS!
We have the Sorento and it is my favorite car I’ve ever had! The third row is much-needed for us as we have 4 kids and I love that we can convert it to fit whatever we need to tote around! The keyless entry & push start has me spoiled, yes!
Steph