Thanks to Kia-World.net, we now have some interior images of upcoming 2010 Kia Sorento for your viewing pleasure. Via these images, we now know that the completely new interior layout features an instrument panel with 3 pods outlined with chrome accents and a more attractive looking steering wheel with audio controls. This is probably a model fitted with the new R engine turbodiesel, looking at the RPM redline.
There is also a coloured LCD display screen on the centre dash which is surrounded by audio controls and automatic climate controls at the bottom. There are also auxiliary and USB input jacks at the very bottom. Kia has also added a two-piece sun roof, for the front and rear passengers. Please click here to learn more about the 2010 Kia Sorento.
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i like that roof panel.
cool meter!
the instrument panel look like what’s in mazda3… hmmm… nice two-piece sun roof…
How can Borrego be at Gurun when it is left hand drive only? Unless Naza is doing their own conversion.
[quote comment="222869"]i like that roof panel.[/quote]
me too!! so hot~!!!
hahaha…
Yummy.. Kia is definitely moving up the food chain.
cool man!!
the roof just like Peugeot 308GT..
Kia's have never failed to impress me , despite the fact it started making cars after some many years proton manufacture cars, its just really good to look and you know you could afford it if you wanted to cause either way its a great working man family car that you know you will have a lots of fun with. Just waiting for the new magentis, totally something different. The kia sorento has got me up in anxiety's cause its only going to be good , better or excellent for its kind of performance and price. Cool sun roof though, just like an overpriced European marquee.
kia's cabin trim has some improvement in their last models, now this even more upmarket than wat it used to be
just need to wait for the whole picture, interior n exterior shot 
anyway its just a kia. i think proton is better la.hahaha
[quote comment="222896"]Kia's have never failed to impress me , despite the fact it started making cars after some many years proton manufacture cars, its just really good to look and you know you could afford it if you wanted to cause either way its a great working man family car that you know you will have a lots of fun with. Just waiting for the new magentis, totally something different. The kia sorento has got me up in anxiety's cause its only going to be good , better or excellent for its kind of performance and price. Cool sun roof though, just like an overpriced European marquee.[/quote]
i think you've it wrong. Kia already in automative market long way before proton.
Long live TJCC!
I am not a fan of Kia (or other korean auto manufacturers) But this shows that Kia is improving alot. Wow, nice interior. More upscale look compare to its predecessors. Good job Kia! Kia and Hyundai are on the right track. In the future, GM, Ford and Chyrsler will have hard times catching up with Asian Automakers (Toyota, Honda, Kia, Hyundai etc). Bravo!!!
[quote comment="222896"]Kia's have never failed to impress me , despite the fact it started making cars after some many years proton manufacture cars, its just really good to look and you know you could afford it if you wanted to cause either way its a great working man family car that you know you will have a lots of fun with. Just waiting for the new magentis, totally something different. The kia sorento has got me up in anxiety's cause its only going to be good , better or excellent for its kind of performance and price. Cool sun roof though, just like an overpriced European marquee.[/quote]
Ahem, just like an overpriced European Marque ? Of cours, because the Hyundai/Kia Design centre is in Frankfurt/Germany…:
http://www.jobpilot.de/misc/adframe/jobpilot/7d9/…
is it based on Hyundai Santa Fe?
Kia? hmm… doubtful….
cheers!
the air-cond swith/temp-controller looks cheap…. anyway, the sun roof is brilliant!
but the meter panel is not so outstanding…
Niiice…
Actually I wonder whether Naza will be bringing in the Sorento XM becos y'day I went to Naza TTDI n asked but they sort of unaware (or r they pretending??). Instead they said Borrego is already at Gurun plant? In the url I posted earlier on also shows there's a facelifted Sportage – I suspect they will also be bringing in this one becos the current model under promotion (rm88k) is only on 2008 model – no 2009
as I mentioned earlier on the facelifted Kia Sportage 2009 at
http://www.kia-world.net/index.php/category/sport…
I always under estimate Korean Cars..and not a fan too
But now,when Kia produce this,
WoW…its really nice car…maybe they bang their head 1st before sketch.
Tabik Spring!!
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i love kia,but the price will fall down after 2-3 years.like the spectra,from around 75k,now just only 30k.only after 3-4 years.i will never buy this car becoz i just book the latest lexus rx350.very beautiful.
to say u like this and appreciate that is one thing , to put ur money on it is a completly different thing !
the exterior looks great ..
paul, is it going to be competing wif luxruy SUV such as Toyota Harrier ??
if yes, i dun think that is good enough ..
if no, i think that is quite good ..
After reading all the comments above, every1 luvs d sun roof. Any1 know how much tis new baby from kia gonna burn our wallets?
Amazing, isn't it how we like to look down upon the korean. Still remember the Hyundai Excel 20 years ago and how now they come up with the beautiful "i" series. The same goes with Kia.
In fact for Kia, their February sales globally is down by 0.3% compares to others that are floundering. So what if the design studio is in Europe, if that's where they can come up with the best design & saleable…. why not ….. They have improved because they understand and listen to customer…. that is fact.
Sorry guys…. I am not a Kia salesman but I used to drive the new Sportage for 3 years, sincerely it was better than japanese made that I had previously and i had an enjoyable memories with it, even save my life in an accident. So just tired of all negative comment.
Maybe because here in malaysia we got all the 'Passe" models couple with the quality of local assembly partner.
Enough…say my peace
the silver ring made it looks cheap
kia was founded in 1944..of course it will better than proton..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia
hmmmm, looks like a direct rip off of Mazda RX-8 dashboard? I know I've seen it before. Come on Koreans, you can do better than that…
If some of you have to deal with Korean, Japanese, USA and EU customers, you'd be surprised that the Koreans place extremely high expectations on quality… on par if not higher than the Japanese. So, I'm not surprised that they have improved so much.. their cars, Kia, Hyundai, Daewoo, all have gone global and are giving the others a run for their money. The same can be said of their electronics, where Samsung is now industry leader for LCD TVs, and Sony is even buying the display panel for their LCD TVs because they misread the market and were over-confident of their Trinitron. This is the only way Sony could play catch up, ie buy from the best.
naz3em said, March 20, 2009 @ 8:19 pm
i love kia,but the price will fall down after 2-3 years.like the spectra,from around 75k,now just only 30k.only after 3-4 years.i will never buy this car becoz i just book the latest lexus rx350.very beautiful.
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Damn! I envy you. I love the rear end design, but I am not sure about the front end (mimic IS) and interior design. May be I'm still not used to it. Well, Congrats for your new RX350, I guess I am stucked with my 4WD Fortuner hehe.
Naza Group has over 4000 staff. Can't expect the real estate guys to know what Naza Kia is doing.
Nice styling! What happened to Korean cars? Junk a few years back, masterpieces today~
But the meter looks a lot like the Gen2 CPS @ Persona SE's~
[quote comment="223063"]If some of you have to deal with Korean, Japanese, USA and EU customers, you'd be surprised that the Koreans place extremely high expectations on quality… on par if not higher than the Japanese. So, I'm not surprised that they have improved so much.. their cars, Kia, Hyundai, Daewoo, all have gone global and are giving the others a run for their money. The same can be said of their electronics, where Samsung is now industry leader for LCD TVs, and Sony is even buying the display panel for their LCD TVs because they misread the market and were over-confident of their Trinitron. This is the only way Sony could play catch up, ie buy from the best.[/quote]
can't agree more ….jap cars are just overrated and overpriced. many of their cars are just jap badge only…but if its not made in japan, built quality is inferior to a CBU korean model.
in the US the japanese ( T,H and N) are all suffering around 50% decline in sales while the koreans only drop a few percent…less than 5% if i'm not mistaken
Sony is led by Sir Howard Stringer, and sadly according to Forbes the average net profit margin is about 2.3%. Samsung has consistently made money from DRAMs and overtook Sony quite a while ago.
lexus rx350 may be good, but not worth to buy in malaysia due to taxes and AP's.
Same as other japanese imports like harrier and murano.
Even if you splurge on a lexus @ RM380k, it will be worth only about RM250 after three years maybe and only RM190k after 5. You will lose more money than buying the kia sorento, as taxes are minimal if you buy a naza, just like buying a proton.
how much this car cost?
where it came malaysia.i will buy this sorento R if the prise at 130k++
I bought a KIA Sportage around 2002. From day one (1) the car swings to the left. I was forced to take the car back to KIA workshop for rectification. Unfortunately KIA was unable to rectify it. The Workshop Manager finally told me that "KIA car – its like that lah". I wrote several letters to KIA Korea but never recieve any reply. I highly recommend you buy a Toyota or Honda although it is more expensive. I have consistently receive excellent services from Honda / Toyota. NAZA and especially KIA – has a poor record & reputation when dealing with their customers.
Wow, what a masterpiece, KIA seems to be improving. soon and very soon, it will finaly overtake the german machines.
Still haven’t arrive in Malaysia yet?
wont ever trust kia anymore, lousy n stooooooopid car!!!!!!
The orange display is definitely a big turnoff for me. Come on, Kia, you can do better than that. Try blue or some other color.
its this the right to say good bye for cr-v or estima?