MIAMI – Kia Motors America officials confirm speculation the next-generation Sorento SUV will move from a rugged body-on-frame platform to unibody.
Due to its migration to a car-based architecture, the new cross/utility vehicle may see a name change as well.
“Sorento’s an SUV, (the new vehicle) is a CUV,” Tom Loveless, KMA vice president-sales, tells Ward’s during a recent Soul media event here. The CUV will be the first vehicle to be built at the Korean auto maker’s ...
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