Meet the 2025 Sorento: A Crossroads of Performance and Premium Details

Three-row SUVs are abundant in today’s market, but few match the quality and ingenuity that awaits in our vast selection of the Kia Sorento for sale near Oak Ridge. Sharing the spotlight with the larger Telluride, the Sorento offers distinct appeal because of its dynamic performance and value-rich packaging. The 2025 Sorento capitalizes on those best-selling characteristics in several key areas.

Shopping for the 2025 Sorento guarantees more for your hard-earned money. The Sorento delivers a remarkable and transformative experience courtesy of a diverse powertrain lineup, an extensive suite of innovative technologies, and a well-equipped cabin that showcases Kia’s keen attention to detail. Here’s a closer look at the characteristics that make the 2025 Sorento worthy of the spotlight and your consideration.

Performance: Three Dynamic Experiences

Kia goes above and beyond to ensure the 2025 Sorento offers dynamic, engaging performance with a diverse powertrain lineup and the choice of all-wheel drive. Oak Ridge drivers can enjoy the potency of the traditional gas-powered Sorento or save more at the pump with a hybrid. The Sorento Plug-In Hybrid extends that efficiency, helping our customers lessen their carbon footprints without compromising the SUV’s performance or handling.

Traditional Gas Power

The Sorento’s base powerplant for 2025 is a 2.5L inline-four mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission. The inline-four produces 191 hp and 181 lb-ft of torque, a modest output that makes the Sorento responsive and capable of towing up to 2,000 lbs. With front-wheel drive, the 2.5L inline averages an EPA-estimated 23 MPG in the city and 31 MPG on the highway; all-wheel-drive models average slightly less on the highway with an EPA-estimated 28 MPG.

While the Sorento’s standard engine offers ample power, upgrading to the turbocharged version is a wise investment that guarantees more engagement and capability. The 2.5L turbocharged inline-four works with an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission that provides quick, seamless gear changes as the engine produces 281 hp and 311 lb-ft of torque. The increased output complements a 4,500-lb towing capacity but doesn’t dramatically reduce its fuel economy. For example, the front-wheel-drive Sorento with the turbocharged 2.5L averages an EPA-estimated 20 MPG in the city and 29 MPG on the highway.

Hybrid Performance

The Sorento’s powertrain family extends beyond a traditional gas engine to a 1.6L inline-four hybrid heartbeat. Kia’s hybrid engine delivers a higher output and is far more efficient than the Sorento’s standard gas engine, heightening its appeal for local drivers. The engine produces 227 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque, yielding an EPA-estimated fuel economy of 36 MPG both in the city and on the highway in front-wheel drive. The all-wheel-drive hybrid Sorento offers an EPA-estimated 34 MPG combined.

Plug-In Hybrid Power

Navigating the local landscape and enjoying more on-demand power is easy when you climb behind the wheel of the 2025 Sorento PHEV. Kia takes the Sorento’s 1.6L inline-four hybrid powertrain and pairs it with a 13.8-kWh battery and a six-speed automatic transmission. With additional power from the battery, the Sorento PHEV makes 261 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque with an EPA-estimated all-electric driving range of 32 miles. As an all-wheel-drive-only SUV, the Sorento PHEV delivers all-season confidence and gives you a glimpse into the on-demand power only an electric vehicle can provide.

Technology: Connected, Informed, and Aware

Oak Ridge drivers are guaranteed more for their money in the 2025 Sorento because Kia offers tangible value across the SUV’s diverse trim lineup. Many manufacturers treat entry-level trims as an afterthought, with minimal features keeping the price tag low. However, Kia takes a vastly different approach. The automaker sets a high benchmark with the 2025 Sorento LX’s feature-rich packaging that offers an expansive digital landscape, seamless smartphone integration, and advanced driver assistance technologies.

Connectivity Features

The 2025 Sorento keeps you connected and entertained with a standard 12.3-inch touchscreen. Kia’s infotainment system provides wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on every trim, guaranteeing you stay connected and engaged without stealing your focus from the road. Climbing the Sorento’s trim lineup adds more features, like the wireless phone charger on the Sorento S that prevents cluttering the cabin with charging cables. The Sorento SX adds dual 12.3-inch panoramic displays, providing a 24-inch landscape that adorns the SUV with a modern, tech-savvy cockpit.

The Sorento’s center touchscreen is also home to the SUV’s rearview camera feed and the available 360-degree Surround View Monitor. You can extend the Sorento’s digital landscape with a digital rearview mirror, which utilizes an intelligent rear vision system with a custom camera and integrated mirror display. The display provides a live view behind the SUV, enhancing your situational awareness.

Driver Assistance Features

The 2025 Sorento’s technologies extend beyond connectivity and entertainment to driver assistance tools that mitigate the potential for collisions by alerting you to hazards and heightening your awareness. Kia’s focus on driver safety is widely praised, and the 2025 Sorento showcases that focus. The Sorento’s trim lineup features a progressive lineup of standard and available driver assistance technologies, with the 2025 Sorento LX setting a high baseline. How so?

The entry-level trim has Auto Emergency Braking Technology with Pedestrian, Cyclist, and Junction Turning Detection. It also has Blind-Spot Detection Technology, Rear Cross-Traffic Avoidance Assist, Lane Following Assist, Rear Occupant Alert, and Smart Cruise Control Stop and Go. These features enhance the Sorento’s value, offering more for your money even in a base trim. The features progress with each subsequent trim as Kia adds Highway Driving Assist and parking sensors at the front and rear.

Details: Cabin Luxuries and Conveniences

The 2025 Sorento is spacious, accommodating, and configurable to your needs. Oak Ridge drivers can opt for second-row captain’s chairs, which gives the Sorento’s interior a more relaxing layout and easier accessibility to the third row. Either way, the Sorento offers 12.6 cu.ft. of cargo room behind the third row, 45 cu.ft. behind the second, and 75.5 cu.ft. total.

The cabin’s functional design guarantees it can fit your needs, but Kia never compromises comfort or quality. Instead, the 2025 Sorento is impeccably designed and showcases the automaker’s keen attention to detail. The Sorento S has heated front seats finished in SynTex, dual-zone automatic climate control, and a leather-wrapped steering wheel. Climbing the lineup to trims like the EX adds conveniences like a Smart Power Liftgate with auto close and a power front passenger seat. The X-Line trims add exclusive styling, including a panoramic sunroof with a power sunshade that brings natural light and fresh air into the cabin.

Navigate Oak Ridge in Style

Where does your life in this region of Tennessee take you? Do you spend most of your time navigating your commute, running errands around town, or shuffling kids between school and activities? Wherever the road takes you, the 2025 Sorento can complement your life by offering engaging performance, innovative technologies, and a well-equipped cabin.

Kia strikes the perfect balance with the 2025 Sorento, but the perks don’t end there. The 2025 Sorento is backed by one of the best warranties in America, with Kia standing behind the model and offering drivers peace of mind long after they climb behind the wheel. It’s an incredible model our customers deserve and one we’re happy to share from our showroom floor.