We'll get to see it at the Paris Motor Show shortly, but for now Kia tells us that new Sorento's "smoother, swept-back profile and deeply sculpted surfaces introduce a higher level of sophistication for the third-generation model, with more space and numerous innovative features".
The face of the new Sorento incorporates long, wrap-around headlamps and more prominent fog-lamps, as well as a larger, more upright 'tiger-nose' grille, with a distinctive three-dimensional diamond pattern, first featured on the 2013 Kia Cross GT concept.
In profile, the new model retains the Sorento's hallmark long bonnet and characteristic wide D-pillar, but a lower roofline, higher beltline and swept-back shape that give the car a more dramatic, muscular stance.
This new, cleaner look is achieved with the introduction of new laser welding manufacturing techniques, rendering weld lines invisible.
The exterior styling of the new car was led by Kia's Namyang design studio in Korea, with significant input from the brand's Frankfurt and Irvine, California design studios.
