Kia hints at next Sorento with design sketches

Staff reports
Automotive News
July 29, 2014 - 9:58 pm ET

Kia Motors plans to unveil the redesigned, third-generation Kia Sorento next month in Korea.

The revamped crossover features "a lower roofline, higher beltline, more muscular stance, rounded shoulders at the rear and deeply sculpted body surfaces," Kia said in a statement Tuesday.

Kia's best-selling SUV is poised to receive "a larger, more upright ‘tiger-nose' grille," the company added.

It was designed at Kia's studios in Korea, Germany and the United States.

After its introduction in Korea at the end of August, Kia said it will make its European debut on Oct. 2 at the Paris auto show.