{"id":3541,"date":"2013-11-04T13:36:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T13:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/?p=3541"},"modified":"2013-11-14T13:38:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T13:38:20","slug":"kia-sorento-2006-10-oct-21-2013-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/kia-sorento-2006-10-oct-21-2013-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kia Sorento: 2006-’10 – Oct 21, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The success of BMW’s larger X5 “All Activity Vehicle” prompted the automaker to build a compact, all-wheel-drive version loosely based on its 3-series passenger cars. The original models featured a 184-horsepower 2.5-liter inline six-cylinder engine and an optional 225-horsepower 3.0-liter inline-six (the X5’s base powerplant). Either could be mated to manual or automatic transmissions. The 2.5 was discontinued after three years and the the 3.0 was offered in base 215- and optional 260-horsepower variants for the 2007-’08 model years. The 260-horse version became the sole powerplant for 2009-’10 before BMW introduced a completely new X3 for the 2011 model year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As a long-serving member of the Kia family, the truck-like Sorento sport utility vehicle specialized in travelling well past the point where the pavement ended. The original engine was a 192-horsepower 3.5-liter V6 that was connected to a five-speed manual transmission or optional four-speed automatic (upgraded to a five-speed automatic for the 2005 model year). An all-new 262-horsepower 3.8-liter V6 became standard for the 2007 model year, upping the Sorento’s towing capacity to 5,000 pounds from the previous rating of 3,500 This rough-and-rugged Kia was also available with a 242-horsepower 3.3-liter V6 for 2009, it’s final year. A completely new Sorento followed for the 2011 model year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autofile","category-store-items"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3541"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3545,"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3541\/revisions\/3545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}