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2014 Kia Sorento FWD: 20/26 mpg, 22 mpg combined (four-cylinder automatic); 18/25 mpg, 21 mpg combined (six-cylinder automatic)
2014 Kia Sorento 4WD: 19/24 mpg, 21 mpg combined (four-cylinder automatic); 18/24 mpg, 20 mpg combined (six-cylinder automatic)
Fuel mileage comes in at 18 city, 25 highway and 21 combined (18/24/20 with AWD) with the new V6 – a small improvement over the last model's 18/24 rating. We'd have expected a bit more, considering the lack of hydraulic power steering, the addition of direct injection and the notable weight loss.
Similarly equipped compact SUVs like the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 have much higher starting estimates: 23/31 mpg and 24/31 mpg, respectively.
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2014 Kia Sorento FWD: 20/26 mpg, 22 mpg combined (four-cylinder automatic); 18/25 mpg, 21 mpg combined (six-cylinder automatic)
EPA
2014 Kia Sorento 4WD: 19/24 mpg, 21 mpg combined (four-cylinder automatic); 18/24 mpg, 20 mpg combined (six-cylinder automatic)
EPA
Fuel mileage comes in at 18 city, 25 highway and 21 combined (18/24/20 with AWD) with the new V6 – a small improvement over the last model's 18/24 rating. We'd have expected a bit more, considering the lack of hydraulic power steering, the addition of direct injection and the notable weight loss.
Autoblog
Similarly equipped compact SUVs like the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 have much higher starting estimates: 23/31 mpg and 24/31 mpg, respectively.
Cars.com
The Kia Sorento delivers better gas mileage for 2014 than it did in the first half of its life cycle, with six-cylinder versions faring as well as other three-row crossovers.
The front-wheel-drive Sorento is rated at 20 miles per gallon on the EPA's city cycle, 26 miles per gallon highway, or 22 mpg combined when fitted with the four-cylinder engine and automatic transmission. The numbers drop to 18/25 mpg, or 21 mpg combined in the six-cylinder Sorento with the automatic transmission.
The all-wheel-drive Sorento is rated by the EPA at 19/24 mpg, or 21 mpg combined as a four-cylinder, and 18/24 mpg, or 20 mpg combined, as a six-cylinder.
Compared to vehicles like the Toyota Highlander or the new Nissan Pathfinder, the Sorento's combined figures are in line, when it's outfitted with the six-cylinder engine. As a four-cylinder five-seater, the Sorento's simply pitted against more efficient and sometimes smaller-displacement offerings. Ford's Edge, for example, offers a turbocharged four-cylinder rated at up to 28 mpg highway; the Toyota Venza isn't far off that mark.
Conclusion
Gas mileage ratings for the Sorento are solid for six-cylinder versions, more middling for the fours.
