Kia Sorento Drive Jordan 21

Some say size matters, while others point out that bigger is better. Kia's product planners must have overheard the ladies from the next table discussing the ideal size of a man's tool before coming up with the third-generation Kia Sorento, dubbed Man on the Road in South Korea. The tool we meant is the Sport Utility Vehicle, of course.

The new Kia Sorento is one big beast of an SUV. It was always 'half a size' larger than the regular family soft-roader (think Honda CR-V, Nissan X-Trail), the Sorento, but this third-gen SUV's size breaks the segment's glass ceiling. You'll have to see it in the metal to comprehend the scale we're talking about here.

So is the biggest also the best? We drove the Sorento around the hills overlooking the Dead Sea to find out.

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