This automobile has a 5 door off-road vehicle type body with a front mounted engine supplying power to all four wheels.
Power is produced by a double overhead camshaft, 2.5 litre turbocharged 4 cylinder powerplant, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 138 bhp (140 PS/103 kW) at 3800 rpm and 314 N·m (232 lb·ft/32 kgm) at 1850-2500 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels via a 4 speed automatic transmission.
The Kia Sorento 2.5 CRDi weighs a claimed 2059 kg at the kerb.
It is claimed to manage a maxiumum speed of 168 km/h (104 mph), stated fuel consumption is 11.8/7.3/8.9 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 238.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| Body type | 4/5 seater off-road vehicle | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2710 mm | 106.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1580 mm | 62.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1580 mm | 62.2 inches | |
| Length | 4567 mm | 179.8 inches | |
| Width | 1863 mm | 73.3 inches | |
| Height | 1804 mm | 71 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.69 | ||
| Kerb weight | 2059 kg | 4539 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | |||
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged diesel | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Kia | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2.5 litre 2497 cc (152.376 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 91 × 96 mm
3.58 × 3.78 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.95 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 140 PS (138 bhp) (103 kW) at 3800 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 314 Nm (232 ft·lb) (32 kgm) at 1850-2500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 41.2 kW/litre 56 ps/litre 55.3 bhp/litre 0.91 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
125.75 Nm/litre
1.52 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | |||
| Fuel system | common rail direct diesel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1580.2 kPa (229.2 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 624.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo D. | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 15.5 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 168 km/h (104 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 67.95 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 PS/kg 49.98 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 kW/kg 67.02 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 20.01 kg/kW 33.42 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 11.8/7.3/8.9 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 11.8/7.3/8.9 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 8.5/13.7/11.2 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 23.9/38.7/31.7 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 19.9/32.2/26.4 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 238.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | L | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | four wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | |||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 12.00 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 245/70 R 16 | ||
| Tyres rear | 245/70 R 16 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
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| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.71 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.18 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 112442 | ||
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| RAC rating | 20.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2003 Kia Sorento 2.5 CRDi Automatic added 2003-08-04. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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