IT IS hard to believe that less than two decades ago, most people would have laughed in your face if you told them Kia was going to go on to become one of the market’s biggest powerhouses with vehicles that could very seriously worry some of the premium brands.

The new fourth-generation Sorento is one such vehicle and the flagship GT-Line could well be one of, if not the best car the Korean marque has ever made.

Riding on an all-new platform for 2021, the latest Sorento steps things up both figuratively and literally, being marginally bigger than its predecessor, a lot more attractive, more practical and more efficient.

Our test car was the diesel (CRDi) version of the top-spec GT-Line and not to mince our words, we are seriously impressed.