The move will enhance the new generation of Kia's UVO eServices and Hyundai's Blue Link with fresh features supported by the integration of Google Maps APIs such as Send to Car, Point of Interest Search and Local Search by Voice.
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Ask Kia, however, and the Koreans will tell you that there's much more than meets the eye to the revamped Sorento. In fact, Kia claims that more than 80 percent of the parts in the crossover are either "all-new or significantly redesigned", including the 3.3-liter GDI V6 engine producing 290 horsepower.
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The 47-year old woman told KCCI-TV in Des Moines that she tried everything from turning off the key, to shifting out of drive and slamming on the brakes, but nothing worked.
"I knew I was going to die," said Ulvestad. "I didn't have any doubt about. I really thought I was going to die ... and no matter what I did, I couldn't slow it down."
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While Kia didn't release any new pictures this time (the ones you see here are and which accompanied the press blurb are the same as the ones shown in June), the Korean company provided information about the changes under the hood.
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In our first video, which looks like it was filmed somewhere in Europe (if you think you know where, tell us in the comments), we have a rider of Kawasaki Z100 trying to overtake an older Kia Sorento on a turn when a BMW X5 SUV driver from the other side of the road enters the lane and clips his foot.
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While the engine range differs from country to country (for example, Europe gets a 194hp / 197PS 2.2-liter turbo diesel while North America a 276hp 3.6-liter V6 gasoline, in addition to the 2.4-liter petrol offered in both regions), the styling is more or less the same sans some very minor differences.
That said, the design changes are common for all markets, which brings us to these latest photos that afford us our first look at the facelifted Sorento's interior.
The latest iteration of the Sorento, which will be sold as a 2014MY in the States, features a redesigned LCD instrument cluster plus a new center console with a 7-inch display screen and more modern and upscale controls for the audio and air conditioning systems.
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The mid-cycle refresh brings a host of improvements that include styling and equipment upgrades as well as what Kia is describing as a "re-engineered bodyshell" and "a new chassis".
The exterior changes are concentrated on the two ends with Kia’s designers having created new headlamps with LED positioning lights, a re-styled tailgate with LED taillights, and re-sculptured front and rear bumpers with vertical-axis fog lights, plus a new selection alloy wheel designs up to 19-inches in size.
The obvious bodywork changes concern the redesigned fascia with new headlights sporting "eyebrow" accents on top, a wider upper grille that now extends to the lights and a new front bumper with different air vents and upright fog lamps.
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Now, our scoop photographers completed one more piece of the puzzle by nabbing a new prototype of the crossover without any camouflage disrupting our view of the newly designed tail lamps (or the headlamps, for that matter).
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Interestingly, this latest prototype features more styling changes than the previous model we scooped.
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