How does the new 2025 Kia Sorento near Los Lunas NM compare with its stablemate, the 2025 Sportage? 

Ah, it’s an age-old question, what’s the best car for me? As fall begins to set in at your home in Los Lunas, NM, the idea of a new car beckons and you’re set to purchase a thoroughly modern model from the South Korean car company, Kia. You’ve studied the amazing crossover cars they’ve been developing and found two crossover SUVs that could meet your family’s needs. The first is the 2025 Kia Sportage compact model that offers more interior room than rival models like the Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V or Nissan Rogue. You’ve even sat in a showroom model down at Fiesta Kia in Albuquerque and found the Kia Sportage has almost identical space for seating and legroom for both front and rear passengers. There was also a lot of storage space (39.6’) space behind them. But the problem is, with your wife and two growing kids, space is at a premium. Sometimes your spouse or the kids have friends that need a ride home and make it feel a bit too cramped with only two row seating.

Thus, you also started looking at the next model up in the extensive Kia crossover lineup. The 2025 Kia Sorento near Los Lunas NM is a three row model that is still affordable and offers more seating and storage options. With the kids still growing older (say hello to high school in just a few years), it may be the more practical option. The 2025 Sorento also offers two engine options that make it attractive: a non-turbo 2.5 liter front wheel drive (FWD) model along with an AWD Sorento model with a 2.5-turbo that pushes 281-HP or even two hybrid options that the Kia Sportage model line doesn’t offer. The 2025 Sportage also uses a 2.5-liter four cylinder engine (187 HP) with an eight speed automatic transmission, but doesn’t really excite you. Trying to be logical, you even checked fuel mileage ratings and found both the Sorento and Sportage were similar, at least for the non-hybrid models. OK, so how about styling? You liked the crisp, futuristic Sorento a bit better, with bold boomerang LED daytime running lights and vertical headlights catching your eye. Similarly, the practical interior with two large curved LED instrument panels in the front and AppleCarplay and Android Auto, full safety and driver assist systems and again, plenty of room for family (and friends) activities. There’s even a 4G LTE hotspot-based internet connection with room for up to five devices to keep everybody happy.