That's a good point and I think that's the reason KIA has ridiculously priced this Sorento. Otherwise how can anyone justify the price difference between Sportage AWD top of the line and Sorento AWD top of the line? KIA Sportage L HEV with 1.6 turbo engine is priced at Rs 11 Mn and Sorento HEV with exact same 1.6 Turbo engine at 16 Mn! There is no change in specs and features even. One can argue that Sorento is a 7 seater and has a bigger body, but does only this 1 change justify 50 lacs more price?
On one hand you do get a bigger body in Sorento, but that would also mean that it will be sluggish and less fuel efficient as compared to drive quality of Sportage as the same engine is running them. Price difference of less than 3 Mn between the 2 AWD models would have been justified, also if Sorento had a better engine or power. But this KIA pricing strategy of 5 Mn difference is only intended to make Sportage look like bargain at 11 Mn and help its sales. It's quite evident that KIA isn't looking to even try to sell Sorento.
