Next-generation Kia Sorento image rendering

looks like a tub of lard minivan

Looks like a Ford Escape / Audi Q5 hybrid

Because they have a German designer.

And the Americans...is there ANYTHING they are good at? Frankly no, because the only thing the Americans care about is profit. It's funny how GM and Lehman Brothers symbolized America once, and now are as good as trash.

On the other hand, the Koreans actually make decent products.

@BobM except they have better reliability LOL.

The Koreans will steal designs regardless. They just overpaid for a German because they think it makes their theft legit.

Paid 10x as much to reuse your designs from 5+ years ago. Who wouldn't go for that? Probably gets a condo filled with skanks too.

The current one was quite thoroughly updated but kept very much the same look. The Sorrento has done really well for Kia and in general Kia designs trump those of Hyundai for the most part.

The profile looks the same as the current model...big whoop.

doesn't look much different than the current one.

Have to love the original Audi taillights the Koreans invented.

Will time to get everyone out of LALA land. 2015 Impala, 2015 Dart, 2015, Chrysler 200, Ford Fusion, Audi A7, Nissan Altima, Nissan Sentra, Infinti G, Passat, hint greenhouses. but only the Sonata and 2015 Genesis greenhouses would be the copycat since those two are Korean.

Lets get Audi talights for HughJass shall we: Grand Cherokee, Escape, Focus, Dart, Legacy, Infinti G.

Buick Regal and Volvoo S60 hint greenhouses.

Someone said that this image looks like the Escapes: Lets bring all the greenhouses that is also found on the Escape's greenhouse. Rav-4, 2012 Oultander, 2015 Prius, the old Pontiac Vibe.

Audi A7 and Dodge Journey hint greenhouses.

2015 Buick Envision and BMW CUV hint greenhouses.

BMW's C pillars on cars: Infnti G, Legacy, 2003 Saturn Ion, 2014 Accord, but only the 2009 Genesis would be the copycat allowing the Buick Luerne to get away with it.

Jeep Cherokee and Sportage hint backends.

No one is going to bring up the Chrysler Delta copying the Murano huh?

Cars with Audi like faces: Sonic, Dodge Dart, Audi, funny how no Kia has an Audi like face and yet want to play dumb as if the Dart also doens't have Audi like tail lights.

Chevy has a Kia Soul rival that copied the Soul. Yet won't bring that up. Also the Chevy Eco SS ripped of the 2007 Kia Kee's signature grille.

SUVs with slanted C pillars: RX, MDX, sATURN VUE, Mercdes M, 4 Runner, Honda Passport, but only the Sorento would be the copycat since it's Korean.

2015 EURO Passat's greenhouse: 2006.5 Optima, 2005 Altima, Infinti G, 5 Series sedan, 2009 Accord.

2015 Ford Endeavor and Dodge Durnato hint faces. 2015 Ford Endeavor and 2009 Sante Fe hint greenhouses.

2015 Chinesse Curze and Nissan Versa hint greenhouses.

Also add that the 2015 Peugeot also has those 2015 Euro Passat's greenhouse list.

2015 Legacy and Ford Tuarus hint greenhouses.

2007 Lancer Evo and 2015 Sonic hint faces.

Honda HR-V and 2015 Outack hint tail lights.

My Korean friends admit all their companies do is copy and sell for less because it works.
They won't drive Korean cars because they have too much dignity, they readily admit their exports are meant for white people.

The only people who don't admit it are cheapskates who bought one or those being paid by the Koreans.

Name a Korean car and I'll tell you the car its based on.

Admit to it? Neither do you admit everyone else is copying. I don't give a rats ass if Koreans don't buy their own shit. My statmetn is is how are you going to bring up Kia using AUDI tailights ignoring the Cherokee, and Traverse also using Audi tailights? I don't give a rats ass what you think about Kia.

No I see no one brought up the Traverse having Audi Tailights.

Also, since every current Korean car is a copy. Give me a challenge and go older as not all are blatent clones.

Ok. Kia Soul, 1st generation Sante Fe, 1st generation Tucson, 1st generation Sportage, Hyundai XG, 1st generatrion Kia careens.

Every Current Kia a copy? So is Chevy, Dodge,. Should I exposed their whole line up of unoriginals?

Also what does the 1st generation Hyundai Accent, 2nd genration Accent, 1st generation Kia Rio, Rio Cinco and 2nd generation Rio Cinco look like?
Also while we're at it tell me what the 2002 Sonata looks like and the 2002 Kia Optima look like.

I can expose Lincoln? Lincoln's version of the Ford Edge's has Audi tailights.

Oval badges: Ford, Suburu, Kia and Landrover. But because Kia is Korean only that is the copycat.

"Yesterday, a Ford Focus and Kia Forte were in front of me.

Cover up the text in the oval logos, and they are identical.

KIA even copied the logo."

Since when was the Forte's face copying Ashton? Only simularities are the backends which the Ford got from the 2011 Optima's which came from Audi.

@jtz? Are you serious? I said make it difficult.

KIA Stole: Honda Element. Both boxy, ugly.
1st gen Santa Fe (guess you admit the current ones are BMW/Ford ripoffs): 1996 Toyota RAV4
1st gen Tucson: See above but smaller.
Kia Sportage: 1992 Isuzu Trooper, I remember that tipsy thing.
Hyundai XG: Toyota Crown Royal of the early 90s.
KIA Carens/Rondo: Smaller early 90s Ford Windstar.

As for the Sorento. Love how Lexus shows off the current RX and the year after the Koreans have an identical car. You had to wait a couple of years to get the Audi taillights though.

The Jeep Cherokee has 1 thing copied, the rest of the car is a Jeep. The Sorrento is a Lexus RX with Audi taillights and Walmart LEDs that don't even have a decent pattern. Nothing Korean was put into that car.

Lincoln MKX with Audi tailights. Are you serious? Have you ever seen a 2007 MY Lincoln Navigator? Audi's current taillights didn't start use until A4 2008 MY and in my opninion they don't even look the same.

Current KIA Rondo is just a stretched VW Golf.

Making excuses for Lincoln I see.

Only differance is I tell you what areas a car copied off us but you'll just list them. How I know you're lying when nothign about headlights, greenhouses nor tail lights are mentioned?

For example, 2008 Honda Ridgeline and 2008 Mazda tribute hint headlights:
2009 Mazda 6 and 2013 Acura MDX hint side profiles:
2012 Acura TL and 2012 Buick Regal hint tail lights. Why can't you do that?

Scion XB and Honda Pilot hint backends: Chrysler Delta and Nissan Murano hint greenhouses.

"KIA Stole: Honda Element. Both boxy, ugly"

Didn't you say Nissan was orignal? Ignroign the Cube being a Box. So what maeks the Cube orginal enough so you list all Nissan products "orginal?"

Also ignroing that Chevy had a Soul rival that ripped off the Soul.

Also the Chevy Orlando ripped off the Izuzu Exiom's greenhouse.

2004 Acura TL and 2009 Maliubu hint side profiles.
2005 Camry and 2006 Pontiac G6 hint side profiles.
2009 Avalon and VW Phaetom hint C Pillars.

@jtz,
Also, yes, everyone copies or inspires each other and they maybe put 1 thing from another company but the majority of the car is from their own shop.

Everything on a Korean car is from every other manfucturer.

BMW has its own style.
MB has its own style.
Ford/Lincoln has its own style.
Cadillac has its own style.
Nissan/Infiniti have their own style, parts borrowed from parent Renault.
Toyota/Lexus have their own designs.
Honda has to ugly up their designs to ge the Koreans to stop copying.

None of the Hyundai Sonata's look anything alike, each generation went from Camry, Mazda, MB, Honda then Mazda/Lexus and now Ford.

The only truly Korean designs show, they're all ugly (Optima was ugly until it looked like an Audi). Ronda ugly until it copied VW. etc etc.

People can buy Hyundai/KIA all they want, just don't pretend its about quality or style when really its just about paying the least to settle on something that looks like what you really wanted (which is a car from another company). Kind of like settling for Samsung when what you really wanted was an iPhone.

Oh ohh Infinti orignal? Nissan Orignal? Lets see: Infinti G, BMW 3sries, Poniac G8 hint greenhouses. Altima, Fuscion, Avalon, Passat, 2015 Impala, Dodge Dart, Sentra, Infinti M, 2015 Genesis (at least I can admit Hyundai isn't orginal even though I like Hyundai), hint greenhouses.

Yes Hughejazz the Optima was ugly until it copied Audi. Just like Ford's D segment cars were butt ugly until it copied Ashton Martain. Speaking of copying to get better looking, Buicks were boring as hell to look at until Regal copied the Volvoo S60's greenhouse and ripped off the Acura TL's backend.

"BMW has its own style"

Which came out first the Acura ZDX or BMW's version?

Lincoln MKC (new, never seen it). That's stretching it, literally. Where Lincoln stretched and thinned it so it looks like it belongs on a sports car. If anything, I'd say it reminds me more of the Dodge Challenger's taillights.

The Kia Sorento's taillights look like they literally fell off an Audi and the Korean "designers" taped it onto their car.

"The Kia Sorento's taillights look like they literally fell off an Audi and the Korean "designers" taped it onto their car."

Pontiac Grand Prix and Ford 500 hint grandprix. But since Pontiac nor Ford or Korean only the Sorento's tail lights are te copycat.

2015 Infinti Q70 and 2008 Buick Lacross hint Greenhouses.

"Posted on 7/28/2014 7:14:14 AM | | Votes: 0
KIA not only copied the badge, they copied the trunk, taillights, bumpers, entire shape, then slapped the KIA inside a blue oval"

Of what car and from what area?

For example the Legacy's greenhouse for the 2015 model copied the Taurus.
The 2010 Taurus's front end ripped off the 2000 altima's face. The Ford Escape's side profile ripped off the Rav-4's.

"I still can't get over how much KIA copied the Ford Focus."

The backend right? Like the Acura TL's backend on the Regals. The XB's backend on the Pilots. The 2007 Camry's tail lights on the Mercdes C class. The LaCross's backend off BMW. But only the Forte is the problem because it's Korean allowing everyone else to get away with it.


Side Profiles: Outlander, Rav-4, Escape.

Greenhouses: Mazda-CX-5 and 2009 Subuaru hatch

So you say Infinti is orignal huh? Their signature grille copied Lexus only Lexus' grille looks better. The Q57 SUV copied Audi's tail lghts like the 2014 Kia Sorento did.

"Everything on a Korean car is from every other manfucturer.

BMW has its own style.
MB has its own style.
Ford/Lincoln has its own style.
Cadillac has its own style.
Nissan/Infiniti have their own style, parts borrowed from parent Renault.
Toyota/Lexus have their own designs.
Honda has to ugly up their designs to ge the Koreans to stop copying."

Lets have some fun!!!

Ford/Linoln

First face copied Ashton. The Fusion's greenhouse is off Avalon, Altima, Sonata, 2004 Legacy, Audi A6, Audi A7, 2015 Genesis, Infinti M (will that goes for Infinti being orginal), Impala, Passat.
Ford
You think the Escape is orginal? The side profile of the Escape ripped off the outlander and Rav-4. The 2010 Ford Taurus' front end ripped off the 2000 Altima's. The greenhouse has slanted C pillars also found on the 2005 Camry, Pontiac G6, 2006 Sonata, 2005 Lexus IS.

"Toyota/Lexus have their own designs"

The Toyota Versa's headlights ripped off the 1st generation Ford Edge's.

You say Intinfi is orgianl? The Q80's A pillars are black lik Land Rover, Mini Cooper, Soul, Cube, XB. The Q80's rear pillar is like Rav-4's Escape, and Outlander's. The tail lights are found on Audi, 2015 Traverse, Jeep Grand Cherokee, 2015 Chrsyelr 2000, Dodge Dart, Audi of course, 2015 Sorento's.

SUVs with slanted C pillars besides the Sorento: MDX, Mercedes M, Lexus RX, Honda Passport, Saturn Vue, 4 Runner, Saab 9-4B, Chevy Equoniox, 1st generation Infinti FX, 2nd generation Infinti FX, 2005 Honda CR-V, Some 1st generation small CADDIALIC CUV, But only the Kia would be the copycat because it's Korean.

Also the 2003 Kia Sorento and 2005 Saturn Vue hint tail lights but make a big deal of the 2003 Sorento's backend looking like the 1998 Lexus RX.

You say Infinti is orignal Hughjazz? 2015 Infinti Q80 and 2007 Lexus LX hint greenhouses. Rember you tried to get the 2009 Kia Borrego as copying the LX but won't bring up the NEW Q80 huh? Plus the Infitni used Land Rover's A pillars with Audi's tail lights. LMAO!!!

2005 Kia Mesa, Saab 9-4X and 2015 Land Rover Discovery concept hint greenhouses. But only the Mesa would be the copycat since it's Korean and acting like their wasn't no such thing as 50 other SUVs with Slanted C pillars.

Add the Ford Explorer in the Mesa, SAAB 9-4X look alike. And also add the 4 runner in their too.

Audi Q7 and Dodge Journey hint greenhouses.

Chyseler 300 and Rolls Royce hint faces.

Chrysler's signature logo copied Kia's signature grille from the 2007 Kia Kee concept.

Speaking of Kia again. It's funny how the 2009 Kia K7 got accused of copying the Lexus ES at the time and yet the Chrysler 200 got away from doing the same thing ripping off Lexus's front.

2012 Nissan Versa sedan and 2015 Chevy Cruze hint greenhouses.

You say Mercedes is orignal? 2015 Mercedes Concept Coupe SUV, BMW X6, AND ZDX.

Also doesn't Mercdes have a Hummer?

Infitni FX45 and Audi TT Offroad concept hint greenhouses!!!

TSK tsk tsk all these non-Korean cars getting away with copying!!!

Hurry up and down vote me!!!! Like I give a rats ass!!!

2015 Lexus RC and Infinti G coupe hint greenhouses.

2015 Honda HR-V and Suburu Outback hint tail lights. 2009 Malibu and 2009 Mercedes C class hint headlights.

According to Hughjazz Ford is orginal. So why does the face of the 2015 Ford Everst face ripped off the Durango's while the greenhouse ripped off the 1st generation Sante Fe's?

Bentley and Mini hint logos yet blame Kia for the oval badge copying Ford ignoring Suburu and Land Rover's though.

Ford Flex and Mini Clubman hint greenhouses.

2009 Buick Enclave and Mini Clubman hint tail lights.

Hughjazz said Caddilac was orignal huh? 2015 Cadd ATS and 2007 Camry hint greenhouses.

2015 Legacy and 2006.5 Kia Optima hint greenhouses. Also the face of the 2015 legacy is also found on the 2007 Camry.

Jeep Renegade and 2015 VW Taigun hint rear C pillars.

2014 Kia Forte hatch and 2015 Chevy Cruze hatch hint greenhouses or side profiles.

BMW 4 SERIES GRAND COUPE, Infinti M, Altima, 2015 Genesis, Avalon, Impala, Dodge Dart, Sentra, BUICK C segment sedan, Sentra, Fusion, 2004 Legacy, 2009 LaCross hint greenhouse.

2009 Nissan Versa, 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage, and 2015 Chevy Cruze hint greenhouses.

2015 Lincoln MKC and Audi Q5 hint greenhouses.

2012 Kia Rio sedan and 2015 Honda Fit sedan hint greenhouses.

2015 WRX and 2006 Civic sedan hight greenhouses. Yet make a big deal about the 2010 Forte's headlights from the Civic.

Porsche Macan and Infinti FX hiht greenhouses.

That's right Korean car haters eat it up!!! Hurry up with my negative votes so I'll know you read my comments!!!

"KIA totally stole the past generation Acura MDX for this design."

Yet it's ok for the Porsche Macan to totally steal the Infinti FX's design since it's not Korean.

Pontiac Grand Prix and Ford 500 hint tail lights. Yet make a big deal because the Forte's tail lights looks like the Focus'.

Somebody is angry.

When the Americans copy each other, who cares. When the Japs copy each other, who cares. When the Germans copy each other, who cares. If they borrow 1 design element off of each other, nobody cares because their cars all have their own distinct styling.

The Koreans copy off of everyone, that's why their cars never look alike, even between generations of the same model.

btw, When Toyota decided to give the Prius vertical rectangular foglights, KIA gives their cars the same foglights the year after.
Porsche uses square quad headlamps, KIA puts them on their car hoping somoene will mistaken their cars for a Porsche.

hahah...haha ha.

Not to mention the Camry gets wedge shaped foglights and the year after Hyundai gets them.