After teasing the design of the fourth generation Sorento SUV, Kia Motors has revealed the first official images of the car today, ahead of its first public appearance at the 2020 Geneva International Motor Show.

The new Sorento SUV’s redefined design incorporates sharper lines and uninterrupted surfaces, making it noticeably more sculpted than its more round-edged predecessor. It has got more contemporary geometric details and more swept-back, elongated proportions.

The more assertive ‘face’ of the Sorento evolves, too, with a new interpretation of Kia’s hallmark ‘tiger-nose’ grille. Wider and more expansive, it wraps organically around the integrated headlamps on each side. The headlamps themselves feature a new ‘tiger eye’ LED daytime running light, adding extra focus to the design by depicting the intense impression of the lines around a tiger’s eyes.

Proportions of the Sorento’s profile are subtly adapted to make it appear longer, with shorter front and rear overhangs and a longer wheelbase. Its new proportions also extend the length of the bonnet, drawing the A-pillar 30 mm further back from the front axle for a more ‘cab-rearward’ design. The trailing edge of the hood wraps around the front wings and turns into a single, strong character line that extends along the side of the Sorento and flows into the new vertical taillights.

Inside, the cabin of the new Kia Sorento introduces a sophisticated new design, incorporating cutting-edge infotainment, practicality, and premium-grade materials. One of the highest quality interior spaces found in any Kia to-date, the intuitive, tech-oriented cabin of the new Sorento retains the spaciousness and three-row versatility.

The cabin introduces a sophisticated next-generation design. Blending metallic trims, leather upholstery, and embossed wood-effect surfaces, the interior also subtly integrates other technologies to enhance connectivity, driver assistance, and infotainment.

The Sorento comes with a 10.25-inch touchscreen infotainment system incorporating audio-visual navigation. It also comes with a new 12.3-inch high-resolution digital instrument cluster that provides crystal-clear information to the driver. The progressive technologies available in the new model make it the most high-tech vehicle Kia has ever created.

The Sorento sits at the heart of Kia’s reinvigorated global SUV line-up, which also includes the Seltos, Stonic, Sportage, and Telluride. The new model is the result of a collaborative effort between all three studios within Kia’s global design network, in Korea, Europe and North America. The next-generation model is based on an all-new platform, raising standards in the midsize SUV segment for space, practicality, efficiency and quality.