Spies have captured the 2010 Kia Sorento (code-named XM) undisguised for the first time today. Slated to go on sale in 2009, the redesigned Sorento will share the Hyundai Santa Fe's unibody platform. This is yet another work penned by Peter Schreyer and cues heavily from the Kia KND-4 Concept that debuted in Seoul last year.

Mentioned earlier, the 2010 Sorento will not be a body-on-frame car like the current model. Rather, it will share a unibody platform with the Hyundai Santa Fe. It will be available in two powertrain configurations: a 3.8L Lambda V6 or a 3.0L VGT turbodiesel engine. No further information has been released or speculated.

The 2010 Kia Sorento will be manufactured in Kia's West Point, Georgia plant - the automaker's first North American assembly line. The engine will be assembled in Hyundai's Montgomery, Alabama plant that also produces the Santa Fe and Sonata.

via thecarblogger