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What's New 2022
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2022 SPORTAGE

LX Value Edition Package –

  • Replaces 21MY LX Popular Package and adds convenience features previously on higher trims:
    • 18-in. dark gray wheels
    • Smart key with push button start
    • Smart Welcome
    • Heated front seats
    • Power driver seat with lumbar support
    • YES Essentials stain resistant cloth seating
    • Dual zone automatic temperature control with ionizer and defogger
    • Blind Spot Collision Warning (BCW)
    • Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning (RCCW)

Nightfall Edition –

  • Replaces S Trim as standalone package

EX –

  • Panoramic Sunroof now standard

EX Technology Package, SX Turbo

  • Map updates now complimentary for 10 years and include:
    • New Points of Interest
    • Headunit software updates
    • Supports ADAS features that require updated route information

2022 Sorento Hybrid (HEV)

Sorento Hybrid S

  • AWD option with center-locking differential & Drive Mode Select w/ Snow Mode
  • Standard 10.25-inch touchscreen with navigation and telematics

Sorento Hybrid EX

  • AWD option with center-locking differential & Drive Mode Select w/ Snow Mode
    • includes 19-inch alloy wheels
  • Standard 10.25-inch touchscreen with navigation and telematics

2022 Soul

All variants

  • New Kia badging on hood, liftgate, steering wheel and wheel center caps

LX

  • Manual transmission variant discontinued
  • Eight-inch head unit screen (replaces seven-inch screen from last year)
  • New LX Technology Package features:
    • 16-inch alloy wheels
    • Blind Spot Collision Warning
    • Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Avoidance Assist
    • Lane Change Assist
    • Forward Collision Avoidance Assist
    • Lane Keeping Assist
    • Driver Attention Warning

 

S, X-Line and GT-Line

  • Standard 10.25-inch display screen with navigation
  • Dual automatic climate control
  • Push-button start with engine immobilizer
  • Wireless smartphone charger
  • Dual USB chargers

LX, S and EX

  • Sparkling Silver is replaced with Steel Gray

 

2022 K5

LX

  • Trim badge removed
  • New Kia badge

LXS

  • Additional rear USB chargers (FWD)
  • Adjusted AWD trim content
  • Trim badge removed
  • New Kia badge

GT-Line

  • Added 10.25-inch AVN5 with wired CarPlay and Android Auto
  • Updated Highway Driving Assist and Navigation Based Smart Cruise Control (Premium & Premium AWD)
  • Added new base GT-Line AWD trim
  • Renamed 21MY GT-Line AWD to GT-Line Premium AWD Package
  • Removed GT-Line AWD Special Edition Package
  • 10-watt drop-in wireless charger now standard on FWD (center console)
  • Changed Red Syntex interior Color Pack availability (available on Premium and Premium AWD)
  • New Kia badge

EX

  • Added 10.25-inch AVN5 with wired CarPlay and Android Auto
  • Trim badge removed
  • Introduced new Surround View Monitor (switch by shifter), power folding mirrors (switch on driver door panel), Park Distance Warning-Forward (switch by shifter) and rear window auto up/down on Premium Package
  • Brand badge update

GT

  • Added 10.25-inch AVN5 with wired CarPlay and Android Auto
  • Introduced new available “Chestnut Brown” Syntex interior Color Pack
  • Introduced new Surround View Monitor (switch by shifter), Power Folding Mirrors (switch on driver door panel), Park Distance Warning-Forward (switch by shifter) and Rear Window Auto Up/Down on GT1
  • New Kia badge

2022 SELTOS

LX AWD

  • High Beam Assist (HBA)
  • Forward Collision Assist with pedestrian detection
  • Lane Keeping Assist (LKA)
  • Lane Departure Warning System (LDWS)
  • Driver Attention Warning (DAW)
  • Lane Following Assist (LFA)

S FWD / AWD

  • Navigation with 10.25-inch display
  • Smart key with push button start
  • Remote start added to key fob
  • LED interior lighting
  • Front USB charge port and one power outlet, rear USB charge port
  • UVO link connectivity
  • Auto climate control

 

Nightfall Edition AWD

  • Exclusive design 18-inch black alloy wheels
  • Exclusive design black radiator grille
  • Rugged design stand-up roof rails
  • Rugged design side sills

SX AWD

  • Sport steering wheel
  • Available Plum interior color

2022 Sorento

Sorento S and Above

  • Standard 10.25-inch touchscreen with navigation and telematics

Sorento X-Line S and Above

  • New color offering: Wolf Grey

Sorento X-Line S (new trim level; adds X-Line features to former Sorento S w/AWD):

  • AWD with center-locking differential & Drive Mode Select w/ Snow Mode
  • X-Line bumpers
  • Bridge-type roof rack
  • Matte exterior trim
  • X-Line badging
  • Unique wheels

Sorento X-Line EX (new trim level; adds X-Line features to former Sorento EX w/AWD):

  • AWD with center-locking differential & Drive Mode Select w/ Snow Mode
  • X-Line bumpers
  • Bridge-type roof rack
  • Matte exterior trim
  • X-Line badging
  • Unique wheels

Sorento SX-P (FWD and X-Line)

  • Standard memory seats with greater adjustability
    • 14-way seat adjustments (upgraded from 10-way)
    • Four-way power lumbar (upgraded from two-way power lumbar)
    • Newly added thigh extender
  • Standard rear heated captain’s chairs

2022 Telluride

All Trims

  • New Kia emblems
  • Revised Telluride emblem on rear liftgate with smaller font and wider spacing
  • Revised radiator grille with new Kia emblem
  • Updated color and finish of “AWD” emblem (non-Nightfall)
  • Deleted trim and V6 emblems from liftgate
  • Added Navigation Based Smart Cruise Control (NSCC-C)

LX

  • Added 10.25-inch split-screen display with navigation (AVN5)
  • Added fully automatic temperature control (front and rear)
  • Added Highway Driving Assist

S

  • Added 10.25-inch split-screen display with navigation (AVN5)
  • Added fully automatic temperature control (front and rear)
  • Added Highway Driving Assist
  • Added wireless phone charger

Nightfall Edition

  • Replaced Nightfall exclusive Kia emblem/logos (front, rear, wheel caps) with new Kia emblems/logos (same as non-Nightfall)

2021 NIRO & NIRO PHEV

  • Standard Rear Occupant Alert (door logic based)
  • 8-inch display equipped vehicles now come with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto standard (previously wired only).
  • Smart Key equipped vehicles now feature the new Remote Engine Start.
  • Navigation equipped vehicles receive MapCare program with 10 years of complimentary map updates.
  • Navigation-based Smart Cruise Control and Curve (NSCC-C) on vehicles with Navigation and Smart Cruise Control.

2021 FORTE

Changes to the 2021 Forte are features that were once optional equipment, but are now standard equipment. The GT Premium Line package adds available 10-way power-adjustable driver’s seat. Other changes include:

  • Premium Navigation with modem, Harman Kardon premium audio, power sunroof and wireless charging are standard on EX trim.
  • Blind-spot Collison Warning (BCW) and Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning (RCCW) are standard on GT Turbo with automatic dual-clutch transmission. GT MT and GT with GT2 package already includes BCW and RCCW.
  • Manual transmission GT models get standard Michelin Pilot Sport Summer tires.

And for the 2021 model year, Forte EX will come with UVO link available through the Kia Owner’s app. Highlighted features include:

  • Connected Routing to provide real-time and historic data for optimal routing.
  • Engine Idle Notification, which enables the user pre-set a duration of time to be notified if the engine is left idling, after which the user will receive a push notification.
  • 911 Connect & Roadside Assistance, which will automatically attempt to call 911 if your airbags deploy — or for non-emergencies, it can connect with 24/7 roadside assistance.
  • Remote Climate Control, which enables the user to pre-heat or pre-cool the cabin prior to driving the vehicle.

2021 SEDONA

  • 2021 Sedona is a carryover model with no feature or spec changes. The “L” and the Venetian Red color trims have been deleted from the Sedona line-up while the Camel Beige interior color has been deleted from the “LX” trim.

2021 TELLURIDE

All Trims

  • 7 PIN trailer harness (upgraded from 4 PIN)
  • Remote engine start “ON” button on the remote key fob

 EX

  • Nightfall Edition appearance package available on AWD with EX Premium package
  • LED headlamps are now included in the EX Premium Package
  • Black Copper now available as an exterior color

 S

  • Black Copper now available as an exterior color

 SX

  • Nightfall Edition appearance package available on AWD and SX Prestige package
  • Sangria now available as an exterior color (with Black or Gray leather)

2021 Niro EV

EX

  • Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
  • Remote Start with cabin preheating or cooling functionality
  • Rear Occupant Alert (ROA) – door-logic type
  • Driver Attention Warning (DAW) with Lead Vehicle Departure Alert

 

EX Premium

  • Highway Driving Assist
  • Navigation-based Smart Cruise Control – Curve

2021 SOUL

All variants

  • Standard Rear Occupant Alert (door logic type)

X-Line and GT-Line

  • New shock valves for improved ride

EX and Turbo

  • Key fob includes integrated remote start
    • Remote start is also still included in the UVO telematics system

Turbo

  • Revised badging on grille, steering wheel and lift gate

2021 SPORTAGE

S – Nightfall Edition and Nightfall Edition Premium

  • Replaces last year’s S Sunroof and Premium Package variants
  • Piano black trim pieces on front bumper, side sills, front and rear skid plates and fog lights
  • Unique 18-inch alloy wheels with blacked-out center caps
  • Exclusive Sportage badging across rear lift gate

LX, EX, SX Turbo

  • Carryover

2021 STINGER

  • Carryover from 20MY
  • Add red interior to V6 Panthera Gray models