The frenetic struggle taking place in the large SUV segment has seen new contenders from Nissan (Pathfinder) and Toyota (Kluger) raise the stakes over the past 12 months, but now the Kia Sorento puts a bomb under the two Japanese rivals. Quieter, more spacious and more driveable than its predecessor, the new Sorento boasts a five-star ANCAP rating, and local suspension calibration that the two Japanese rivals can't match.