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Hiding the issue and selling the car is not ethical. That will handover the issue to another person rather solving it. Sad about your situation @Aslam86. Also shame about you @florider

Hi guys, one of friends looking to buy registered KIA sorento 2010/11 or 12 model and seek my help to find out good vehicle. I go through some valuable threads in this forum regarding this vehicle and found both favorable & adverse comments. Ultimately i assume this is a reliable vehicle for normal drive. However found some different types of engine capacities such as 2000cc, 2300cc and 2400cc on both petrol & diesel. We were so confused on what to consider. On the other hand diesel varients got a huge price gap around 500k. Anyone please give some details what should we consider, fuel consumption and what version has the reasonable resale market as we are not experts in this.

I’m using a Xtrail and average Colombo city consumption is about 10 km/l. Best was 19.5 km/l, from Malabe to Matale via Kurunegala at late night. Sometimes consumption is only 3.5 km/l for city/short driving + idle running when my toddler is sleeping in the car while I’m doing grocery shopping. Colleague of mine got 22 km/l as best on his Xtrail. Point is there are too many variables and judging consumption without setting them is not fair for any Vehicle isn’t it?

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you buy a xtrail and expect 20kmpl is absurd. Even the vezel does only 12kmpl

Tnx for sharing your informations. One vehicle dealer said me it does around 14kmpl on normal drive. ?? However what it means 1-10 options..?

Just few thoughts to consider as of my experience...... 1. Strongly recommend to go for Diesel one. 2. You should be able to find a carefully maintained one with mileage less than 80k - 100k in the market. 3. Diesel does 10-12 km/l in the city and 14-16 km/l in outstation(real figures). 4. As previously mentioned always needs to pump Super Diesel. 5. Definitely comfortable drive. 6. Go for 1 - 10 option where the re-sale will be easy. 7. For the extra money you pay for Diesel will well worth for the extra power & the fuel savings.

There are no "Different types of engine capacities", that is just idiot advertisers not knowing what they are selling. The diesel engines available here were 2200cc and the Petrol engines were 2400 cc, both 4 cylinder. That's it, full stop. Other markets had a 3.5 V6 but I don't think any made it here. Obviously the diesels are more expensive because the Sri Lankan market prefers even their SUVs to be cheap to run so whenever there is a diesel option it will have greater resale value. In the case of the Sorento the diesel is also considerably more powerful and has more torque than the petrol so it will be better to drive. On the downside, the Hyundai/Kia CRDI engine is not as tough as an old school Jap diesel and is more like a euro model in that it needs to have been run on super diesel, needs to have the correct oils etc. Even then, you're likely to be looking at an engine rebuild when the vehicle reaches around 180-200k Kilometers. Petrols are very thirsty, an AWD model will get around 4-5 KM/L at best in the city and maybe 8-9 outstation. In terms of resale there are LOTS of diesels in the market and far fewer petrols but the diesel should in theory be easier to sell if you get a good one and take care of it properly.

Yes that would be normal for a vehicle like X-trail. What people say about their penis sizes and the fuel consumption of their vehicles is best ignored.