Wheels

DIESEL. DUST

KIA SORENTO GT LINE

Price as tested $64,990 (driveaway)

This month 105km @ 9.2L/100km

Total 2096km @ 9.1L/100km

IRECKON there’s a broad rule of thumb that can be applied to the essentialness of all-wheel drive on cars and SUVs. If the platform is fundamentally rear-drive, you can almost surely do without it, if you’re happy to live on the edge. Witness the Porsche want AWD; evidenced by Golf R versus GTI, or a bunch of fast AWD Audis versus their front-drive counterparts.

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