Kia Sorento
Kia Sorento HTE(O) Diesel DCT
Variant
₹29.49 lakhEx-showroom, November 2026
On-road in₹34.82 lakh
- Fuel
- Diesel
- Gearbox
- DCT
- Engine
- 2151 cc
- Mileage
- Not published
HTE(O) against the trims either side
The trim belowHTE₹27.99 lakh · ₹1.50 lakh lessWhat the HTE(O) adds over it
- Smart power tailgate with anti-pinch
- Front passenger seat: 8-way power
- Front ventilated seats: With 3-step cooling
- Sunroof: Dual-pane panoramic
The trim aboveHTK₹32.49 lakh · ₹3.00 lakh moreWhat the HTK adds
- Side parking sensors
- 360-degree camera
- Blind-spot view monitor
- Parking collision-avoidance assist, reverse (PCA-R)
- Headlamps: Crystal Cube LED projection
Kia Sorento HTE(O) Diesel DCT specifications and features
Variant
Engine & transmission
Engine & performance
- Engine
- Smartstream D2.2 diesel
- Fuel system
- CRDi (common-rail direct injection)
- Engine displacement
- 2,151 cc
- Max power
- 142 kW (193 PS) @ 3,800 rpm
- Max torque
- 442 Nm @ 1,750–2,750 rpm
Transmission & drivetrain
- Gearbox
- 8-speed dual-clutch (8DCT)
- Drive type
- Two-wheel drive (2WD)
Fuel & performance
- Fuel type
- Diesel
- Fuel tank capacity
- 67 litres
Suspension, steering & brakes
- Front suspension
- McPherson strut with stabiliser
- Rear suspension
- Independent multi-link
- Front brakes
- Disc
- Rear brakes
- Disc
- Steering type
- Manual tilt & telescopic adjust
Dimensions & capacity
- Length
- 4,815 mm
- Width
- 1,900 mm
- Height
- 1,785 mm (with bridge-type roof rack)
- Wheelbase
- 2,815 mm
- Seating capacity
- 7 seats
- Boot space
- 813 litres behind 2nd row; 179 litres behind 3rd row
Wheels & tyres
- Tyre size
- 235/60 R18
- Spare wheel
- 135/80 D18 (steel)
Comfort & convenience
AC & climate control
- Rear ventilated seats with 3-step cooling
- No
- Air conditioning
- Dual-zone automatic, with front infinity air vents
- Rear AC vents (2nd & 3rd row)
- Yes
- Infotainment–climate control swap switch
- Yes
Seating & comfort
- Premium seatback panel
- Yes
- Driver seat
- 10-way power with lumbar adjust
- Front passenger seat
- 8-way power
- One-touch seat adjust (boss mode)
- No
- Front ventilated seats
- With 3-step cooling
- 2nd row seats
- 60:40 split with slide, recline, remote folding & walk-in
- Wing-type headrests, 2nd-row captain seats
- No
- 1st row sliding headrests
- No
- 3rd row seats
- 50:50 split folding
- 2-way adjustable headrests (all rows)
- Yes
Convenience & storage
- Steering wheel
- 4-spoke, leatherette-wrapped
- 2nd row centre armrest with cup holder
- Yes
- Keyless entry
- Smart key with push-button start
- Wireless phone charger
- Yes
- USB Type-C chargers
- All rows, x2 each
- 220 V power outlet
- No
Driver assistance
- Front & rear parking sensors
- Yes
- Side parking sensors
- No
- Rear view camera with dynamic guidelines
- Yes
- 360-degree camera
- No
- Smart dashcam with front & rear cameras
- No
- Cruise control with manual speed limit assist
- Yes
- Drive modes
- Eco, Sport, Smart, Normal (Normal on diesel only)
- Paddle shifters and dial-type shift-by-wire
- No
Interior
Interior & cabin
- Interior theme
- Smoky black & grey two-tone
- Seat upholstery
- Leatherette
- Leatherette-wrapped gear knob
- Yes
- Leatherette soft-touch door trim
- No
- Black matte console
- Yes
- Cloth roof trim
- Yes
- Illuminated vanity mirrors
- Yes
Instrument cluster
- Head-up display (windshield projection)
- No
- Driver display
- 4.2-inch (10.5 cm) colour TFT MID
Exterior
Lighting
- Auto light control with follow-me-home headlamps
- Yes
- Headlamps
- Crystal Cube MFR LED, with auto light control
- LED daytime running lamps
- Starmap LED DRLs with integrated turn signals
- Tail lamps
- Starmap
- LED MFR fog lamps
- No
- LED high-mount stop lamp
- Yes
- Rear defogger (heated rear windshield)
- Yes
- Ambient lighting
- No
- LED map & luggage lamps
- Yes
Sunroof & windows
- Solar front window glass, tinted rear glass
- Yes
- Sunroof
- Dual-pane panoramic
- Power windows (all doors) with switch illumination
- Yes
- All windows one-touch up/down with safety
- Yes
Doors, mirrors & wipers
- Integrated rear spoiler with hidden wiper
- Yes
- Outside mirrors
- Electrically adjustable and folding, with LED indicators
- Rain-sensing aero wipers
- Yes
- Rear wiper and washer
- Yes
- Smart power tailgate with anti-pinch
- Yes
- Metal paint inside door handles
- Yes
- Inside rear-view mirror
- Auto anti-glare
Design & styling
- Progressive turn indicators
- No
- Wheels
- 18-inch (46.20 cm) sporty crystal-cut alloys
- Black Line styling pack
- No
- Blacked-out Kia & Sorento emblems
- No
- Grille
- Kia Digital Tiger Face
- Front & rear skid plates
- Robust
- Body side & fender garnish
- Satin chrome
- Beltline
- Satin chrome finish
- Roof rails
- Black high-gloss, bridge type
- Shark fin antenna
- Yes
- Solar & acoustic front windshield
- Yes
- Sorento engraved metal step plates
- No
- Sporty alloy pedals
- No
Safety
Airbags & passive safety
- Airbags
- 7
- ISOFIX child seat anchors
- Yes
Brakes & stability
- Tyre pressure monitor (TPMS)
- Yes
ADAS
- Blind-spot view monitor
- No
- Parking collision-avoidance assist, reverse (PCA-R)
- No
- ADAS level
- No
- Forward collision warning (FCW)
- No
- Forward collision-avoidance assist: car, pedestrian, cyclist (FCA)
- No
- Forward collision-avoidance assist: direct oncoming (FCA-DO)
- No
- Forward collision-avoidance assist: junction turning (FCA-JT)
- No
- Lane departure warning (LDW)
- No
- Lane keeping assist (LKA)
- No
- Lane following assist (LFA)
- No
- High beam assist (HBA)
- No
- Driver attention warning (DAW)
- No
- Leading vehicle departure alert (LVDA)
- No
- Blind-spot collision warning (BCW)
- No
- Blind-spot collision-avoidance assist (BCA)
- No
- Rear cross-traffic collision warning (RCCW)
- No
- Rear cross-traffic collision-avoidance assist (RCCA)
- No
- Safe exit warning (SEW)
- No
- Smart cruise control with stop & go (SCC)
- No
- Forward collision-avoidance assist: junction crossing (FCA-JC)
- No
- Forward collision-avoidance assist: lane-change oncoming (FCA-LO)
- No
- Forward collision-avoidance assist: lane-change side (FCA-LS)
- No
- Forward collision-avoidance assist with evasive steering (FCA-W/ESA)
- No
- Lane change assist (LCA)
- No
- Highway driving assist (HDA)
- No
- Navigation-based smart cruise control: zone (NSCC-Z)
- No
- Navigation-based smart cruise control: curve (NSCC-C)
- No
- Remote smart parking assist
- No
Entertainment & communication
- Virtual engine sound system
- No
- Touchscreen
- 12.3-inch (31.24 cm) HD
- Sound system
- 6 speakers
- Steering-mounted audio controls
- Yes
- Built-in navigation
- No
Connected car
- Kia AI assistant (generative AI) with voice command
- No
- Kia Connect 2.0 connected car
- No
- Over-the-air (OTA) software updates
- No
Kia Sorento HTE(O) Diesel DCT on-road price
Every city →- New Delhi₹34.82 lakh
- Mumbai₹35.65 lakh
- Bengaluru₹37.03 lakh
- Chennai₹37.04 lakh
- Kolkata₹34.09 lakh
- Bhopal₹35.86 lakh
Estimated: ex-showroom plus road tax, registration, FASTag and insurance. Own-damage insurance varies by insurer.
Work out the exact figure for your city →Sorento EMI
₹49,548 a month
On ₹29.49 lakh ex-showroom, 20% down (₹5.90 lakh), 5 years at 9.5%. Total interest ₹6.14 lakh.
Loan or cash: which is smarter? →Other Sorento variants
Compare them side by side →- HTE Diesel DCT₹27.99 lakh
- HTE Hybrid Automatic₹29.49 lakh
- HTE(O) Diesel DCTViewing₹29.49 lakh
- HTE(O) Hybrid Automatic₹30.99 lakh
- HTK Diesel DCT₹32.49 lakh
- HTK 6-Seater Diesel DCT₹32.69 lakh
- HTK(A) Diesel DCT₹33.49 lakh
- HTK(A) 6-Seater Diesel DCT₹33.69 lakh
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- HTK(A) Black Line 6-Seater Diesel DCT₹33.89 lakh
- HTK Hybrid Automatic₹33.99 lakh
- HTK 6-Seater Hybrid Automatic₹34.19 lakh
- HTK(A) Hybrid Automatic₹34.99 lakh
- HTK(A) 6-Seater Hybrid Automatic₹35.19 lakh
- HTK(A) Black Line Hybrid Automatic₹35.19 lakh
- HTK(A) Black Line 6-Seater Hybrid Automatic₹35.39 lakh
- HTX Diesel DCT₹37.49 lakh
- HTX 6-Seater Diesel DCT₹37.69 lakh
- HTX Black Line Diesel DCT₹37.69 lakh
- HTX Black Line 6-Seater Diesel DCT₹37.89 lakh
- HTX(A) Diesel DCT₹38.49 lakh
- HTX(A) Black Line Diesel DCT₹38.69 lakh
- HTX(A) 6-Seater Diesel DCT₹38.69 lakh
- HTX(A) Black Line 6-Seater Diesel DCT₹38.89 lakh
- HTX Hybrid Automatic₹38.99 lakh
- HTX Black Line Hybrid Automatic₹39.19 lakh
- HTX 6-Seater Hybrid Automatic₹39.19 lakh
- HTX Black Line 6-Seater Hybrid Automatic₹39.39 lakh
- HTX(A) Hybrid Automatic₹39.99 lakh
- HTX(A) Black Line Hybrid Automatic₹40.19 lakh
- HTX(A) 6-Seater Hybrid Automatic₹40.19 lakh
- HTX(A) Black Line 6-Seater Hybrid Automatic₹40.39 lakh
Sorento colours
Some colours are offered on certain variants only; the showroom confirms which come with the HTE(O).
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Kia Sorento HTE(O) Diesel DCT FAQ
What is the price of the Kia Sorento HTE(O) Diesel DCT?
The Kia Sorento HTE(O) Diesel DCT costs ₹29.49 lakh ex-showroom, or about ₹34.82 lakh on the road in Delhi. Road tax and registration depend on your state, so the on-road price differs from city to city.
Which engine and gearbox does the Kia Sorento HTE(O) Diesel DCT have?
The Kia Sorento HTE(O) Diesel DCT has a 2151 cc diesel engine and a dct gearbox.
What features does the Kia Sorento HTE(O) Diesel DCT get?
Its main features include dual-pane panoramic sunroof, ventilated front seats, smart power tailgate, 8-way power passenger seat and 18-inch alloy wheels.
Should I buy the HTE(O) or the HTK?
The HTK costs ₹3.00 lakh more ex-showroom. Whether that is worth it depends on which of its extra features you will use. A 15-minute call with Smart4Wheels will tell you which variant is right for you.
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