 I bought my Sorento LX 4x4 new in January 2006 (2005 model year) and it has been a very dependable vehicle and I have enjoyed owning it.  It has only been back to the dealer one time for minor repairs, brakes and new belts in 10 years.  Very reliable and I love the truck design platform with real four wheel drive.  It will easily crawl up any mountain jeep trail in 4x4 (low setting).  It has good towing capacity.  I may have been lucky that I did not end up with one of the Sorentos that mechanical or electrical issues, based on the problems in other reviews.  When it is in standard 2wd the rear wheel drive can loose traction easily on icy roads, but it plows through everything with secure traction in 4 wheel drive (high setting).  The only other repairs that I have done are the exhaust flex pipes were replaced when holes developed, replaced the tires and regular oil changes.  Gas mileage varies considerably based on driving.  I typically get 9-14 mpg driving in my hilly city, but on the highway it gets 18-22 mpg depending on speed.  I just did 700+ miles of mostly freeway driving at 70 mph in the winter 32 degrees on day and 0 degrees a few days later and still got 21-22 mpg both times. On slower 55 mph highways I have gotten 24 mpg when fully loaded down with a weeks worth of camping gear and an 18 foot canoe on the roof.  I'm happy I bought it and still enjoy driving it, the seats are very comfortable, the interior is nicely designed, I still take it on road trips and down remote logging roads.  I don't put a lot of miles on it because I live in a smaller city and don't do my daily commute to work in it.  I happily get to walk to work all year for my commute!  In town it is primarily used for hauling supplies to work.  Glad I bought my Sorento LX :)  - Read updateUpdate:  In my prior review I forgot about the engine starter motor that failed on Christmas Day in a different town.  That repair on a 6 year old car was not covered by the 10 year/100,000 mile warranty!Since then:  At 11 years and 2 months, with just 60k miles, a engine timing belt sprocket broke distroying my engine.  The timing belt replacement & associtated maintenance had been performed the prior year.  The replacement rebuilt used engine cost just as much as the suv was worth.  My local KIA dealer took 3 1/2 months to replace the engine, including 2 subsequent repairs due to the a poor installation.  On one of those the dealer had to tow the car in because the replacement engine quit working.