Like Nissan, which introduced the Rogue Warrior tracked SUV at the beginning of the year, Kia has stripped down its Sorento and put tracks on it instead of tires. Kia prepared the Sorento Ski Gondola concept vehicle in cooperation with the LUX Motorwerks car service, and showed it at the SEMA 2016 auto show.
Kia is at this year's exhibition of converted cars and accessories SEMA presented with a model Kia Sorento Ski Gondola, a conceptual hybrid between SUVs Sorento and snowmobile. A similar 'amphibian' was also presented by Nissan at the beginning of the year changed his Warrior shoes.
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Kiin converted SUV he changed the tires to caterpillars brands Dominator, which allows you to transform any car into a snowmobile. You can read more about this in the article Dominator Track System - you can turn any car into a snowmobile. Kia, however, was not satisfied with just replacing the footwear, because it is of snowy Sorrento equipped also with technology for autonomous driving, and the seats inside are similar as in a gondola facing each other (the driver's and passenger's seats were rotated 180 degrees).
They removed it B-pillar, that the entrance to the vehicle is as wide as in a gondola. The floor of the car is covered with high quality coating protection Line-X, which protects against snow and ice. Instead of horns, they put a special one on his head trunk for skis and ski boards.
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