in the roller tests of the era, any of the transverse mounted engines fail when pushed,
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and although I did not search much for Kia,
you might look for similarly powered Hyundai vs. subaru videos. (kia and hyundai being sister companies).
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the forester with its smaller approach and departure angles is closer to a sorento, although I have yet to sit in a forester that I would like to own.
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in the real world videos take by owners, one of the problems is tires,
(you have to look real close to see if the tires are similar,...or one vehicle has something more aggressive then the other).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OzK-oRPCbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7dVFY5CxT0