Kia has issued teaser photos of its third generation Sorento to be unveiled in Korea next month, featuring bold, swept-back exterior styling.

The new model boasts a lower roofline, higher beltline, more muscular stance, rounded shoulders at the rear and deeply sculpted body surfaces together with a larger, more upright ‘tiger-nose’ grille.

It’s expected to be larger than its predecessor on a new platform introduced with the Carnival/Sedona and to be shared with the next Hyundai Santa Fe, according to just-auto’s Production Life Database.

Styled at the automaker’s own studios in Korea, Germany and the US, the redesigned Sorento appears first in Korea at the end of August and takes its European bow on 2 October at the Paris show.