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Designed in America, for America
A new addition to the Kia lineup, the Telluride midsize crossover offers bold styling, a premium interior, a powerful engine and seating for up to eight occupants. Designed specifically for the U.S. market at Kia’s design center in California, Telluride is built at Kia’s manufacturing plant in West Point, Georgia, alongside the Sorento SUV and Optima sedan. Telluride enters the Kia lineup next to the midsize Sorento and above the compact Sportage SUV.
Bigger and Bolder
The all-new Telluride is larger than the Kia Sorento, Kia’s 7-occupant, 3-row midsize SUV that was Kia’s top-selling vehicle in the U.S for 2018. At 196.9 inches long and 78.3 inches wide, Telluride is 7.9 inches longer and 3.9 inches wider than Sorento and rides on a 114.2-inch wheelbase, which is 4.8 inch longer than Sorento. The additional interior room allows Telluride to offer a 3-passenger third row and additional storage room behind the third-row seat. Telluride is offered with a second-row 3-passenger bench seat for 8 occupants or second-row captain’s chairs for a 7-position configuration.
Exterior Design
The Telluride design is deliberately boxy to recall larger, rugged truck-based SUVs of the past, prior to the proliferation of more carlike unibody crossover vehicles. Key design elements such as the long hood, upright windshield and stacked headlights give Telluride a bold look more like larger SUVs of decades ago. The Tigershark grille is the largest of the Kia lineup, with a chrome finish across the top and bottom to make the grille more prominent. The stacked headlights are positioned back from the grille in the fenders with a distinctive rectangular shape; the top-line SX trim adds a ring of LEDs.
At the rear, Telluride features inverted L taillights, a sculpted rear valance and dual exhaust tips. Both the hood and the liftgate feature an elongated Telluride badge to emphasize the bold styling. The profile is clean with a muscular shoulder line; the side windows flow back to a narrow rear pillar. The side windows are surround by a chrome or satin chrome finished depending on the trim level. Telluride rides on 18- or 20-inch alloy wheels, again depending on trim level.
Model Lineup
The 2020 Kia Telluride is offered in four trim levels: LX, S, EX and SX. Starting MSRP for Telluride LX is $31,690, with Telluride S at $33,990, Telluride EX at $37,090 and Telluride SX at $41,490 — all excluding a destination charge of $1,045. Every trim level offers all-wheel drive at a cost of $2,000.
Read more on https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-suvs/2020-kia-telluride-first-drive-review/ar-BBVCWn
