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2020 Kia Telluride Our Top 3-Row Pick

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Rating: 4; Vote: 2

Kia pulled out all the stops when designing the biggest Kia ever sold in America. The new Telluride offers more legroom than the competition, cargo volume that beats many large SUVs and one of the best interiors in the segment. The most surprising thing about the Telluride however? The price tag. Despite being significantly larger than the Pilot or Highlander, Kia's biggest crossover ever is actually less expensive than comparably equipped competitors. Stephen Hendricks: Great review as always, Alex. Special kudos for focusing on the interior packaging efficiency of the Telluride. As you note, it's in the middle of the pack in terms of overall length of a larger 3 row crossover while offering an extraordinary amount of passenger and cargo room. The most obvious competition for the Telluride is the Palisade. Not just a corporate cousins, they're more like fraternal twins. The Palisade is dressed in a three piece suit and the Telluride in a plaid shirt and (well pressed) blue jeans. It's worth considering why this is so. Both the Telluride and Palisade were initially designed in Hyundai's and KIA's design studios in California but the Telluride has been designed for and is produced in North America (West Point, GA. It is not even offered in Asian markets including Korea. The Palisade, on the other hand, is built in Korea and designed to be sold in international markets, especially in Asia. Ruggedness has great appeal in North America. Much less so in countries where a relatively affluent middle class is a recent phenomenon and luxuriousness trumps rugged. If you or your parents grew up in poverty and you've made it to the middle class, you may well have had all the ruggedness you care to experience. It's no accident that the Telluride most closely resembles the Land (and Range) Rover models, vehicles with a long pedigree of ruggedness (plus luxury) while the Palisade more closely resembles European pure luxury vehicles from BMW, MB, and Audi. By the way, Alex, your various top picks for the category suggest you might have a real future in politics. :)
Date: 2019-07-12

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Comments and reviews: 4

bdoleza
Great review Alex Maybe the Telluride isn't the prettiest option in the world, but I like how well it stacks up against the Traverse, Tahoe, etc, especially for the price. I imagine this model is going to pave the way for a true 3-row luxury SUV from Genesis in the future. Oh and as far as a rear-seat infotainment system. my suspicion is that and iPad is the only rear-seat infortainment system that most people want hehe
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Pikminiman
The combination of design, practicality, and price that Kia has achieved with the Telluride is remarkable. I also love that Kia and Hyundai are putting Android Auto/Apple CarPlay into their base models.
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Rove McClain
The most disappointing thing about the Telluride is that you can't get it in Red in the highest trim level. You have to step down at least one trim level. That's. That's just rude.
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Naveen Krishnamurthy
I love the telluride. Its become my top pick for any three row suv. Id easily take it over a traverse, atlas, or a CX9. And to some extent, the Acura MDX.
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