Throttle response was predictable and the vehicle comes with a few ride modes. I found the engine to be plenty powerful enough. This engine puts out 291 hp and 262 lb-ft of torque. My tester came with a 3.8-liter V6 under the hood. It hits the market right where people are looking, and is an interesting alternative to the other options out there. In other words, it’s a family vehicle built for the masses. It’s the most at home cruising on the highway and around the suburbs. It’s not necessarily hardcore off-roader, though it does have the goods to handle some sloppy snowy conditions, some dirt roads and muddy trails, and some mild four-wheel-drive duties. It’s a bold and big vehicle with plenty of room for luggage, people and just about everything you can think of. The SUV features an upscale looking interior, especially for a Kia. The Kia Telluride is a large, family-oriented SUV with three rows. It’s good at what it does, but I struggle to say it’s good enough to put the well-established three-row SUVs from Honda and Toyota out to pasture. It’s a vehicle that will move you and your family from place to place with ease and it’ll bring along most of your stuff with you. The Telluride is a vehicle designed for the suburbs. It also found a couple of twisty patches (a true feat in the flat grid of roads in Indiana) and managed to find the limits of this vehicle. Then I cruised on some country roads and the interstate. It took it on tight city streets where the Telluride’s large size was put to the test. Still, this is a notable move in the right direction for Kia, and I commend their efforts. ![]() It’s good but not great, and in a segment so competitive, Kia might have to do better to succeed. It felt like it was trying to be more luxurious or special than it is. The Kia Telluride delivers on much of what it tries to do, but it still left me unsatisfied. It’s for drivers with big families who want a lot of space, plenty of power, and high levels of comfort. It’s designed to be a people mover, and it is going up against some of the industry’s stalwarts. The vehicle brings bold styling, a big overall footprint, and lots of room. The Kia Telluride is the company’s entrant into a very profitable and important segment of the market-the three-row crossover SUV market.
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