Kia Corp. unveiled the three-row (7-8 passenger) sport utility car (SUV) All-New Telluride for the primary time globally on the 2025 LA Auto Present held on the Los Angeles (LA) Conference Heart on Nov. 20 (native time).
The brand new Telluride is a very redesigned mannequin launched roughly six years after the first-generation mannequin launched in 2019. The corporate defined that it was developed with thorough consideration of North American client preferences and street and terrain circumstances. It will likely be produced on the West Level plant in Georgia and can enter full-scale gross sales within the first quarter of subsequent yr.
Since its 2019 launch, the Telluride has acquired acclaim from native shoppers for its design, efficiency, premium comfort options, and sensible area configuration. From launch by way of October of this yr, 654,667 items have been offered in the USA alone, establishing it as a core mannequin within the North American market. In 2020, it grew to become the primary in Kia model historical past to be named North America Automotive of the Yr, and in the identical yr was additionally chosen as World Automotive of the Yr and MotorTrend’s SUV of the Yr, reaching a triple crown.
Yoon Seung-kyu, vice chairman of Kia North America Regional Headquarters, emphasised the Telluride’s standing, saying, “The Telluride is a mannequin that utterly modified the automotive business’s, native media’s, and prospects’ notion of the Kia model,” including, “Because the Telluride’s reputation soared, the Kia model grew along with it.”
The newly born Telluride includes a stronger and bolder design, best-in-class area utilization, and superior comfort and security options. Product competitiveness has additionally been dramatically enhanced with the addition of a next-generation hybrid system that considerably improves each energy efficiency and gas effectivity.
First, the design inherits Kia’s design philosophy Reverse United (inventive fusion of contrasting ideas) and Telluride’s distinctive DNA, capturing each power and class befitting a flagship mannequin. The angular box-shaped silhouette additional emphasizes the enlarged physique, whereas distinctive character traces together with a big entrance grille emphasizing vertical traces maximize the strong feeling.
By means of general dimensional enlargement, it additionally options the spacious inside befitting a flagship SUV mannequin. Headroom and legroom, which decide passengers’ sense of area, have been improved to best-in-class ranges, and most cargo capability with all rear seats folded reaches 2,460 liters.
Kia additionally unveiled the New Telluride X-Professional mannequin for off-road driving. This car includes a excessive floor clearance of 9.1 inches and is supplied with Terrain Mode to help tough street driving. Moreover, Floor View Monitor is utilized to show the form of off-road terrain on the display screen throughout low-speed driving below 6 mph. The bottom mild system put in on all entrance sides and rear offers vivid lighting throughout household tenting journeys.
In the meantime, Hyundai Motor unveiled the compact off-road specialised trim (XRT) idea automotive Crater for the primary time at at the moment’s occasion. The corporate defined that it was designed to facilitate tough street driving by way of three-dimensional lighting, securing steep method and departure angles contemplating numerous off-road environments. Hyundai Motor officers stated, “There’s potential for mass manufacturing, however nothing has been confirmed but.”
