Kia Telluride Review: Is It the BEST 3-Row SUV?

Let’s test drive and review the 2024 Kia Telluride SX Prestige X-Pro! In America, the Telluride’s story begins with the Kia Borrego, a 3-row, 7-passenger SUV. The Borrego featured Kia’s first-ever V8 engine, and that V8 made 337 horsepower, and Kia said how successful the company was looking for it to be. But the Borrego came at the exact wrong time: 2009, the Great Recession. Kia discontinued the car in the United States due to poor sales after one year. For many Americans, the price of gas was too high to justify the V8 Borrego. The modern Kia Telluride nameplate came around in 2016, when Kia brought a Telluride concept to the Detroit Auto Show. The official production Kia Telluride came for the 2020 model year, and it was the largest vehicle Kia had ever built. (Its third row isn’t huge, but it fits an adult.) The Telluride’s sibling is the Hyundai Palisade. The Telluride had a 3.8-liter V6 engine with 291 horsepower and an eight-speed automatic transmission. That’s the only engine option on the car still; no hybrids are in the Telluride lineup yet. But Telluride reviews still glowed. The Telluride started flying off dealership lots. The SUV sold so well that in early 2020, Kia nicknamed the car with a play on its pronunciation: the “Sell-u-ride.” On the American market in 2024, the Kia Telluride comes in 10 trim levels. The base Telluride is called the LX, and it starts at $36,000. Then come trims like the S, EX, SX, EX X-Line, SX X-Line, SX X-Pro, SX Prestige, and SX Prestige X-Pro. The SX Prestige X-Pro starts at $52,000 and comes with standard all-wheel-drive (AWD), and it’s the car I drove. My SX Prestige X-Pro loaner had four options: $495 Wolf Gray paint, $225 carpeted floor mats, a $155 cargo cover, and a $115 carpet cargo mat with seat-back protection. In this Telluride review, we’ll cover everything: how it rose to greatness; its front, second-row, and rear seats; trunk space; electric SUV options like the Kia EV9; owner experiences and how hard it’s been to buy the Telluride compared to other new cars; future reliability; trunk space; infotainment system; which are the best options to get and which to skip; why I love the Kia Sorento Hybrid; and more. Thanks for watching my YouTube channel. Enjoy the drive (and the video)! #cars #kia #kiatelluride #telluride #suv #suvs #suvreviews #suvreview #kiasuv #kiaborrego #automotive #carreview #carreviews #alanisking FOLLOW ME: Twitter: https://twitter.com/alanisnking Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alanisnking/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@alanisnking Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alanisnking.bsky.social TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@alanisnking Website: alanisnking.com FOLLOW MY UPCOMING MOTORSPORTS PODCAST, 36 QUESTIONS WITH ALANIS KING: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeIuI8Ey1kVYzmXe6JCLeTw USE CODE ALANIS24 FOR 15% OFF YOUR HOMEFIELD APPAREL ORDER: https://www.homefieldapparel.com/ USE CODE ALANIS FOR 15% OFF YOUR APEX COFFEE ORDER: https://www.apexcoffeeroasters.com CHECK OUT MY SHORTS CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@AlanisKingShorts/shorts WORK WITH ME: workwithalanis@gmail.com