The Kia Telluride is without doubt one of the most essential automobiles the Korean automaker sells in America, so it actually wants to stay the touchdown when it launches the second-generation crossover on the 2025 Los Angeles Auto Present. Nonetheless, that is nonetheless a couple of month away, and the automotive world is impatient, which is why we’re getting a few teaser photos to carry us over till then.
What we have got listed here are two shady photos of a entrance three-quarter and top-down view of the 2027 (sure, 2027) Telluride. There’s so much that’s left to the creativeness, however we’re nonetheless in a position to get the concept that the brand new ‘Journey is a bit boxier than it was earlier than, and it will slot in neatly with the remainder of Kia’s design language. It is actually associated to the wonderful Hyundai Plaisade, that is for certain. Kia says the Telluride is the most recent type of its “Opposites United” design language that “embraces the distinction between nature and humanity.” I do not know what the hell meaning, however I do love advertising and marketing language, do not you?
What we will see is vertical amber LED lights — a trademark of the present Telluride. Much like the Palisade, the Telluride additionally contains a very broad hood and upright grille. It offers the automobile a slightly imposing look, particularly if it is in your rearview mirror. From the top-down view, we aren’t in a position to see a lot aside from the twin sunroofs and slight tapering towards the rear of the crossover. It is considerably paying homage to the L460 Vary Rover, and I am certain that is not by chance.
Whereas we aren’t given a take a look at the rear of the automobile, Kia says its beltline rises subtly to intersect with a D-pillar that raks ahead. The automobile can even characteristic black inserts on the high of the pillar to make the flat roofline appear to be it is floating on high of the home windows… form of like a Vary Rover.
Figuring out the unknown
After all, there are not any official specs for the 2027 Telluride simply but, nevertheless it does not take a lot of a mind genius to make some educated guesses. In August, I drove the second-generation Hyundai Palisade, which is bound to be this automobile’s mechanical twin. Meaning we will count on the Telluide to have two powertrain choices: a naturally aspirated 3.5-liter V6 that places out 287 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque and a turbocharged 2.5-liter four-cylinder hybrid that’ll make a mixed 329 hp and 339 lb-ft of torque. I will be driving that automobile very quickly. Each can be found with front- or all wheel-drive.
I would not be shocked if the second-generation Telluride obtained a bit larger than the previous automobile. The brand new Palisade is about 2.5 inches larger than the previous one, and its wheelbase grew by about 2.7 inches. It will be fairly the shock if the Telluride did not comply with that pattern. Oh, and relating to value, the brand new Palisade begins $41,035, together with vacation spot, so you possibly can count on the Telluride to start out someplace in that neighborhood.
By means of September of this 12 months, Kia has bought 92,498 Tellurides, and because it went on sale again in 2019, the automaker has moved a complete of 646,096 Tellurides, outselling the earlier 12 months yearly. It might probably’t mess this up, and if these teaser photos are something to go by, it will not.
