Six years sturdy: Telluride units new benchmark with six consecutive titles since its introduction
The 2025 Telluride SUV has been named to Automobile and Driver’s 2025 10Best Vans and SUVs, marking the sixth yr in a row the ruggedly refined three-row SUV has earned the distinguished title. This achievement highlights the Telluride’s standing as one of some automobiles to be named a Automobile and Driver 10Best every year it’s been on sale.
“Receiving this award yearly since its introduction, six years in a row speaks to the Telluride’s enduring attraction, particularly given Automobile and Drivers’ experience,” stated Steven Heart, COO & EVP, Kia America. “The Telluride’s ongoing success displays what folks really love about it – an ideal mix of favor, functionality and luxury. Being acknowledged yr after yr is a testomony to its lasting impression.”
The 2025 Telluride continues to steer its class with a mix of revolutionary expertise, superior driver help options1, and premium consolation. Minor updates for the brand new mannequin yr embody commonplace Freeway Driving Help 1.52 on LX, S, and EX fashions (SX, SX X-Line, SX Status, SX Status X-Line, and SX Status X-Professional get commonplace Freeway Driving Help 2.0), as properly the brand new EX X-Professional mannequin. The EX X-Professional is a step up from the EX X-Line with a regular towing capability3 of as much as 5,500 lbs., up from the earlier 5,000 lbs., together with a slight enhance in floor clearance. Moreover, it receives upgraded expertise, that includes a regular 12.3-inch dual-screen built-in show and out there Digital Key 2 Contact4. For 2025, all Telluride X-Line and X-Professional fashions characteristic black Kia logos and Telluride badging, together with black wheels.
“Regardless of an onslaught of newer competitors within the three-row phase, the Telluride secures its sixth 10Best award with its mixture of practicality, consolation, refinement, and worth,” stated Tony Quiroga, Editor-in-Chief, Automobile and Driver. “Greater than some other, it’s the three-row SUV we advocate to pals, household, and readers.”
Automobile and Driver’s 10Best awards characterize an all-encompassing have a look at the perfect automobiles on sale because it permits earlier winners to compete to defend their spot. To be eligible, automobiles should be on sale within the month of January 2025 and have a beginning worth (together with any federal tax and vacation spot prices) below $110,000. This yr, Automobile and Driver editors drove greater than 90 new vehicles, vans, and SUVs over the course of two weeks earlier than assigning every car a rating of zero to 100. Votes have been then tallied and averaged to reach on the 10Best of 2025.
1 Superior Driver Help Methods are usually not substitutes for protected driving, and will not detect all objects across the car. At all times drive safely and use warning.
2 When engaged, Freeway Driving Help will not be an alternative choice to protected driving, could not detect all objects surrounding the car, and solely features on sure federal highways. At all times drive safely and use warning.
3 Towing requires extra gear. See Proprietor’s Guide for towing directions. At all times use warning whereas towing.
4 Kia Digital Key 2 Contact requires an eligible Kia Join subscription and a appropriate good machine with an lively information plan. Regular mobile service charges could apply when utilizing a sensible machine.
