Six years robust: Telluride units new benchmark with six consecutive titles since its introduction
The 2025 Telluride SUV has been named to Automotive and Driver’s 2025 10Best Vehicles and SUVs, marking the sixth 12 months 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 Automotive 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 Automotive and Drivers’ experience,” stated Steven Middle, 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 12 months after 12 months is a testomony to its lasting affect.”
The 2025 Telluride continues to guide its class with a mix of revolutionary expertise, superior driver help options1, and premium consolation. Minor updates for the brand new mannequin 12 months 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 nicely the brand new EX X-Professional mannequin. The EX X-Professional is a step up from the EX X-Line with a typical 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 typical 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 section, the Telluride secures its sixth 10Best award with its mixture of practicality, consolation, refinement, and worth,” stated Tony Quiroga, Editor-in-Chief, Automotive and Driver. “Greater than another, it’s the three-row SUV we suggest to associates, household, and readers.”
Automotive and Driver’s 10Best awards signify an all-encompassing have a look at the very best 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 costs) beneath $110,000. This 12 months, Automotive and Driver editors drove greater than 90 new vehicles, vehicles, and SUVs over the course of two weeks earlier than assigning every automobile 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 aren’t substitutes for secure driving, and will not detect all objects across the automobile. All the time drive safely and use warning.
2 When engaged, Freeway Driving Help will not be an alternative to secure driving, might not detect all objects surrounding the automobile, and solely features on sure federal highways. All the time drive safely and use warning.
3 Towing requires further tools. See Proprietor’s Handbook for towing directions. All the time use warning whereas towing.
4 Kia Digital Key 2 Contact requires an eligible Kia Join subscription and a appropriate sensible gadget with an lively knowledge plan. Regular mobile service charges might apply when utilizing a wise gadget.
