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Everyone I talk to asks me about the Kia 2022 Telluride SX V6 AWD I am driving. There is space everywhere in the cabin. Driving this car feels incredible. This vehicle, which starts at $33,000, is the full package.
This award-winning vehicle offers impressive handling and power, advanced technology, and a spacious interior designed for passenger comfort.
Let’s get the awards out of the way first. The Kia 2022 Telluride SX V6 AWD is the 2021 IIHS Top Safety Pick when equipped with the optional LED headlights.
Kia also ranks highest among mass-market brands in long-term reliability, according to JD Power.
The Telluride Nightfall Edition, with available AWD versions, includes these exclusive features: gloss black exterior trim and roof rails, black finish 20-inch alloy wheels, and black finish radiator grille, headlamps and fog lamps with black bezels.
Part of the beauty of the interior is how information is delivered. The 10.25-inch touchscreen display and standard voice-command navigation system makes all the important features easy to view and engage. There are also features that let you amplify your voice to the rear of the cabin. Now anyone who knows me, knows I don’t need my voice to be amplified anywhere. I can pretty much reach from one side of Hard Rock Stadium to the other even when I’m whispering, but this feature makes conversation that much easier.
The fuel economy is very good, delivering 20 miles per gallon in the city, 26 miles per gallon on the highway, and 23 miles per gallon combined. This performance is generated by a 291 horsepower V6, 3.8-liter engine.
Now let’s talk safety: The available blind-spot view monitor display is the dashboard gauge cluster can display a live feed of your rear blind spots. And when you try to change lanes while an object is detected in an area you can’t completely see, the standard blind spot collision avoidance assist in the back can help maintain your prior course.
Highway driving assist can adjust the vehicle’s cruising speed to mirror the vehicle detected ahead as well as speed limits, even when they change. That’s pretty amazing technology that is sure to help anyone on the road.
Some of the worry of driving with kids is also addressed through the standard safety exit assist. This tech overrides attempts to deactivate the electronic safety lock until the car detects it is safe for rear passengers to open and exit the vehicle.
The rear cross-traffic collision-avoidance assist scans for obstacles when backing up. If some kind of obstacle is detected, there are visual and audio warnings as well as possible breaking action to avoid an accident.
Overall, I think the Kia 2022 Telluride SX V6 AWD is going to feel like you have an innovative, comfortable ride for years to come.
