Will the Telluride be your first Kia?

[Kamauxx]

How can you not like the white or black?

White SX with espresso brown interior is the money maker for me.

 

[Karam.31]

White SX with espresso brown interior is the money maker for me.

hopefully you mean dune nappa.. Gotta get prestige!

 

[Kamauxx]

hopefully you mean dune nappa.. Gotta get prestige!

I think the darker espresso will look better than dune.

 

[Karam.31]

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I think the darker espresso will look better than dune.

But can you get the prestige upgrade with the espresso?

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[MrLatte]

But can you get the prestige upgrade with the espresso?

No. If you pick the Prestige Package you get Nappa leather and the colors are narrowed to Black, Grey, and Dune Brown.

 

[Karam.31]

No. If you pick the Prestige Package you get Nappa leather and the colors are narrowed to Black, Grey, and Dune Brown.

That's what I thought. So giving up prestige just for the espresso brown leather.

 

[Kamauxx]

That's what I thought. So giving up prestige just for the espresso brown leather.

It would be worth it for me. HUD, climate controlled rear seats, and heated steering wheel aren't important to me. Interior color is.

 

[Karam.31]

It would be worth it for me. HUD, climate controlled rear seats, and heated steering wheel aren't important to me. Interior color is.

Yeah plus premium headliner, 110V plug in 2nd row, and rain sensing wipers

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[zhelder]

It would be worth it for me. HUD, climate controlled rear seats, and heated steering wheel aren't important to me. Interior color is.

I’m the opposite. Unless the car is only offered in puke green (and believe me, I know what that color is, as my parents owned a 1969 Impala in the perfect shade of it inside and out), the comfort and convenience features are far more important to me than exterior/interior colors. HUD and/or a fully digital dashboard are mandatory for me in my next car. I can live without one or the other, but not both. I also gotta have all the safety features, a decent audio system (Honda is notorious for putting substandard audio systems in their non-Acura vehicles, so I’m looking forward to a quality system), and a quality infotainment system. The infotainment system in my 2013 Accord is horribly buggy. In fact, while it had way less features, the system in my 2004 Accord worked far better. The voice recognition was way better in that car too.

Now I won’t shed any tears over not having a heated steering wheel, but I certainly wouldn’t object to having one.

 

[Karam.31]

I’m the opposite. Unless the car is only offered in puke green (and believe me, I know what that color is, as my parents owned a 1969 Impala in the perfect shade of it inside and out), the comfort and convenience features are far more important to me than exterior/interior colors. HUD and/or a fully digital dashboard are mandatory for me in my next car. I can live without one or the other, but not both. I also gotta have all the safety features, a decent audio system (Honda is notorious for putting substandard audio systems in their non-Acura vehicles, so I’m looking forward to a quality system), and a quality infotainment system. The infotainment system in my 2013 Accord is horribly buggy. In fact, while it had way less features, the system in my 2004 Accord worked far better. The voice recognition was way better in that car too.

Now I won’t shed any tears over not having a heated steering wheel, but I certainly wouldn’t object to having one.

What do you mean by fully digital dashboard / instrument cluster? I noticed you said the Palisade has it on some other posts but I've seen review videos of the Palisade and didn't think it had anything special on the interior compared to the Telluride. Besides the button shifters which I personally think are horrific.

 

[zhelder]

What do you mean by fully digital dashboard / instrument cluster? I noticed you said the Palisade has it on some other posts but I've seen review videos of the Palisade and didn't think it had anything special on the interior compared to the Telluride. Besides the button shifters which I personally think are horrific.

It’s supposed to be an option for the American Palisade, similar in format to the one available for the K900. The Korean models do not appear to have this option available. Rather, they look like they feature the setup with the 7” center screen like the Telluride SX has.

Brief glimpses of the all digital dashboard (on pre-production models) are shown in some of the Hyundai promo videos, and the Palisade introduced at the LA Show appeared to have it, but it wasn’t lit up at all. This video features a very brief glimpse of it:

2020 Hyundai Palisade

I don’t mind a push button shifter. Don’t need it, but wouldn’t object to one.

 

[Karam.31]

It’s supposed to be an option for the American Palisade, similar in format to the one available for the K900. The Korean models do not appear to have this option available. Rather, they look like they feature the setup with the 7” center screen like the Telluride SX has.

Brief glimpses of the all digital dashboard (on pre-production models) are shown in some of the Hyundai promo videos, and the Palisade introduced at the LA Show appeared to have it, but it wasn’t lit up at all. This video features a very brief glimpse of it:

2020 Hyundai Palisade

I don’t mind a push button shifter. Don’t need it, but wouldn’t object to one.

I see it thanks! Looks cool for sure, but something about the "old school" speedometer and RPM meter does it for me. The interior of the palisade surely looks nice, it may even beat the Telluride marginally. I just prefer the exterior of the Telluride by a lot over it, which makes the Telluride the winner in my book. Can't go wrong with either I'd presume!

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[AnyVare]

I completely agree, but to each his/her own...

Don't get me wrong...the Telluride is really nice, but getting it in a color that I like is important to me. I've owned black and white cars, and don't like the added washes compared to a silver, red or blue. Green is a no go for me on any ride.

 

[zhelder]

I see it thanks! Looks cool for sure, but something about the "old school" speedometer and RPM meter does it for me. The interior of the palisade surely looks nice, it may even beat the Telluride marginally. I just prefer the exterior of the Telluride by a lot over it, which makes the Telluride the winner in my book. Can't go wrong with either I'd presume!

Both beautiful, inside and out. I agree the Telluride is nicer on the outside (that big C-Pillar on the Palisade detracts a bit from an otherwise beautiful exterior), but the Palisade interior looks a bit nicer to me. Again, the Telluride interior is also beautiful, but the Palisade’s looks a touch classier to me.

I’m a tech nut, so I’m a sucker for the gadgets. I’ve been a digital dashboard freak since I was a kid. The first-gen LCD digital dashboards were in quite a few cars in the 80s, then pretty much vanished in everything except old-school Cadillacs and Lincolns in the 90s. I was thrilled to see the comback of digital in the mid aughts, and I actually thought about the idea of customizable, fullly computerized dashboards about 15 years ago.

But those lousy car makers with their billions of dollars and thousands of PhD engineers and computer scientists beat me to the punch.