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2023 Kia Telluride Pictures (Official)

While I think Telluride made a decent choice in offering the Dawning Red instead of the grandma-red from yesteryear, I still think they should have gone bolder and made an actual bright color offering. For example see press photos in my avatar, how good did that red/orange look on the off-road model they tricked out for press?? I mean come on Kia, you have the good colors for other models, just give us a dang chance to have something fun.
 
While I think Telluride made a decent choice in offering the Dawning Red instead of the grandma-red from yesteryear, I still think they should have gone bolder and made an actual bright color offering. For example see press photos in my avatar, how good did that red/orange look on the off-road model they tricked out for press?? I mean come on Kia, you have the good colors for other models, just give us a dang chance to have something fun.
I fully agree. I was hoping for a more candy apple red like Mazda or brighter red like Dodge. Also after seeing those pictures, I hope the X-Line has all that silver blacked out. If it doesn't, I may be trading it for the Dark Moss. I sure wish KIA would get the builder up and running, the unknowns are giving me doubts.
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From a dealer group I am in.. Jungle Green
 

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@StephenCantrelle I thought X line was supposed to have darker front and rear bumpers but all the pics coming out of the x line have silver.
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@StephenCantrelle I thought X line was supposed to have darker front and rear bumpers but all the pics coming out of the x line have silver.
I have a feeling a lot of people will be dipping the bumpers with black gloss finish to make the new models “ blacked out”

Interesting to see the reading material and then real world products… I should be getting my first batch next week.. so I’m sooooo hoping it looks better in person
 
I have a feeling a lot of people will be dipping the bumpers with black gloss finish to make the new models “ blacked out”

Interesting to see the reading material and then real world products… I should be getting my first batch next week.. so I’m sooooo hoping it looks better in person
Personally, the darker 2023 bumper looks terrible with the light color vehicles - looks better on the black or the darker gray colors, but not with white or WG. Unfortunately, I like the lighter silver with white, but prefer the XLine wheels, so I have to settle between one or three other
 
I have a feeling a lot of people will be dipping the bumpers with black gloss finish to make the new models “ blacked out”

Interesting to see the reading material and then real world products… I should be getting my first batch next week.. so I’m sooooo hoping it looks better in person
Having used gloss black hyperdip in the past, I think I’m going to vinyl wrap the bumpers. Should look a little better and last longer. I won’t be surprised if dealers start vinyl wrapping them and offering it as an add on. I personally might pay for it at the right price.
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It’s a darker silver but still silver. This is why I never bought into the “nightfall package was just renamed” argument.
From the pics on FB of units hitting dealer lots, the front bumper is silver and not darker as originally indicated.

I was not expecting black.
 

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Just found these pictures. This would be an SXP X-Line?

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I've uploaded a few photos I've found around this forum to keep them under this topic of 2023 photos. I'm specifically interested in exterior photos. I was hoping others might contribute pictures they've found since we don't have any official place to go to look at all of the color options. I'd love to see more in other colors and trim levels, especially given that the exterior was (unfortunately) modified. Bonus points for pictures of cars in real life (not the promotional ones that are computer enhanced). Without really knowing what these new models look like, I hope this helps others place their orders.

Wolf Gray and White ext. colors with all black wheel rims are SX (P?) X-Line.
White and Gravity gray ext. colors with a small amount of silver on the wheel rim is just the SX or SX-P trim.
I just noticed they got rid of the Telluride badging on the hood too.
 
Wheels look good and love the Terracotta, glad I went with it. Will see how the trim in the front and back looks on white and will get it vinyl wrapped if I don’t like it
 




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