The Mohave is a Korea-only SUV and no it’s not anywhere near the size of a suburban. This is really just a lazily written article. Search google for Mohave Masterpiece to find the truth of the matter which is that this is a concept of a car that already exists in Korea that would overlap the Telluride.
The Mohave is also still available in parts of the Middle East.
I understand what you are saying, but according to the rumor mill, they want to bring the Masterpiece and Gamemaster to the united states AS A FULL SIZE suv. They will be created to compete with the large FULL size suv's. We are not talking about what is being sold in korea or anywhere else. They will be a completely different SUV and they could be launched with the trucks they keep talking about.
The Grandmaster is just the concept version of the
Hyundai Palisade.
As for the Masterpiece, it's just a heavily reworked (more extensive 2nd facelift) of the old Borrego/Mohave which is shorter in length than the Telluride.
Doubt Kia will be bringing it over as the platform underpinning it will now be 2 generations old.
Word is, however, that H/K are in the midst of developing a new BoF platform to underpin both proper pick-ups and SUVs.
H/K want a Hilux competitor (Toyota's best-selling pick-up worldwide), but the question remains if the vehicles based on the new BoF platform will make their way to the US (will depend on where they are manufactured).
As for the Telluride, the notion that Kia had set plans for production this year at around
55k seems accurate as April sales only increased by 500 to 5,500 from March. If sales stay around the 5,500 mark for May, then we pretty much know that production for this year is capped at 55k (for a full 12 months, would be
66k).
Supposedly, Kia is looking to increase production, but that likely won't happen until the MY change and what Kia sets as production capacity for the new Optima.
Kia has also supposedly stepped up production of the SX trim, but the availability of captain's chairs has created a bottleneck.
