2023 Kia Telluride Discussion

[bruesjoh04]

Interesting. Dimensions are almost identical to the Telluride. Has a Diesel engine. Interior is VERY nice. Looks like there is a third screen on the passenger side?

No screen. There is some ambient lighting on the passenger-side dash.

The Mojave is body-on-frame design, just a mildly updated version of what we used to know as the Borrego. It was here and gone before anyone knew it nearly 15 years ago (only lasted one model year in the US).

 

[JohnnyBlue]

Yea that's pretty terrible looking with the silver lower front bumper trim. I'm still likely going to upgrade from my 22' EX to a 23' SX X-line though simply due to all of the upgrades I get. My plan is to just get that lower bumper trim wrapped which might end up actually looking pretty good.

Wait, you’re going to trade in an essentially new car? Aren’t you going to get slaughtered in first year depreciation?

 

[stavesacre03]

Wait, you’re going to trade in an essentially new car? Aren’t you going to get slaughtered in first year depreciation?

Not sure where you have been for the past two years, but people are selling used, late-model cars for more than new cars sell for these days, especially high demand cars like Tellurides.

 

[topdown]

Picked up our 22M/Y WG SX Prestige yesterday.
Sales rep said we were lucky to receive two key FOB’s.
The dealership has been informed that future arrivals will come with only one key FOB.
I wouldn’t be too please.

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[3Rivers]

Picked up our 22M/Y WG SX Prestige yesterday.
Sales rep said we were lucky to receive two key FOB’s.
The dealership has been informed that future arrivals will come with only one key FOB.

What's next? "I said three wheels, and you'll take 'em & like 'em!"

 

[topdown]

LOL You make a great point. You don’t like it, move aside, next guy will.

 

[Slack Attack]

Picked up our 22M/Y WG SX Prestige yesterday.
Sales rep said we were lucky to receive two key FOB’s.
The dealership has been informed that future arrivals will come with only one key FOB.
I wouldn’t be too please.

I don't even know how that's possible? If you lose your car key you're totally screwed. Surely Kia has other things they can remove chips from before taking an extra car key away.

 

[MBE]

Soup Nazi marketing strategy.....?

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[irvineboy]

Saw 23 wolf gray XLine with black interior and 23 white XPro with Butterscotch interior. Agree I don’t like the lower silver bumper. The headlights take awhile to get used. Hopefully it will grow on me. I do like the butterscotch color. The pattern threading they do on the XLine and XPro is pretty cool. But I don’t think I’ll be able to order the butterscotch interior since I want bench seating. The ones I saw were all captain.

 

[Mk2driver]

Wait, you’re going to trade in an essentially new car? Aren’t you going to get slaughtered in first year depreciation?

There is virtually zero depreciation with these cars these days. More like Appreciation probably will get more than they paid if they didn’t pay an insane markup.

 

[G-205841]

Saw 23 wolf gray XLine with black interior and 23 white XPro with Butterscotch interior. Agree I don’t like the lower silver bumper. The headlights take awhile to get used. Hopefully it will grow on me. I do like the butterscotch color. The pattern threading they do on the XLine and XPro is pretty cool. But I don’t think I’ll be able to order the butterscotch interior since I want bench seating. The ones I saw were all captain.

Cool, where did you see them? Also, butterscotch is gone for the 23. It’s terracotta. So I assume it looks very similar to butterscotch?

 

[ELCapiTRAN]

There is virtually zero depreciation with these cars these days. More like Appreciation probably will get more than they paid if they didn’t pay an insane markup.

check your prices. 2022 Telluride appraisal prices have been dropping. last couple of places I've checked have hit sub 50k values. I remember when it was as high as 57k for an AWD SX Prestige.

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[d'aubigne]

Saw 23 wolf gray XLine with black interior and 23 white XPro with Butterscotch interior. Agree I don’t like the lower silver bumper. The headlights take awhile to get used. Hopefully it will grow on me. I do like the butterscotch color. The pattern threading they do on the XLine and XPro is pretty cool. But I don’t think I’ll be able to order the butterscotch interior since I want bench seating. The ones I saw were all captain.

were you fortunate enough to grab photos?

 

[irvineboy]

https://imgur.com/a/yO5Wo5T

 

[stavesacre03]

https://imgur.com/a/yO5Wo5T

Looks great. Thanks so much for posting.

 

[irvineboy]

No problem guys. Just need to see what the black one looks like. If the lower bumpers are still silver, it’ll contrast and not look great.

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[d'aubigne]

https://imgur.com/a/yO5Wo5T

Thanks for the spy shots!

It looks like isn't a true nightfall. I was hoping the X-Line and/or X-Pro would have black out trim. This refresh is definitely heading towards sporty Bronco, Rapter, FJ Cruiser than the elegant Range Rover and Yukon Denali.

 

[irvineboy]

Isn’t the wolf gray nightfall since the window trim is black.?

 

[d'aubigne]

Isn’t the wolf gray nightfall since the window trim is black.?

True. I'm guessing the bumper trim is gunmetal instead of blacked out like in 2022.

 

[Sparkle Girl 47]

Not sure where you have been for the past two years, but people are selling used, late-model cars for more than new cars sell for these days, especially high demand cars like Tellurides.

You are so right. Jackie Cooper imports has a 2022 Kia Telluride SX with 9000 miles listed today,7/18/,for 63,000.