More Accolades

[Lucas & Craig]

And yet another:

Telluride Is A 2020 Autotrader Best Car Interior Under $50,000

The Kia Telluride has won a 2020 Autotrader 10 Best Car Interiors Under $50,000 award. Autotrader judges were impressed by the SUV's interior quality, comfort and value within its segment.

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If you live under a rock with no wifi its the only way you don't know about the Telluride. I went out with my girlfriend last weekend. We were talking to a couple and they start talking cars. Then I hear "We just bought a new KIA Telluride SX with the Premiere Package!" "It's loaded!" "Have you ever seen one!?" I sure have. Did you pay over sticker for the Telluride? "Well I'm not really sure but we got the Ziebart pkg and the two front windows tinted for only $2k!" Sounds like you got a great deal!

 

[Flekke]

“The Kia Telluride is one of the most holistically impressive vehicles we’ve ever reviewed”

Review: The Kia Telluride is the best three-row SUV on sale

The Kia Telluride is not revolutionary because it does anything new. It's revolutionary because of how holistic its dominance is. In every metric, the Kia either matches the rest of the segment or beats.

www.cnbc.com

 

[bogie]

Kia Takes Home Multiple Awards at the 2020 Chicago Auto Show - The News Wheel

At the Chicago Auto Show, Kia vehicles were honored with not one, but three awards from a couple prestigious organizations.

thenewswheel.com

 

[Flekke]

Kia Takes Home Multiple Awards at the 2020 Chicago Auto Show - The News Wheel

At the Chicago Auto Show, Kia vehicles were honored with not one, but three awards from a couple prestigious organizations.

thenewswheel.com

This is getting ridiculous!

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[bogie]

In some respects, it is ridiculous - however, personally, I think it all means my research was spot on that started back last February when I first ran into the T-Ride at the auto show, before all of the reviews and awards.

Went to the auto show this year, again. Having gotten the T-Ride, it was not as a shopper as I was at the previous 4 auto shows. Went around this time looking at the previously considered vehicles, some which had updated versions. Came away considering my time there as my 'confirmation tour' - confirming for myself I definitely made the correct choice for me. All the accolades are additional confirmation.

Certainly better than if you bought one and all the 'pros' said it was the worst available... just sayin'...

 

[bogie]

Still another:

Kia Telluride Named A Top Pick For Families By U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report awards the 2020 Kia Telluride its Best 3-Row SUV for Families accolade.

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[bogie]

Yesterday brought this:

Kia Telluride Named Winner Among Automobile All-Stars

/PRNewswire/ -- The 2020 Kia Telluride, the brand's most decorated SUV ever, has been named a winner at the Automobile All-Stars, an annual evaluation held by...

www.prnewswire.com

 

[bogie]

They keep coming...

Kia Telluride Named A Best New Car Of 2020 From Autotrader

The Kia Telluride is one of the Best New Cars of 2020, according to Autotrader. The honor is just the latest accolade for Kia's bold and boxy SUV, which continues to earn acclaim for segment leadership, innovation, design, safety, driver satisfaction and overall value.

finance.yahoo.com

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[Lucas & Craig]

They keep coming...

Kia Telluride Named A Best New Car Of 2020 From Autotrader

The Kia Telluride is one of the Best New Cars of 2020, according to Autotrader. The honor is just the latest accolade for Kia's bold and boxy SUV, which continues to earn acclaim for segment leadership, innovation, design, safety, driver satisfaction and overall value.

finance.yahoo.com

I'm waiting for Winner of the #1 Vehicle that survived the Apocalypse.

 

[Familyman20]

I'm waiting for Winner of the #1 Vehicle that survived the Apocalypse.

You guys really wanna boost sales during this mess? Offer a bulk pack of TP with every purchase!! Lol

 

[Lucas & Craig]

You guys really wanna boost sales during this mess? Offer a bulk pack of TP with every purchase!! Lol

Noted. Might be more of a hit than the TV's during black Friday.

 

[pbinde]

Noted. Might be more of a hit than the TV's during black Friday.

I'll take the TV

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[bogie]

Not so much an accolade - but in another positive review was a tid-bit regarding the first step in the painting process, thought interesting enough to share:
*****
Before the stripped-down, bare-naked bodyshell of every new Kia Telluride is given a final, gleaming coat of color, there’s one key preparation process it has to go through.

It’s dusted with emu feathers.

Not any old feathers. But the slightly shaggy, gray-brown plumage of Australia’s non-flying, somewhat oddball native bird.

“Emu feathers are electro-statically charged so can pick up the minutest specks of dust. And because the feathers have a large surface area, they provide a lot of coverage. There’s nothing man-made that can match them.”

“In this day and age, it seems crazy that we’d use bird feathers in such a hi-tech environment,” he explains. “But they help give us the quality paint finish we demand. If they didn’t work, we wouldn’t use them.”
[Above two quotes by T.J. White, paint production manager at Kia’s West Point, Georgia assembly plant]

And the best part? No emus are sacrificed in the pursuit of paint perfection. These are feathers that fell out during molting.
*****
The full article at:

The Telluride is a Feather in the Cap for Kia | Palm Beach Illustrated

You won't believe how Kia gets such amazing paint quality for its new SUV.

www.palmbeachillustrated.com

FWIW

 

[bogie]

Hot off the internet - World Car Awards just announced live:

World Car of the Year 2020 finalists - Kia Telluride, Mazda CX-30, Mazda3 - and the winner is KIA TELLURIDE!

2020 World Car Awards :: World Car Awards

The World Car Awards (WCA) is a program initiated by, organized by, and conducted by automotive journalists from all over the world. From the outset, those of us involved in making it a reality have done so in the context of one over-riding priority. We are dedicated to ensuring that it is...

www.worldcarawards.com

Kia also won Urban Car of the Year 2020 with the Kia Soul EV

 

[MarcinTexas]

Wow. Great news...now if we can just get to the other side of this pandemic and back to normal.

 

[Schlegel]

Wow. Great news...now if we can just get to the other side of this pandemic and back to normal.

S W E E T !!!

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