silopanna
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Hello all! I just jumped on the Telluride train with a new 2023 SX Prestige in Gravity Gray with a gray interior. I previously had a second-generation Honda Pilot that served as our family hauler, but after 13 years of faithful service, it was time for a replacement. Oddly enough, I was a big fan of the Palisade when it came out in 2020 but did not like the styling of the Telluride at all (hated the Hot Wheels-looking SX wheels, the amber DRLs, and the tacked-on infotainment screen).
My wife and I decided we would wait to see what the 2023 Pilot looked like when it was released, and if we didn't like it, we would buy a Palisade. Skip forward to last fall, and we generally liked the Pilot's return to the rugged styling of our second generation model, but when we test drove the vehicle, we were underwhelmed by the tiny infotainment screen and a general lack of "wow" factor for a car that was over $50k. We decided to take another look at the Palisade, only to find that Hyundai had updated the styling with a horrendous grille that looks like something out of a Transformers movie.
I decided to see what Kia did to the Telluride for 2023, and to my surprise, they had remedied everything that kept me from considering it before - the SX Prestige had wheels that I loved, the garish amber DRLs were gone, and the all-digital dash was beautifully executed. We test drove the car and immediately found that it felt much more expensive and elegant and than the Pilot, and it had a long list of features that the Honda simply couldn't match. We wanted a very specific color combination that was a little tough to find, but after combing all the dealerships within a 2-hour drive, we found our car in a neighboring state and managed to get out the door at MSRP. So far, apart from its well-documented poor fuel economy in city driving and lack of wireless Carplay, we love the Telluride and are thrilled to be part of the club. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that reliability will be good!
My wife and I decided we would wait to see what the 2023 Pilot looked like when it was released, and if we didn't like it, we would buy a Palisade. Skip forward to last fall, and we generally liked the Pilot's return to the rugged styling of our second generation model, but when we test drove the vehicle, we were underwhelmed by the tiny infotainment screen and a general lack of "wow" factor for a car that was over $50k. We decided to take another look at the Palisade, only to find that Hyundai had updated the styling with a horrendous grille that looks like something out of a Transformers movie.
I decided to see what Kia did to the Telluride for 2023, and to my surprise, they had remedied everything that kept me from considering it before - the SX Prestige had wheels that I loved, the garish amber DRLs were gone, and the all-digital dash was beautifully executed. We test drove the car and immediately found that it felt much more expensive and elegant and than the Pilot, and it had a long list of features that the Honda simply couldn't match. We wanted a very specific color combination that was a little tough to find, but after combing all the dealerships within a 2-hour drive, we found our car in a neighboring state and managed to get out the door at MSRP. So far, apart from its well-documented poor fuel economy in city driving and lack of wireless Carplay, we love the Telluride and are thrilled to be part of the club. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that reliability will be good!
