Six years sturdy: Telluride units new benchmark with six consecutive titles since its introduction
The 2025 Telluride SUV has been named to Automotive and Driver’s 2025 10Best Vans and SUVs, marking the sixth 12 months in a row the ruggedly refined three-row SUV has earned the distinguished title. This achievement highlights the Telluride’s standing as one of some automobiles to be named a Automotive and Driver 10Best annually it’s been on sale.
“Receiving this award yearly since its introduction, six years in a row speaks to the Telluride’s enduring enchantment, particularly given Automotive and Drivers’ experience,” stated Steven Middle, COO & EVP, Kia America. “The Telluride’s ongoing success displays what individuals really love about it – an ideal mix of favor, functionality and luxury. Being acknowledged 12 months after 12 months is a testomony to its lasting impression.”
The 2025 Telluride continues to steer its class with a mix of progressive know-how, superior driver help options1, and premium consolation. Minor updates for the brand new mannequin 12 months embrace normal Freeway Driving Help 1.52 on LX, S, and EX fashions (SX, SX X-Line, SX Status, SX Status X-Line, and SX Status X-Professional get normal Freeway Driving Help 2.0), as nicely the brand new EX X-Professional mannequin. The EX X-Professional is a step up from the EX X-Line with a normal towing capability3 of as much as 5,500 lbs., up from the earlier 5,000 lbs., together with a slight enhance in floor clearance. Moreover, it receives upgraded know-how, that includes a normal 12.3-inch dual-screen built-in show and obtainable Digital Key 2 Contact4. For 2025, all Telluride X-Line and X-Professional fashions function black Kia logos and Telluride badging, together with black wheels.
“Regardless of an onslaught of newer competitors within the three-row section, the Telluride secures its sixth 10Best award with its mixture of practicality, consolation, refinement, and worth,” stated Tony Quiroga, Editor-in-Chief, Automotive and Driver. “Greater than every other, it’s the three-row SUV we suggest to pals, household, and readers.”
Automotive and Driver’s 10Best awards symbolize an all-encompassing have a look at the very best automobiles on sale because it permits earlier winners to compete to defend their spot. To be eligible, automobiles have to be on sale within the month of January 2025 and have a beginning value (together with any federal tax and vacation spot fees) below $110,000. This 12 months, Automotive and Driver editors drove greater than 90 new automobiles, vans, and SUVs over the course of two weeks earlier than assigning every car a rating of zero to 100. Votes had been then tallied and averaged to reach on the 10Best of 2025.
1 Superior Driver Help Techniques are usually not substitutes for protected driving, and should not detect all objects across the car. At all times drive safely and use warning.
2 When engaged, Freeway Driving Help is just not an alternative to protected driving, might not detect all objects surrounding the car, and solely features on sure federal highways. At all times drive safely and use warning.
3 Towing requires extra tools. See Proprietor’s Handbook for towing directions. At all times use warning whereas towing.
4 Kia Digital Key 2 Contact requires an eligible Kia Join subscription and a suitable good machine with an energetic information plan. Regular mobile service charges might apply when utilizing a wise machine.
