Six years sturdy: Telluride units new benchmark with six consecutive titles since its introduction
The 2025 Telluride SUV has been named to Automobile and Driver’s 2025 10Best Vehicles and SUVs, marking the sixth yr in a row the ruggedly refined three-row SUV has earned the celebrated title. This achievement highlights the Telluride’s standing as one of some automobiles to be named a Automobile and Driver 10Best every year 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 Automobile and Drivers’ experience,” mentioned Steven Heart, COO & EVP, Kia America. “The Telluride’s ongoing success displays what folks actually love about it – an ideal mix of fashion, functionality and luxury. Being acknowledged yr after yr is a testomony to its lasting impression.”
The 2025 Telluride continues to guide its class with a mix of progressive expertise, superior driver help options1, and premium consolation. Minor updates for the brand new mannequin yr embody 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 effectively the brand new EX X-Professional mannequin. The EX X-Professional is a step up from the EX X-Line with a typical 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 expertise, that includes a typical 12.3-inch dual-screen built-in show and accessible Digital Key 2 Contact4. For 2025, all Telluride X-Line and X-Professional fashions characteristic 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,” mentioned Tony Quiroga, Editor-in-Chief, Automobile and Driver. “Greater than every other, it’s the three-row SUV we advocate to pals, household, and readers.”
Automobile and Driver’s 10Best awards signify an all-encompassing have a look at one of the best automobiles on sale because it permits earlier winners to compete to defend their spot. To be eligible, automobiles should be on sale within the month of January 2025 and have a beginning worth (together with any federal tax and vacation spot costs) below $110,000. This yr, Automobile and Driver editors drove greater than 90 new vehicles, vehicles, and SUVs over the course of two weeks earlier than assigning every automobile 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 usually are not substitutes for protected driving, and should not detect all objects across the automobile. At all times drive safely and use warning.
2 When engaged, Freeway Driving Help shouldn’t be an alternative choice to protected driving, could not detect all objects surrounding the automobile, and solely capabilities on sure federal highways. At all times drive safely and use warning.
3 Towing requires extra tools. See Proprietor’s Guide 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 sensible system with an energetic information plan. Regular mobile service charges could apply when utilizing a sensible system.
