Kia Telluride Picks up Where Chrysler Aspen Left Off

by Mark Stevenson

Updated: February 11th, 2019

kia telluride picks up where chrysler aspen left off

Kia announced Friday that its upcoming concept, to debut at the North American International Auto Show next week, will be named Telluride — continuing the long, illustrious history of vehicles being named after places in the state of Colorado.

If you buy vehicles based on solely their names and currently own a Chrysler Aspen, this is your next luxury SUV.

Kia teased the large, luxury SUV earlier this week, claiming it will feature “unique in-cabin health-and-wellness technology,” whatever that means. Will it have a collapsible treadmill? A digital personal trainer? A special Bowflex Edition? Who knows?!?!

However, the Korean automaker did give some detail on the interior Friday, saying the Telluride concept will highlight “Kia’s first use of 3D-printed components.”

We’ll know what it all means next week.

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50merc on Jan 09, 2016

There's an old yarn Telluride derived from "to Hell you ride". Kia should go with that. Chrysler may still have some Dodge Demon decals they could sell Kia.

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Sloomis on Jan 09, 2016

Yay. Another SUV/CUV coming to market. Forgive me if I'm not overly excited about this.

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- Hummer on Jan 09, 2016
  
  There's basically 4 non-lux SUVs on the market, so I wouldn't be upset if we finally got another option.
  
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- 28-Cars-Later on Jan 09, 2016
  
  @Hummer Extremely doubtful this will be even close to an "SUV". Just an enlarged Soul for Lemmiwinks and friends to scoot around in for $60,000.
  
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- Hummer on Jan 09, 2016
  
  @28-Cars-Later That's what I'm thinking, completely crossover.
  
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