2020 Kia Telluride named Motor Trend’s SUV of the year

&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;Kia Motors&NewLine;America’s &lpar;KMA&rpar; largest vehicle ever – the Telluride – has been awarded 2020&NewLine;SUV of the Year by MotorTrend&period; With its comfortable and functional interior&comma;&NewLine;the Telluride stood out as a well-rounded product that meets the needs of&NewLine;today’s modern family&comma; while its terrific value solidified it as a winner in&NewLine;the SUV segment&period;<br>&NewLine;&nbsp&semi;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Telluride has been an undeniable success since its launch earlier&NewLine;this year&comma; with an impressive number of consumers rediscovering Kia in the&NewLine;highly competitive SUV segment and more than 45&comma;000 units sold to-date&comma;” said&NewLine;Michael Cole&comma; president&comma; Kia Motors America&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Earning MotorTrend’s coveted SUV&NewLine;of the Year award is an honor and a historic moment for the brand&comma; serving to&NewLine;further reinforce Kia’s transformation to a world-class automaker&period;”<br>&NewLine;&nbsp&semi;Designed in California and assembled in Georgia&comma; the 2020 Telluride’s&NewLine;bold and boxy shape and sophisticated exterior accents convey a spirit of&NewLine;adventure and possibility&period; That sentiment is strengthened by its engineering&comma;&NewLine;delivering an enjoyable and confidence-inspiring driving experience&period; The&NewLine;mid-size SUV offers impressive interior luxury and an upscale cabin&comma;&NewLine;complemented by an array of advanced technology and safety systems&nbsp&semi;&NewLine;featuring standard Blind Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist Rear&comma; Lane Following&NewLine;Assist&comma; Rear Occupant Alert&comma; Safe Exit Assist&comma; Forward Collision Assist and&NewLine;available Highway Drive Assist&comma; Driver Talk&comma; multi-Bluetooth Connectivity and&NewLine;more&period;<br>&NewLine;&nbsp&semi;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This year’s MotorTrend SUV of the Year competition was one of the most&NewLine;competitive we’ve ever had&comma; which makes Kia Telluride’s win all the more&NewLine;significant&comma;” said MotorTrend Editor-in-Chief Edward Loh&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Telluride absolutely&NewLine;nails our awards criteria – it’s gorgeous&comma; spacious&comma; technology-laden&comma; and&NewLine;offers a great ride for an astonishingly fair price&period; Congratulations to Kia and&NewLine;the Telluride team&period;”<br>&NewLine;With a more than 20-year history&comma; the MotorTrend SUV of the Year award is one&NewLine;of the most sought-after honors by global automotive manufacturers&period; SUV of the&NewLine;Year judges are comprised of MotorTrend staff as well as two guest judges&comma;&NewLine;Johan de Nysschen&comma; former head of Audi of America&comma; Infiniti Motor Co&period;&comma; and&NewLine;Cadillac division and Tom Gale&comma; former head of Chrysler design&period; Vehicles are&NewLine;evaluated against six key criteria&colon; safety&comma; efficiency&comma; value&comma; advancement in&NewLine;design&comma; engineering excellence and performance of intended function to&NewLine;determine the finalists and ultimately&comma; the winners&period;<br>&NewLine;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;