Upmarket looks, mass-market price: The 2027 Kia Telluride, driven

Way back in 2019 when Kia introduced the first-generation Telluride, both the media and the car-buying public went nuts for it. Dealers struggled to keep the Telluride on their lots, and that’s before the insanity brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic a year later. Now, fast-forward six years, and there’s a new Telluride for the 2027 model year, and once again, Kia seems to have knocked it out of the park.

The 2027 Kia Telluride follows the same formula as the old one, but it has grown in every direction except engine cylinder count...