2020 Kia Telluride SX vs. Honda Pilot Touring and Hyundai, Comparison

toyotecno - So over the last year we've compared the pilot to several of its chief rivals and it's managed to take them all down even the luxurious Acura MDX And in this case, it might be the toughest one yet the all-new 2020 Kia Telluride!. this is Kia's first car designed from the ground up for the North American market and it is Packing a lot of features into its three rows of space But is it enough to take down the Refresh pilot? Let's find out! So like always we'll start off with the pricing of these two for the Telluride There's been a lot of confusion about what exactly it competes with But rest assured that it is sized and priced right in line with all the other non luxury 3-row crossover.

That being said it starts out a little over $31,000 and we have the top trim here the SX all-wheel-drive which goes for forty three thousand four hundred and ninety dollars From there we have the two thousand dollar prestige package which includes a slew of features floor mats wheel locks and a 1045 Destination charge.

All told that brings the price to a very competitive forty six thousand seven hundred ninety five dollars While that sounds like a lot of dough I say very competitive because on the pilot it takes nearly Fifty grand to get that top trim Elite.

What matches up closer on price to the telluride is the Touring trim Which is what we use for this comparison It starts at forty four thousand seven hundred twenty dollars and in typical Honda fashion There are no additional options besides for the nine ninety five destination charge That puts the total price at forty five thousand seven hundred fifteen dollars or just about a thousand dollars cheaper than the fully loaded Kia And to make up for that small difference.

We'll start the pilot off with one point Starting out with the powertrains these two crossovers are pretty close to each other Both have naturally aspirated v6 engines three and a half liters on the Honda and 3.8 liters on the Kia the telluride ends up with more horsepower at 291 versus 280 and both have the same amount of torque and Then for the transmissions the Honda technically has more ratios, but it's not a meaningful difference Both also have torque vectoring all wheel drive systems as I already mentioned.

Now moving into how these two actually drive we were impressed by both of them First and foremost both are tuned for comfort and they ride excellent But despite that neither feels like a big lumbering boat or anything like that Power delivery is very good in both since they are naturally aspirated and the Transmissions are very smooth, even the pilots which has taken some flak in the past for being a bit lethargic Of course neither of these are sports cars, but the Telluride steering has a more natural and even weight to it.

But all in all both crossovers are pretty similar and they excel at making the driving experience Pleasant Finally finishing this part up they have nearly the same combined fuel economy ratings at 22 versus twenty one combined But anyways, that's it for the powertrain info. So now let's move on to the exterior designs and features So while these two are pretty similar to each other under the hood you certainly can't say the same thing about the designs The Honda definitely has the more traditional and conservative look up front. But this updated 2019 grille did make things look more aggressive The tele ride however has a very different look than the competition.

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