9 Features of the 2023 Telluride That Families Will Love

Families looking for a comfortable, spacious, and safe vehicle that’s ready for busy days of carpooling and soccer practice have been visiting our dealership looking for a “Kia Telluride for sale” more and more. This three-row SUV comes in at a very attractive price point for all that it has to offer. When you need three rows of seating, you can sometimes be limited to pricey options on the market. More space usually equates to a higher cost, but that’s not the case with the Kia Telluride. This three-row SUV was designed with the particular needs and habits of families in mind. If you’re a busy parent, you’ll really appreciate the thoughtful features that the designers over at Kia put in the Telluride.

The Telluride is without question a family vehicle, but it also enjoys styling details that are slightly more sophisticated than you’d expect from people haulers, like the available Nappa leather seating and the sophisticated fascia. So, if you’ve feared that getting a family vehicle meant giving up your sense of sophistication, that’s just not the case here. Here are nine family-friendly features we love about the 2023 Telluride. We think you’ll love them, too.

#1: Comfortable Seating for Eight

You can enjoy seating for up to eight passengers in the Telluride if you opt for a bench seat in the second row. However, if you only need seating for seven, you can get spacious captain’s chairs in the second row. This can be a nice choice if you have teenagers who always want to feel like adults. They might be tired of riding in bench seats as they think those are “for kids,” or you might just have kids that will be less likely to annoy each other if they have their own seat. If you can relate to this, your teens should be sitting happily in the luxurious second-row captain’s seats.

There’s plenty of legroom for backseat passengers, too. So, if your little ones are growing up faster than you can believe, you don’t need to worry about them complaining about cramped seating. But we can’t promise that they won’t complain about wanting a later curfew or a bigger allowance. There are available heated second-row seats, too. So, when winter hits and you need to pick up kids from practice in the freezing cold, they’ll really like how quickly these seats warm them up.

#2: The Perfect Nap Zone

If you’re a parent, then you know the only time you enjoy true peace is when your kids are asleep, and you know that some kids refuse to nap anywhere but the car. If this sounds familiar, you’ll love this: the Kia Telluride has what’s called a QuietZone interior. It’s designed to keep outside noises outside, creating a perfectly serene cabin. So you don’t need to worry about sounds in the street waking up your sleeping angel and turning them back into a little monster (a monster who you love, of course).

You could also enjoy the QuietZone on your own when you’re waiting in the pickup area outside of the school and class is running late. You’ll be able to enjoy a few moments of serenity before that school bell rings. The noises of kids screaming on the playground won’t get to you in there.

#3: Sunroofs for Curious Minds

If you’re always working on expanding your children’s curiosity and nurturing their adventurous sides, then you probably plan a lot of road trips. There’s no better way to take in the views while you’re in the car than with the panoramic dual sunroofs on the 2023 Kia Telluride. Your kids can check out the surroundings, ask questions, and just relax while looking out the window as you drive.

#4: Give Every Member Access (If You Want)

If you have teenage drivers, aunts, uncles, or others who use the Telluride, you’ll like this feature. Using the Kia Connect app, you can virtually share your key with family members. When you do this, your family member can turn their compatible smartphone into a virtual key that can lock, unlock, and even start your Kia.

This can be handy in a number of situations. Like when you’re out with friends and forget to leave a key at home for your teenager to pick up your younger kid from school. Or when you’re stuck at the office and need to ask a neighbor to pop over and run your kid to their tutoring session. If you don’t want to give a teenage driver a real key, this is also handy because you can control when they do and don’t have access to the vehicle.

#5: USB Ports for All

You’ve probably already given up on the idea that your kids won’t have too much screen time. It’s okay––most parents have. So, now that you know they want to use their smartphones and iPads at all times, you’ll love that there are USB-C fast charging ports in all three rows of the Telluride. That means that you don’t need to listen to arguments over who is hogging the limited USB ports. There’s one for everyone. Now you can just hope they’re watching something educational on their tablet.

#6: A Smart Tailgate That Remembers for You

When you’re managing multiple children, your attention is pulled in a dozen directions. So sometimes, by the time you load up the groceries out of the trunk, remind one kid to zip up their backpack, and tell another not to run on a slippery sidewalk, you could walk off, leaving the trunk wide open. No worries––the smart tailgate actually senses when the key fob has left the vicinity and automatically closes itself.

#7: Safety Where It Counts

The 2023 Kia Telluride is equipped with a total of nine well-placed airbags, including second-row outboard seat airbags. Hopefully, you never get in an accident, but you can at least drive with the peace of mind knowing that if you did, every one of your precious cargo would be protected. You can’t really put a price on that. (But if you did, it’s not that bad because the Telluride is affordable).

#8: Rear Seat Occupant Alert

As we said, parents are busy. We get it. You can’t be expected to remember everything every day. So if you have your Home Alone “KEEEVIINNN!!” moment when you leave the car and realize you forgot something…or someone…the Kia Telluride has your back.

Its rear seat occupant alert notifies you when you stop the car, and it senses a backseat occupant. It first does this through a visual alert on the digital instrument cluster. If you don’t notice that, then when you leave the car, if it senses movement in the back seat, it will sound the alarm for 25 seconds. So even if your toddler doesn’t tell you that you left them in the backseat, your vehicle will.

#9: Towing for Family Fun

The 2023 Kia Telluride can tow up to 5,500 pounds. That means it can tow a camper out to the woods for some quality bonding time overnight in the great outdoors. It can tow a boat out to the lake for some good old-fashioned fun (away from laptops and Nintendo). Or it can tow an ATV out to the desert for some thrills. If your family bonds by going on adventures together, this towing capacity will come in handy, but we can’t promise your kids won’t ask for a pet pony now that you could technically tow its trailer.