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ROBERTO BALDWIN: Large, well
equipped SUV with a hint

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of luxury are expensive.

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You don't expect that much
volume and opulence to come

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with at a huge price tag.

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Plus if you start adding
some impressive tech

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to that vehicle, well, you're
going to start shelling out

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about $50,000 just to start.

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Except that's no longer true,
and that's thanks to Kia.

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Yeah, Kia.

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This beauty next to me
is the Kia Telluride.

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This third-row SUV
starts at $31,690

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and it's Kia's
largest vehicle ever.

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And as a new entry into
the large SUV market,

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I have to say the automaker
did a bang up job.

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Let's start with the styling.

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Now, a while back Kia hired
one of Audi's designers.

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And that investment, well,
it produced a vehicle

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that out the corner of
your eye kind of looks

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like a Range Rover.

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In fact, whenever
I pull up anywhere

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with this vehicle
a lot of people

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ask me hey, what is that?

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And when I reply,
it's a Kia, well,

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they're rightfully surprised.

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The interior elicits
the same reaction.

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It looks like the inside of
a much more expensive car.

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But unlike the exterior
it's a bit of an illusion.

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The design is great but
the materials don't feel

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quite as nice as they look.

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But I'll ask you this, how
often after you've purchased

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a vehicle do you feel
the materials that

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are connected to a control?

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Now real wood is
great, and this doesn't

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really feel like real wood.

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The seats though,
they feel fabulous.

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They're comfortable.

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They're nice both in the
front and in the back.

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So if you need to go on a
road trip with your friends,

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or your family, or your
kids you're not going

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to get a lot of complaints.

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Behind the wheel, Kia serves
up the automaker's latest tech.

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The infotainment
system is what we've

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come to expect from Kia,
a no-nonsense system that

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has a smart layout, low
latency, and supports car

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play and Android Auto standard.

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It's not much to look at, but I
do like the layout on the home

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screen of the three items.

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And it's customizable so you
can have your navigation.

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You can have your media.

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You can have your phone, or
the weather, or whatever.

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And it's just quick access
to the three main things

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you want to use the most.

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The driving experience itself
is surprisingly nice for an SUV

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this size at this price point.

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The 3.8 liter V6
engine's 291 horsepower

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and 262 foot pounds
of torque make

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short work of freeway merges.

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I didn't have any issues
getting up to speed.

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Plus the steering itself
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tight for a car this size.

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Now, it does have
the expected body

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roll when you're going around
corners in something this big.

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That's just physics.

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But my favorite driving
feature on this car

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is the blind spot cameras.

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Now, let's say I want to
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I put the right
lane turn signal on

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and my blind spot shows up
in the center dash cluster.

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The little camera over there,
it shows up right here.

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If I want to get in the left
lane, the exact same thing.

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Now, I saw this technology
on a Hyundai Sonata in Korea

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and I really liked it there.

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And I especially like
it here on the Telluride

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because this is
a much bigger car

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with a much larger blindspot.

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So you know, safety.

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The driver's assistance features
are almost as impressive.

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The adaptive cruise
control tracks

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other vehicles well and
is smooth to correct

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the speed during merges.

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The lane keep assist is
fine on straight lines

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but tight curves are
beyond its capabilities.

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Plus when driving,
it tends to adjust

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your line around a turn a bit
more aggressively than I like.

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It's less bossy than
Tesla's Autopilot,

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but it is keen to
tell you where to go.

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The Telluride is also
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you get to the edge of a lane.

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So if I sort of drift over
here, you'll hear that noise.

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Now that's great, but if
you're the type of person who

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sort of hugs the line as
you're going around corners

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it can get kind of annoying.

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You can turn it off
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it on because, well safety.

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Whether you're driving
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the vehicle has a ton
of space and features

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that should make your
pickiest passengers happy.

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For one thing there's
a proper power

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outlet here in the back seat.

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So if you have a
laptop, charge away.

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Of course now it has a third
row seat, but is it comfortable?

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Fortunately it's actually pretty
easy to get in back there.

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Climb in, pull the seat back.

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If the person in front of you
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back, it can be a little tight.

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My knees are touching.

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But if you can talk
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their seat forward a little
bit, actually not so bad.

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There is a little bit
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if I put my head back.

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But I'm 6'3'', anyone shorter
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too much of an issue.

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So if you're over
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the third row is not
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And also you get a
USB charging port.

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In fact, every seat in this
car gets a USB charging port

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so your phones will be fine.

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With all the seats up
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has 21 cubic feet of storage.

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Put all those seats down
and that number jumps to 87.

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That matches the Ford
Explorer and bests the Honda

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Pilot's 84 cubic feet.

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So, yeah, you have
a lot of room.

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Automakers typically
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with a ton of bells
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can launch the starting
price into the stratosphere.

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That said, Kia sent
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SX version with a
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tossed in for good measure.

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And the final price
worked out to $46,000.

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That's pretty good for all
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you get.

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OK, it's better than good.

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It's actually pretty great.

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Kia should be very proud
of its new giant SUV.

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It delivers on what buyers want.

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It's comfortable,
it's roomy, and it'll

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turn heads at the local Target.

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Just don't go feeling around
on the materials on the inside.

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