2020 Kia Telluride test drive
的 2020 起亚特柳赖德是一笔大买卖. It’s the brand’s largest model ever, 旨在接受本田Pilot和Toyota Highlander等大公司. Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu took it for a spin to see how it measures up.
Kia is discontinuing its Cadenza and K900 models for 2021, leaving the landscape for full-size sedans in the U.S. pretty bare.
Kia sold 1,265 Cadenzas in 2020 (Kia)
The four-doors accounted for just 1,265 和 305 sales, 分别, 在 2020 making them the 牌’s least-popular vehicles by a large margin.
The K900 was Kia’s near-luxury offering. (Kia)
Their departures are the latest from the full-size sedan segment, which many brands including Ford, 雪佛兰, Buick and Kia’s sister company Hyundai have also abandoned as the market continues its shift toward SUVs.
NBA star LeBron James had been a spokesperson for the K900 before moving to General Motors to promote the GMC HUMMER EV pickup.
Among mainstream brands, 只要 丰田汽车, Dodge and Nissan still offer models that technically compete in the full-size class, although many midsize sedans have grown to more or less fill the gap.
Even some premium makes including Cadillac, 林肯, Acura have called it quits on big cars, although they continue to hold flagship status at brands like Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, and Rolls-Royce … for now.
