Customers Forced Kia To Change 2024 Telluride Headlight Design

The newKia Telluride was announced this weekwith some subtle styling updates that included the return of amber running lights for the 2024 model year, and this decision was led by customer demand. We wondered if this was the result of supply chain issues being resolved, but it turns out that this was purely to make customers happier.

CarBuzzreached out to Kia and received the following response: "The amber lights are applicable to all 2024 Telly headlights [...] it was not a supply chain issue. Telluride customers loved the amber lights, and the 2024 MY represented a good time to bring them back. They add a distinctive look to an already amazing design. Not very juicy, I know, but there it is."

The Telluride is one of the best SUVs on sale andhas been for a long time, with almost nothing about the SUV falling short in the eyes of most consumers. Yet Kia still decided to make changes that its customers demanded, which bodes well for the brand as a whole. Kia design boss Karim Habib recently said that he thinks customers aregetting bored of SUVsand that Kia will thus "try different things," but clearly, that does not apply to the Telluride.

Last year's faceliftwas not extreme, and this year's is even more subtle, which seems to be what customers want - just with amber lighting.