Every year, the writers and editors of Gear Patrol test out hundreds, if not thousands, of different products in their respective fields. For those of us on the Motoring Desk, as we call it, that means driving a lot of cars. We drive them on media junkets in far-off locales, on race tracks and desert roads, on the long highways to our ancestral homes and the crowded streets and parkways of America’s great cities.
As such, many of those cars blur together at the end of a year. The 10 on this list, however, stood out. They’re hardly the only great cars we drove in 2019…but they are at the top of the list in our minds.
Kia Telluride
KiaThe Telluride marks the latest phase in Kia’s transition from a budget brand into a high-quality one. It provides the style, substance and space you expect from a luxury SUV, but at a mid-range price. It’s a commanding and comfortable cruiser that handles like a smaller car, and can tackle any terrain short of serious off-roading. The Telluride, dare I say it, makes the three-row minivan-on-stilts SUV something a cool young person would want to own. —Tyler Duffy
