[Guna]

Originally Posted by Almetal

The height difference between the Creta and Seltos is merely 45 mm (As per Autocar; Creta - 1665, Seltos - 1620) which may not be very obvious at a glance to most people.
There are ways of masking the lower height if someone is truly bothered by it - either by not opting for the black roof (darker colours would make it look smaller, white/light colours would make it look taller)
Taller roof rails can also do the trick, as also bigger tyre size.

Just like the boot space, width and ground clearance, there could be a difference in the way the height is measured and specified between different manufacturers. It is very unlikely that Seltos is shorter than the Creta by 4.5 centimeters. It is a significant difference and would show up when you look at the car. They should be more or less of the same height (difference being in the range of 10/15 mms). It is possible that the height of Creta (1665) is with the roof-rails and Seltos (1620) is without.

[Lobogris]

Originally Posted by hydraulicsteer

The more i see this car the more mundane it has started to look. The only highlight of the design is that grill-headlamp integration rest is just the another crossover type design. Also the Korean interior looks much better than that failed attempt of imitating the S-class's integrated display console on the Indian Seltos, that large plastic part looks gaudy from the inside and to the onlooker from the outside as well.

If they bring adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assist, blind spot monitoring and front collision mitigation (usually comes with adaptive cruise), it would be worth its weight in gold. Currently only Volvo offers it in India at around 45 lakhs. I would trade my Passat for it in a heartbeat.

[sandhyab]

Originally Posted by Lobogris

If they bring adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assist, blind spot monitoring and front collision mitigation (usually comes with adaptive cruise), it would be worth its weight in gold. Currently only Volvo offers it in India at around 45 lakhs. I would trade my Passat for it in a heartbeat.

has it been reported anywhere that they are bringing these features in the Seltos?

[sandhyab]

Originally Posted by Lobogris

If they bring adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assist, blind spot monitoring and front collision mitigation (usually comes with adaptive cruise), it would be worth its weight in gold. Currently only Volvo offers it in India at around 45 lakhs. I would trade my Passat for it in a heartbeat.

I went ahead and read up the disclosed feature list of Seltos, nowhere I seem to see that these advanced Driver assist features have been listed. Any particular reason you are assuming that they would be bringing these features to Seltos?

[akhil_rpmlover]

Found the following video and variant details from Facebook.

http://imgur.com/R8YKrzl

The variants of Seltos: HTE, HTK, HTK+, HTX, HTX+.

[AnandB]

Originally Posted by Lobogris

If they bring adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assist, blind spot monitoring and front collision mitigation (usually comes with adaptive cruise), it would be worth its weight in gold. Currently only Volvo offers it in India at around 45 lakhs. I would trade my Passat for it in a heartbeat.

Which Volvo model do you mean?

[Lobogris]

Originally Posted by sandhyab

has it been reported anywhere that they are bringing these features in the Seltos?

Originally Posted by sandhyab

I went ahead and read up the disclosed feature list of Seltos, nowhere I seem to see that these advanced Driver assist features have been listed. Any particular reason you are assuming that they would be bringing these features to Seltos?

Many Indian publications have reported it. Here is an excerpt from Rushlane:

"On the safety front, Kia Seltos mid-SUV gets ABS with EBD, adaptive cruise control, electronic parking brake and multiple airbags, and an SOS button to alert the call centre."

https://www.rushlane.com/honda-cars-...-12315293.html

Originally Posted by AnandB

Which Volvo model do you mean?

I believe most if not all Volvos in India now have these features. I have seen them on XC40, XC60, XC90 and S90.

[Ithaca]

Originally Posted by simeonovitch

If I were a dealer, I'd be very apprehensive of taking a Kia dealership.

Respectfully to your views, why would you say this, Sir.
Kia being an off-shoot of Hyundai must have comprehensively studied our market to know what works and at what price point.
If MG as a Chinese brand can launch a product at mind boggling prices, wouldn't Kia, with the intensive knowledge Hyundai has of our market, launch competent products at every price point.

[sandhyab]

Originally Posted by Lobogris

Many Indian publications have reported it. Here is an excerpt from Rushlane:

"On the safety front, Kia Seltos mid-SUV gets ABS with EBD, adaptive cruise control, electronic parking brake and multiple airbags, and an SOS button to alert the call centre."

Thanks, I now see it has been reported in publications. Also a couple of them have mentioned it will be using sensors for maintaining speed and distance from traffic in front.

This link also seem to mention blind spot display. So you are hopefully getting 3 features out of the 4 you mentioned,

[DASKD24]

Pics of the colour options from Kia's website:

[jailbird_fynix]

Guys, the Kia Motors Indian website has been updated. Check it out for a better 360 degree viewing of the Seltos.

Kia India

[hiren.mistry]

So it's got what you'd possibly want in an urban SUV. I hope the variants are decided logically, and even the one step from the top variant is fairly well loaded.
Looking good so far for Kia, now hope the pricing is exciting too.

[Arjun Reddy]

Nice, Kia making all the right noises. This looks like the 1.4 GT line in manual transmission.

Could not help but post this picture.



The fuel gauge shows 3/4ths full and the range shows 59 kms? And the low fuel warning light is lit up.

Kia website making an error? OCD working overtime? Someone at Kia bad at photoshop.

[hiren.mistry]

Originally Posted by Arjun Reddy

The fuel gauge shows 3/4ths full and the range shows 59 kms? And the low fuel warning light is lit up.

Kia website making an error? OCD working overtime? Someone at Kia bad at photoshop.

I saw that too, but I guess they were trying to show all the lights/sensors in the dash. You possibly cannot have these lit up like a Christmas tree with the engine running.
Also, it is not a manual, you can see the PRND next to the tacho.

[akhil_rpmlover]

As per my friend,

1. Variants : HTE, HTK, HTK+, HTX and HTX+ - Tech Line
GTK, GTX and GTX+ - GT Line.

According to him, the 1.4T-GDi is available in manual as well. So, every engine has a manual/auto.