Team-BHP - 2023 Kia Seltos Facelift Review

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Originally Posted by kumarprabhatn (Post 5594171)

I'm not sure who my RM is. I was told they aren't sure when the next set of vehicles would arrive as they are already allocated to people who have booked.

You can speak to the dealership RM directly and get it sorted.

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Originally Posted by true_sedan (Post 5594316)

All the above variant wise weight measurements are unladen weights. Furthermore the dealer claims that the top spec diesel X-line and GTX plus weigh 1480 kg. IMO these increased weights in the facelift may or may not translate to 5 stars safety but surely they’ve added structural reinforcements.

Panoramic sunroofs are heavy mate. The body shell changes wouldn’t add more than few to 10kg’s.

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Originally Posted by Ad1tya (Post 5594408)

Panoramic sunroofs are heavy mate. The body shell changes wouldn’t add more than few to 10kg’s.

Panoramic sunroofs are about 30 to 50 kgs heavier than a single pane one. For Seltos the increase in weight due to sunroof would be 30kgs at the least.

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Originally Posted by neel911 (Post 5593852)

This is where a strong body shell has higher probability of protecting you on top of other safety features.

A "strong" body shell is a kind of misnomer for many of us in India as we got conditioned to Ambassador and its likes for many decades. Crumple zones and other safety features have definite safety purposes and just being heavy and or strong are old archaic definitions of safe body structures in today's modern automobiles.

Anyone knows what’s going on with those K code bookings?

The booking just shows that the dealer sales advisor will contact me. No other information. What was the point of booking with K code 😅

I already booked with the same sales advisor before the launch too. Still no visibility on delivery dates.

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Originally Posted by ssoni.1411 (Post 5594598)

Has anyone had a TD of Diesel automatic? What are your feedbacks?

I test drove the GTX+ diesel automatic today. It was not a long test drive, but only 6 km and that too in a crowded Kolkata street. I could hear the noise of the engine within the cabin though. This was the first time I ever drove a diesel engine and I guess they are louder compared to their petrol counter parts. The SA got this one for test drive cause they didn’t have the GTX petrol for TD.

I could test the adas feature. I was taking a U-turn on a crowded road. There was an autorickshaw standing behind my car. I was looking at the screen and reversing my car. There was still enough space between the car and the auto rickshaw. But we suddenly felt a jerk.

For a moment, I thought someone must have hit us or I must have bumped into some thing :Shockked:

But the sales advisor said this was the car doing an emergency breaking! Haha crazy experience. ADAS will definitely take some time getting used to.

Couldn’t test much of the power in the car. Also, I currently drive a nine year old Grandi10, whose suspension must have definitely become stiffer. So I don’t exactly have a benchmark of a very soft suspension to comment on how the ride quality was. I might drive the 17 inch tyre one later on to differentiate if there was any difference in the ride quality.

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Originally Posted by true_sedan (Post 5594316)

The following 9 variants have been given RTO approval in Tamil Nadu:
1) Kia Seltos Smartstream G1.5 6MT HTK - 1223 kg
2) Kia Seltos Smartstream G1.5 6MT HTX - 1287 kg
3) Kia Seltos Smartstream Gl.5T-GDI iMT HTX Plus - 1364 kg
4) Kia Seltos Smartstream G1.5T-GDI iMT HTK Plus - 1289 kg
5) Kia Seltos Smartstream G1.5T-GDI 7DCT X Line - 1395 kg
6) Kia Seltos Smartstream G1.5 IVT HTX - 1321 kg
7) Kia Seltos D1.5 CRDI VGT iMT HTX Plus - 1407 kg
8) Kia Seltos D1.5 CRDMT iMT HTK - 1325 kg
9) Kia Seltos D1.5 CRDI VGT iMT HTX - 1390 kg

Cheers! :)

Thanks for the info @true_sedan. Dealers in Chennai have no new information whatsoever on test drives and deliveries. Just the same old "waiting for RTO approval". Do you maybe have any visibility into why the remaining variants have been approved? Looks like the HTEs and GTXs as a whole haven't been approved yet.

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Originally Posted by sumeetchawla (Post 5594627)

I could test the adas feature. I was taking a U-turn on a crowded road. There was an autorickshaw standing behind my car. I was looking at the screen and reversing my car. There was still enough space between the car and the auto rickshaw. But we suddenly felt a jerk.

For a moment, I thought someone must have hit us or I must have bumped into some thing :Shockked:

But the sales advisor said this was the car doing an emergency breaking! Haha crazy experience. ADAS will definitely take some time getting used to.

lol:I perfectly understand how the feeling is under such situations and can relate to the first time I felt the Volvo Cross traffic alert kick in with a jerk when I was reversing and there was a car trying to cross perpendicular to me at the back. The sudden brake kind of unnerved me!

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Originally Posted by sumeetchawla (Post 5594626)

Exactly, there are news articles out there that say deliveries are underway but even after having booked using a K-code, there have been no updates that's have been shared with me in relation to the delivery.

I have pre booked a kia seltos xline. I have done a lot of online research on how to maintain it.

Ppf seems to be very expensive. There are few ceramic coating option outside India for matte finish but I came across one that is available at carzspa outlets in India that go by the name, Trinity matt crystal shield.

Normally kia advices against ceramic costings for xline variants but I'll go have a talk to carzspa outlet and talk then about it and it's safety.

Are there any other options for a ceramic coating for matte finish available in India?

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Originally Posted by sumeetchawla (Post 5594626)

Anyone knows what’s going on with those K code bookings?

We had two bookings for two cars in family - one with K Code in the right way and the other one through Sifarish/ Approach/ Networking/ Influence/ Call it whatever you like.

No surprises on which booking was executed first. The other one still could not cater to even a test drive. Let's see how long we wait for opting the right way. rl:

So much hype for the K-Code!!!

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Originally Posted by qr20de (Post 5594757)

Do you maybe have any visibility into why the remaining variants have been approved? Looks like the HTEs and GTXs as a whole haven't been approved yet.

RTO approvals take upto 1 month from price reveal date. It’s plain bureaucratic red tape that manufacturers and dealers must go through to get a car approved. As per my dealer deliveries will begin post Aug 15 in Tamil Nadu. :)