[abhi3284]

Originally Posted by xotiq

Pune onroad for new Seltos GTX+ Turbo DCT is 23.64 as per carwale.com. You should be negotiating for another 50-75k, for a total 1.5-1.75L discount to compensate for key features being compromised, especially when you have the option to go for a new one, but dealership has limited options in disposing off the old stock.

Not sure if any Dealer is giving that amount of discount for Seltos, which is a high selling car for Kia. The actual Pune On-Road Price as per Dealer Price Sheet is 23,75,224 /- which also includes Accessories Kit costing 28,121 /-. Considering this, i am getting close to 1.2 L discount. I'll see if i can extract more out of them.

I dont think there is any feature difference in 2023 model compared to 2024 one. I am only not sure about the All 4 Power Windows part, which i need to check and confirm in person.

Does anyone know the exact time period when this feature was removed in the GT Line variant?

[Flasshhhh]

Originally Posted by abhi3284

Not sure if any Dealer is giving that amount of discount for Seltos, which is a high selling car for Kia. The actual Pune On-Road Price as per Dealer Price Sheet is 23,75,224 /- which also includes Accessories Kit costing 28,121 /-. Considering this, i am getting close to 1.2 L discount. I'll see if i can extract more out of them.

I dont think there is any feature difference in 2023 model compared to 2024 one. I am only not sure about the All 4 Power Windows part, which i need to check and confirm in person.

Does anyone know the exact time period when this feature was removed in the GT Line variant?

The news as per google was published on 27th November 2023, regarding feature removal. Recently, there were talks that it is back, but I am not sure.

My Seltos is of December month, hence, it misses out on this feature.
And yes, apart from that, there are no compromises in taking late 2023 model as compared to 2024 one, as this facelift was launched back in July 2023.

[xotiq]

Originally Posted by abhi3284

Not sure if any Dealer is giving that amount of discount for Seltos, which is a high selling car for Kia. The actual Pune On-Road Price as per Dealer Price Sheet is 23,75,224 /- which also includes Accessories Kit costing 28,121 /-. Considering this, i am getting close to 1.2 L discount. I'll see if i can extract more out of them.

I dont think there is any feature difference in 2023 model compared to 2024 one. I am only not sure about the All 4 Power Windows part, which i need to check and confirm in person.

Does anyone know the exact time period when this feature was removed in the GT Line variant?

ADAS should count as a major feature, right?

[abhi3284]

Originally Posted by xotiq

ADAS should count as a major feature, right?

ADAS is present in 2023 Seltos Facelift Model as well.

[07CR]

Originally Posted by xotiq

ADAS should count as a major feature, right?

ADAS was never removed from GT Line or X Line. HT line never had ADAS.

[bharathgr]

Originally Posted by abhi3284

Not sure if any Dealer is giving that amount of discount for Seltos, which is a high selling car for Kia. The actual Pune On-Road Price as per Dealer Price Sheet is 23,75,224 /- which also includes Accessories Kit costing 28,121 /-. Considering this, i am getting close to 1.2 L discount. I'll see if i can extract more out of them.

I dont think there is any feature difference in 2023 model compared to 2024 one. I am only not sure about the All 4 Power Windows part, which i need to check and confirm in person.

Does anyone know the exact time period when this feature was removed in the GT Line variant?

I bought today a Seltos GTX+ DCT 1.5T (Imperial blue) in Chennai - Nov 2023 model. I had the same issue on not being able to decode the month from the VIN, but had to trust the dealer. The maximum discount i could bargain to is 1.2 lakhs. The other dealerships were offerring only 80K (Margin + Insurance). As i understood from the sales person 1.2 Lakhs seems to be maximum they can offer. My accessories package is on the a higher side at 25K (on second thoughts must have bargained a bit there & read this thread earlier).

[abhi3284]

Visited the Dealer Stockyard today to finalize the Color between Gravity Grey and Pewter Olive. Finalized on Pewter Olive after checking both Colors, as I felt the creases and curves show up better in Pewter Olive. Hopefully, it is easier to maintain and is not a dirt / dust magnet.

However, there is a twist here and a choice that I need to make. The 2 Grey Cars i checked all were Dec manufactured (M) and the 2 Pewter Olive ones I checked were Nov ones (L). However, the big difference is the Grey ones did not have One touch Up/Down for all Windows, but the 2 Olives one had that feature. One more reason for my inclination towards Pewter Olive. Planning to visit the Stockyard again tomm. to do a basic PDI of few Pewter Olive Cars and choose one. Will then proceed to do a detailed PDI via Zekardo in the coming week.

Originally Posted by bharathgr

I bought today a Seltos GTX+ DCT 1.5T (Imperial blue) in Chennai - Nov 2023 model. I had the same issue on not being able to decode the month from the VIN, but had to trust the dealer. The maximum discount i could bargain to is 1.2 lakhs. The other dealerships were offerring only 80K (Margin + Insurance). As i understood from the sales person 1.2 Lakhs seems to be maximum they can offer. My accessories package is on the a higher side at 25K (on second thoughts must have bargained a bit there & read this thread earlier).

Good deal you got there. Also, there is a way to decode the Month from the Chassis No. Right below your Driver Seat behind the Floor Mat, you will find a cut in the Black Floor Mat and the Chassis No. written there. It should be Alphanumeric of 17 characters, similar to what is printed on the Window Glass. However, here you will also find a dash sign (-) and an alphabet after that, which denotes the month. L means November and M means December. Take a look, if you want.

[Docmukul]

I bought home a magnite grey petrol dct . Got ppf done at 3m in ludhiana. The car is very good and adas works very well Also traded new Michlein tyres . Being a doctor and having my own nursing home next to my house so chose petrol as running is going to be very less

[bharathgr]

Originally Posted by abhi3284

Visited the Dealer Stockyard today to finalize the Color between Gravity Grey and Pewter Olive. Finalized on Pewter Olive after checking both Colors, as i felt the creases and curves show up better in Pewter Olive. Hopefully, it is easier to maintain and is not a dirt / dust magnet.

However, there is a twist here and a choice that i need to make. The 2 Grey Cars i checked all were Dec manufactured (M) and the 2 Pewter Olive ones i checked were Nov ones (L). However, the big difference is the Grey ones did not have One touch Up/Down for all Windows, but the 2 Olives one had that feature. One more reason for my inclination towards Pewter Olive. Planning to visit the Stockyard again tomm. to do a basic PDI of few Pewter Olive Cars and choose one. Will then proceed to do a detailed PDI via Zekardo in the coming week.


Good deal you got there. Also, there is a way to decode the Month from the Chassis No. Right below your Driver Seat behind the Floor Mat, you will find a cut in the Black Floor Mat and the Chassis No. written there. It should be Alphanumeric of 17 characters, similar to what is printed on the Window Glass. However, here you will also find a dash sign (-) and an alphabet after that, which denotes the month. L means November and M means December. Take a look, if you want.

Thanks. Did not know that the car has extra 2 digits and also did not check during pdi. Will check this on Saturday when I get the car from registration. The sales person told me that they have removed the one touch down in the 2024 model, maybe that explains.

[Flasshhhh]

Originally Posted by abhi3284

Visited the Dealer Stockyard today to finalize the Color between Gravity Grey and Pewter Olive. Finalized on Pewter Olive after checking both Colors, as I felt the creases and curves show up better in Pewter Olive. Hopefully, it is easier to maintain and is not a dirt / dust magnet.

However, there is a twist here and a choice that I need to make. The 2 Grey Cars i checked all were Dec manufactured (M) and the 2 Pewter Olive ones I checked were Nov ones (L). However, the big difference is the Grey ones did not have One touch Up/Down for all Windows, but the 2 Olives one had that feature.

You should go with the color of your choice. Personally, it is a big deal for me, as whenever you will look and admire your car, color will play its role.

I also got the option of silver and white Seltos of November 2023 manufactured. But went with Gravity grey (personally, I like dark colors), which was December manufactured, and was liked by everyone in my family.

And on the plus side you would not have to compromise on All Power Windows.

Before finalizing, along with PDI, if possible, take a test drive of the car.

Originally Posted by Docmukul

I bought home a magnite grey petrol dct . Got ppf done at 3m in ludhiana. The car is very good and adas works very well Also traded new Michlein tyres . Being a doctor and having my own nursing home next to my house so chose petrol as running is going to be very less

Congratulations Doctor!

Can I know the details regarding PPF? Like the cost, type of PPF, warranty, any negatives of PPF that 3M told you about.

[Docmukul]

Originally Posted by Flasshhhh

Congratulations Doctor!

Can I know the details regarding PPF? Like the cost, type of PPF, warranty, any negatives of PPF that 3M told you about.

I got Garware premium PPF with 5 years warranty. It cost me 80 k. 3M in Ludhiana is a very professional detailer and his work is quite good. Have got my wife’s Sonet also coated from him.

Thanks a lot.

[Mr Anderson]

Originally Posted by Docmukul

I got Garware premium PPF with 5 years warranty. It cost me 80 k. 3M in Ludhiana is a very professional detailer and his work is quite good. Have got my wife’s Sonet also coated from him.

Thanks a lot.

From the pics of the car in your previous comment, it's clear, you bought an X-Line that comes with matte graphite colour and it looks like a matte finish in the pic as well but Garware doesn't make matte ppf, they only have glossy ones which should make the car glossy.

I tried out a patch of Garware ppf as a sample on my X-line as well and it made that patch of the car glossy and so I went for another brand that makes matte ppf to keep the look of the car as original matte finish.

I am not sure if the applicator (3M in your case) scammed you and instead used some cheap Chinese/korean matte ppf under the guise of Garware who don't even a matte ppf in their portfolio

[niCo_neOz]

Originally Posted by ashvek3141

The installation too is pretty easy and doesn’t take more than 20-25 mins for the job. Even routing the rear camera isn’t that tough.

I too was apprehensive of this before , but after installating 2 dashcams (70mai A500 & M300) I can affirm that it’s a simple DIY job.
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Can you please share the steps or any DIY videos of installing the dash cam( including rear).

Thanks!

[jacob.thomas]

Originally Posted by Docmukul

I bought home a magnite grey petrol dct . Got ppf done at 3m in ludhiana. The car is very good and adas works very well Also traded new Michlein tyres . Being a doctor and having my own nursing home next to my house so chose petrol as running is going to be very less

This looks like the Xline DCT and not the gravity grey. The car looks lovely!

[F1amit]

Originally Posted by bharathgr

Thanks. Did not know that the car has extra 2 digits and also did not check during pdi. Will check this on Saturday when I get the car from registration. The sales person told me that they have removed the one touch down in the 2024 model, maybe that explains.

That seems to be the case. Checking specifications on KIA website, it seems "All Door Power Window Auto Up/Down with Safety" is only available in X-Line now. All other variants just have "Driver Side Power Window Auto Up/Down with Safety". This is bummer from KIA