2024 Kia Seltos: 5 New Diesel Manual Variants Launched Starting From Rs 11.99 Lakh
In order to lure in more buyers in the fiercely competitive mid-size SUV segment the South Korean automaker Kia has launched new diesel manual variants of the Seltos. The company has launched a total of 6 new variants of the Seltos which will all come equipped with the 1.5-litre diesel engine and 6-speed manual transmission. The most affordable diesel manual transmission equipped Seltos has been launched at Rs 11.99 lakh.
New Seltos diesel manual variants and pricing
Kia India has launched six new variants of the Seltos with diesel engine and 6-speed manual transmission under its Tech Line lineup. The base HTE variant has been priced at Rs 11.99 lakh, then there are the HTK and HTK+ variants which have been priced at Rs 13.59 and Rs 14.99 lakh respectively. In addition to these there are the premium HTX and HTX+ variants that have been priced at Rs 16.68 lakh and Rs 18.28 lakh respectively. Also Read:2024 Kia Seltos Gets New Automatic Variants
Seltos 1.5-litre diesel
The Kia Seltos mid-size SUV is one of the very few SUVs that still comes with a diesel engine that is very popular in the country. It comes with a 1.5-litre CRDI VGT diesel engine that produces a maximum power of 114 bhp and a peak torque of 250 Nm. Prior to the reintroduction of the manual transmission option for this engine, the company was only offering this engine with the iMT (Intelligent Manual Transmission) with the mid-spec variants and 6 speed torque converter automatic for the top-spec variants.
Why has Kia launched manual transmission diesel Seltos?
The primary reason behind the relaunch of the Seltos diesel engine variants with the manual transmission is because the company wants to challenge the new 2024 Creta facelift. Hyundai Motor India Limited has launched the new Creta facelift with the diesel manual variants and they start at Rs 12.45 lakh. Kia has undercut the pricing of the new Creta equipped with diesel engine and manual transmission and it will help it in boosting the sales of this already popular model in the country.
The company previously used to offer manual transmission with diesel engine but it discontinued them in India in order to push the sales of the IMT variants. However, the company could not see any promising results, so it has now reintroduced them in India.
Kia Seltos facelift
Kia India launched the new Seltos facelift back in July of last year. It has now revealed that so far the company has sold more than 65,000 units of this popular compact SUV in the country. The new Seltos also recieved a substantial design update. It received a new LED headlight design with new LED DRLs, connected LED tailights, new front and rear bumpers and a number of other feature additions.
This time around the company is launched the new Seltos with ADAS level 2. The list of its ADAS features includes forward collision warning, forward collision-avoidance assist, lane departure warning and lane keeping assist. It also gets lane following assist smart cruise control with stop and go, blind-spot collision warning and rear cross-traffic collision warning and avoidance system. The car also gets 360 degree camera and a number of other safety features. Also Read:Most Affordable 2024 Hyundai Creta & Kia Seltos