Kia India is celebrating 3 years of its maiden product offering in India, the Seltos. The SUV turned 3 on 22nd August 2022. The South Korean carmaker launched the SUV exactly 3 years back on the same date. The Seltos took the market by storm and proved itself as the segment leader. Asserting this fact is that Kia recently announced the Seltos achieved a 3 lakh sales milestone. This made it the fastest SUV to achieve the feat in India.
Since the very beginning, the Seltos has been a landmark product for Kia India. Within two months of its launch, Seltos became the highest-selling SUV in its segment. Furthermore, this also helped Kia enter the list of top 5 carmakers in the country with just one product. By the time the Seltos turned one, it had crossed the 1 lakh sales milestone. The Seltos’ success and popularity also helped Kia retain its position among the top 5 carmakers in India for three years running.
Because of the overwhelming response from customers and its popularity, Kia India launched updated versions of the SUV every year and also updated it with new features from time to time. The South Korean carmaker last updated the Seltos in August 2022. With the latest update, the Seltos became the first model in its segment to come with six airbags as standard. It also became the second mass-market car in the industry, after the Kia Carens, to offer this. The Seltos was also the first in its segment to offer an iMT transmission. It was earlier available only with the petrol engine option. But now, it is also available with the diesel engine option.
In September 2021, Kia India introduced a new top-end ‘X-Line’ model of the Seltos. The Seltos X-Line came with a made-in-India ‘Xclusive Matt Graphite’ exteriors. Furthermore, it also got segment-first 18-inch Crystal cut alloy wheels in a Matte Graphite finish.
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