The Kia Seltos made its global debut recently and the new SUV will rival the likes of the Nissan Kicks, Renault Captur and Hyundai Creta among others in the Indian market. Now according to a media report, a few leaked documents reveal the variant details that the Kia Seltos is likely to come with.
The Kia Seltos will be offered in three petrol variants – GTK, GTX, GTX+ and five diesel variants – HTE, HTK, HTK+, HTX and HTX+. Following are the variant details as per the leaked images.
Petrol
The petrol powertrain options are likely to be a 1.5-litre naturally-aspirated engine and a 1.4-litre turbocharged unit with a 6-speed manual transmission on the base GTK trim. A 1.5-litre naturally-aspirated engine with 6-speed manual and optional CVT and a 1.4-litre turbo petrol matched to a 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox on the GTX variant and only a 1.4-litre turbo petrol engine mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox on the GTX+ trim.
Diesel
The engine configuration in the diesel trims are likely to be a 1.5-litre diesel engine paired with a 6-speed manual gearbox on the base HTE, 1.5-litre diesel engine likely to be offered with a 6-speed manual transmission on the HTK, 1.5-litre diesel engine with an option of 6-speed manual or 6-speed automatic transmission on the HTK+, 1.5-litre diesel engine paired to a 6-speed manual gearbox on the HTX and a 1.5-litre diesel engine with either a 6-speed manual or 6-speed automatic gearbox on the HTX+.
Apart from these features the Kia Seltos is also likely to get a host of safety features with the mandatory AIS-145 features like driver airbag, driver and co-driver seatbelt reminder, over-speed alert, rear parking sensors and ABS as standard with top variants likely to come with 6-airbags, hill start assist, brake assist, vehicle stability management, electronic stability control, front parking sensors, and blind spot monitoring.