Kia Seltos 2023: Update Done Right

Kia's mid-size SUV, the Seltos, gets a healthy serving of features in this face-lift

- Afzal Rawuther

When it was first introduced in 2019, the Kia Seltos immediately won favour among customers with its excellent value-for-money proposition. It offered a ton of features in a well-designed package with a number of powertrain options. Since then, rivals have caught up and even outdone the SUV in the features' department. The facelifted Seltos then, is an opportunity to remedy that.

Headlining the new additions, is an ADAS level 2 suite that makes it the best-equipped in the segment, when it comes to active safety tech. That aside, there is a large, curved glass panel that now houses the infotainment display and instrument cluster. Rounding off the major changes is the new 1.5-litre turbo-petrol engine that makes it the quickest (0-100 kmph) vehicle in its class.

As with other Kia models, the new Seltos can be had in a mind-boggling 18 variants spread across three trim lines - Tech Line, GT Line and the top-spec X Line. With so many permutations and combinations of engines, gearboxes and features to sift through, the new SUV promises to offer something for almost everyone.