Kia Motors has deliberate a hike within the worth of two of its best-selling vehicles in India. Coming October 1, the Kia Seltos and Kia Carens will turn out to be dearer, owing to the corporate’s technique to soak up the rise within the manufacturing value. It’s common for OEMs to extend costs when there’s a sizeable purchaser queue to satisfy the calls for. However, on the identical time, there will likely be a number of totally different festive season affords on these vehicles that may assist sweeten the offers.
Beginning October 1, the worth of Kia Seltos will enhance by 2 p.c, whereas that of Carens will go up by 5 p.c (through Rushlane). The bookings for Seltos are at present on a downturn in anticipation of an upcoming facelift mannequin. As such, Carens emerged as Kia’s second best-selling automobile final month.
Kia Carens, Seltos worth
The Kia Carens will see a worth hike within the vary of Rs 10,000 to Rs 50,000, relying on the variant. The Seltos, alternatively, will turn out to be costlier by as much as 2 p.c. Whereas the precise costs are usually not clear, the hike will depend upon the variants. Seltos was launched at a beginning worth of Rs 10.89 lakh. Its not too long ago launched variants, GTX+ (S) and X-Line (S) value a beginning worth of Rs 19,39,900 for the petrol 7DCT variant and Rs 19,59,900 for the diesel 6AT variant, respectively.
Regardless that the costs of each Kia vehicles will go up by subsequent month, there will likely be no modifications to them. They’ll proceed to return with the identical engine choices.
Kia’s Carens is among the best-selling compact SUVs and rivals vehicles equivalent to Hyundai Alcazar, Maruti XL6, Toyota Innova Crysta, and Maruti Ertiga. The Kia Seltos’ new variants include 17 autonomous ADAS Stage 2 capabilities, which make them compelling choices within the compact SUV phase. It rivals vehicles equivalent to MG Astor and Honda Elevate.
