Kia Philippines Is Undercutting The Kona, Chinese Suvs Alongside The 2020 Seltos. It Starts At P 1.098M.

We’ve outed it equally Kia Philippines’s in conclusion unboxing of the year, together with later that, we’ve managed to drive it too. And now, nosotros finally convey its launch appointment together with prices.

In a rather unconventional move, Kia Philippines has already released the pricing of its all-new sub-compact crossover, the Seltos, a calendar month earlier its official Philippine debut. Launching during the instant calendar week of November, the close affordable variant, the LX comes out at P 1,098,000 spell the mid-trim EX is at P 1,198,000. Things are capped off past times the SX at P 1,498,000.

While this is plenty to whet the appetite for those shopping for a brand-new sub-compact crossover inwards the same guise equally the Hyundai Kona (the Seltos’s platform twin actually), the Honda HR-V, together with the Mazda CX-3, Kia Philippines is withal keeping the in conclusion specifications approximately its chest.

Everything is purely speculation at this point, but for Kia Philippines to carve inroads inwards the market, we’re expecting them to spec the Korean-sourced Seltos this way:

The normally-aspirated 2.0-liter 4-cylinder volition hold upwards the sole engine. With that, this Atkinson-cycle powerplant volition build 149 horsepower together with 180 Nm of torque. The sole transmission volition hold upwards a Intelligent Continuously Variable Transmission (IVT) driving the forepart wheels. It should hold upwards plenty for a 0-100 km/h fourth dimension of 9.6 seconds together with a piece of occupation past times speed of 194 km/h.

Now, because the LX variant undercuts the Hyundai Kona, together with is genuinely inwards the same cost attain equally the Ford EcoSport together with fifty-fifty the newly-launched Chinese crossovers such equally the Geely Coolray together with MG ZS, it’s probable to hold upwards solidly-equipped but non stellar: 16-inch alloy wheels, element of group VII headlights, opposite sensors amongst camera, cruise control, together with an 8-inch touchscreen amongst Apple CarPlay together with Android Auto.

Given the cost divergence betwixt the LX together with the EX is only P 100,000, it’s probable this mid-trim model volition gain automatic climate control, forepart fog lights, together with 17-inch wheels.

Now, here’s the interesting bit: the EX. With a large P 300,000 cost gap from the EX, it’ll sure enough hold upwards the close well-equipped inwards the Seltos line-up. However, don’t facial expression it to hold upwards the GT-Line. Why? Since Kia Philippines has spent considerable marketing resources edifice upwards the GT-Line, they won’t muddle it upwards only to sell to a greater extent than Seltos units.

So what volition you lot arrive the highest reduce Seltos? Likely forepart together with nurture proximity sensors, cloth/leather combination seats, push-button engine start/stop, automatic nurture sentiment mirror, cruise control, together with a 10.25-inch infotainment enshroud amongst Apple CarPlay together with Android Auto. Also, based on the teaser photograph posted past times Kia Philippines, LED headlights, LED fog lights, together with a contrasting roof bundle facial expression criterion too.

Do you lot intend nosotros got the specs right?