Today you are going to see about Korean cross-over SUV named as KIA SELTOS.
HISTORY OF KIA: KIA- word is taken from sino korean character in which 'KI' means 'to come out' and 'A' means 'east asia' roughly meaning to come out from east asia.
In 1944 Kia was making bicycles parts. Kia made korea's 1st domestic bicycle.
In 1998 hyundai purchased Kia and now Kia is south korea's 2nd largest automobile manufacturing company.
you are now watching the 1st Generation,comes with petrol and diesel engines.
Range starts from on road 10.80 lakh & max upto 19 lakh.
It comes with two streams namely GT Line & Tech Line.
Seltos is made on kia SP signature concept.
In Greek mythology hercules son's name was seltos and this name is taken from there, Its code name is SPi.
Kia seltos has assembly line in South Korea and South India.
FRONT: It has silver sporty skid plate, ice cube LED lights(In tech line it is available only in htx and htx plus), signature tiger nose grill, front camera is also mounted on the grill and has a logo of 'kia' on the bonnet. In GT line variants logo of GT line is given on front grill. crown jewel headlights with heart beat shape DRL's and 3D multilayer indicators(In tech line crown jewel headlights and 3D multilayer indicators is available only in htx and htx plus), rain sensing wipers, along with coil macPherson strut suspension.
REAR: Heartbeat led tail lights, reversing light , rear wiper and defoger, rear camera, logo of seltos and bharat stage 6,rear skid plate, exhuast tail pipe, dual muffler silver design, high mount stop lamp, spoiler, reflectors, along with coil spring coupled torsion beam axel is present.
ROOF: Sunroof, bridge type roof rails, shark fin antina.
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HISTORY OF KIA: KIA- word is taken from sino korean character in which 'KI' means 'to come out' and 'A' means 'east asia' roughly meaning to come out from east asia.
In 1944 Kia was making bicycles parts. Kia made korea's 1st domestic bicycle.
In 1998 hyundai purchased Kia and now Kia is south korea's 2nd largest automobile manufacturing company.
you are now watching the 1st Generation,comes with petrol and diesel engines.
Range starts from on road 10.80 lakh & max upto 19 lakh.
It comes with two streams namely GT Line & Tech Line.
Seltos is made on kia SP signature concept.
In Greek mythology hercules son's name was seltos and this name is taken from there, Its code name is SPi.
Kia seltos has assembly line in South Korea and South India.
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REAR: Heartbeat led tail lights, reversing light , rear wiper and defoger, rear camera, logo of seltos and bharat stage 6,rear skid plate, exhuast tail pipe, dual muffler silver design, high mount stop lamp, spoiler, reflectors, along with coil spring coupled torsion beam axel is present.
ROOF: Sunroof, bridge type roof rails, shark fin antina.
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| pic credit: autoportal.com |
SIDE: Electrically adjustable and autofolding outside mirrors with Led turn indicators, camera(for 360 degree view), side mouldings.
SPECIFICATIONS: 4.3 m length, 1.6 m heigth, 190 mm ground clearance, 10.6 m turning radius & around 1500 kg curb weigth.
TYRES: 17 inche crystal cut alloy wheels. It has an option of hyper metallic alloy wheels and 16 inches alloy wheels. At front and end discs breaks are present in diesel variants of Tech line and front discs brakes & rear drum brakes is present in petrol variants of Tech line.
BODY: 73% high strength steel structure.
COLOURS: Intense Red, Glacier White Pearl, Steel silver, Gravity Gray, Aurora Black Pearl, Intelligency Blue.
HIGHLIGHTS: 3-Drive modes (Normal, Eco, Sport) & 3- traction modes (Sand, Snow wet, Mud), Kia UVO connect (free for 3 years) and 37 smart connected featuers, UV cut Solar glasses in windows.
SAFETY: Six air bags, ABS, EBD, Traction control, Elecronic stability control, Brake foce assist system, Hill start assist, front & rear parking sensors, tyre pressure monitor , Hill hold control and 360 degree camera.




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