It looks like the Kia Seltos is getting ever closer to its official introduction in the country. The SUV was initially teased last year, and a sneak preview for Kia dealers in February suggested that a launch was imminent, before Covid-19’s arrival changed the timelines.
Earlier today, the Kia Seri Kembangan dealership posted images of a Seltos in its GT-Line trim arriving at its showroom, suggesting that the market debut of the B-segment SUV may be around the corner.
We do know that the SUV will be offered in two variant forms, EX and GT-Line, both powered by the same engine, a 1.6 litre Gamma naturally-aspirated MPI four-cylinder petrol engine offering 123 PS and 151 Nm. The mill is paired with a six-speed automatic gearbox.
Standard fit equipment on both variants include a D-cut flat-bottomed steering wheel, an eight-inch touchscreen infotainment system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support, cruise control, an auto-dimming rear-view mirror, rear air-condition vents and six airbags.
Both variants also feature LED headlights designed with a crown jewel-styled array and ‘hearbeat’-shaped daytime running lights, but there are some differences to the lighting units elsewhere – the EX gets standard bulbed front fog lamps, while that on the GT-Line are LED units. The rear lights also have different graphics, and that’s because the EX are of the bulb variety, while the GT-Line’s are LED rear combination units.
Aside from the lighting and a few minor differences, the quicker way to tell them apart from the outside is through the wheels. While both are 17-inch units (shod with 215/60 profile tyres), the EX rides on a silver, five double spoke design, while the GT-Line gets a more showy Y-spoke unit with a two-tone machined polished and black finish, complete with a red accent centre cap.
Inside, the GT-Line adds on an assortment of kit on top of that found in the EX, and these include a seven-inch colour Supervision display (on the EX, a 3.5-inch monochrome screen), a head-up display, Qi wireless charging, faux black leather upholstery (with a GT-Line logo), ventilated front seats, an electrically-adjustable driver’s seat, auto air-conditioning (manual on the EX) and a Sound Mood LED ambient lighting.
UPDATE: Naza Kia Malaysia has informed us that the pricing of the Seltos has not been finalised and is still pending, but has also indicated that the SUV is planned to be officially launched sometime in October. Further details as they come along.
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Indians are lucky.
Although high corruption rates country, they can buy Kia Seltos eqv Hyundai Creta 1.4T full spec at rm92k. Kosong spec 1.5(M) only rm56k..
I doubt we can get kia seltos below rm100k for a Kia Seltos.. expensive taxing penalty exists here.
https://paultan.org/2020/02/03/2020-hyundai-creta-to-make-its-debut-in-india-on-feb-6/
Indonesia kia seltos 1.4Turbo rm88k to rm105k.
cheaper than Nissan Kicks RM126k just launched.
Pricing of Kia vehicles is ridiculous…this suv should be priced the same as hrv or cheaper..,very very funny indeed
India market received more powerful engine.
This is similar to south Africa version, underpowered one article said
(Like) Honda HR-V.
(Dislike) Kia Seltos
Those are 1.4, this car here is 1.6 spec which surpassed all the other markets. If they were to bring in this same spec, it would be about the same pricing, irregardless taxes or not.
Those are 1.4 turbo not NA. 1.4 engine is way better than the 1.6 NA engine offered with this seltos.
And for that same price I could get bigger sibling Sportage. So is it really caused by expensive taxes or merely bad product placement trying to find excuses for failing?
Similar pricing as Kicks at Indonesia. Why without Indonesian national car, is a B-segment Crossover more expensive than national car C-segment proper SUV and a competitor crossover in Malaysia? It show these Japanese and Korean brands are overpricing their cars. At Sweden, our national car is priced to compete with Mercedes Benz & BMW but we still buy Volvos because their value is on par. The Kicks & Seltos has no equal value to an X70 whatsoever. If both were sold here in Sweden, nobody would buy it due to such ripoff pricing from these two brands.
Far better than the fully rebadged Geely X50.
But for that price I could get much better & bigger X70.
CKD suxxx…..
You are welcomed to feed the cronies and by CBU, for the rest of us we are just happy with lower prices from CKD.
Should habe brought the 1.6turbo with 177ps with this price. Proton X50 will be a better choice with lower price too
Frankly speaking, if you want b-suv from korea, just get the Kona. 1.6 Turbo engine or bigger displacement 2.0 rather than 1.6 na for seltos plus it got hyundai smartsense which seltos does not include kia drive wise adas system at least in gt line trim.
Actually indian built seltos is much smaller in length and wheelbase than korean and aussie seltos. Just look at kia aussie website and compare it with indian seltos. Furthermore, Kona CBU from korea while seltos from india which I’m in doubt for the indian built quality.
Honestly, I like the seltos more than kona but after seeing the spec and origin of seltos build, I’ll pass the seltos for the kona.
Hopefully, Naza kia will bring the korean/ aussie gt line spec seltos in the future. Kia is killing the segment with design and feature at least in global market but for Malaysia it is quite dissapointing.
Wheelbase longer, any significant cost?
It just reduce relatively simply suit the sweet spot pricing.
Alza and exora has longest wheelbase among affordable cars
Hmmm the price is the same as the Sportage. Shouldn’t it be cheaper to compete with the HRV and upcoming X50?
RM120-130k?? That’s the price of a Sportage!
Kia Malaysia is already going down a lot since the Carnival 11 Seater and the discontinue of Optima GT and Picanto.
CBU or CKD?
CBU from india?
haiya kia prematurely brought this model without totally assessing its business sense. If that price sticks, this will be a no brainer. add some money, take crv/sportage/xtrail or cheaper x70/x50
This should’ve been 95k tops. Now clearly overpriced.
I honestly prefer the taxation rules under BN rules. The car were priced reasonably ok at that time. The taxation changed under PN and we straight away can see car prices were exorbitantly going up.
Sigh…I miss the good old days. Change sometimes is not good at all.
You mean under PH it went straight up. Remember who made NAP 2020 which xaused car prices to shoot up?
The price went up due to taxation rules change. Not related to NAP at all. You can check up old Paul Tan’s posts on the matter.
Sell B-segment pay C-segment price.
I suka malaysia~
Sini buat business mesti gaya~
Kalau bagi harga macem ni… buat bisnes sini memang akan gagal teruk… bagi sy X70 lagi berpatutan.
Most crowded segment in Malaysia for 2020 and 2021. Crossover. Proton, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Toyota, and not forgetting Perodua.
Kona has more powerful engine in 2.0l n 1.6turbo but less modern features.
Futuristic look
Price rm110k n above
Seltos had more head room, more boot room n comfortable adjustable back passenger seat but 1.6l mpi (macam underpowered for 4 adults).
Tough looking
Price rm120k (?) and above
The upcoming x50 will likely sapu all in the B segment due to its favourable (or discriminatory depending on which side of the fence you are on) pricing?
Am wondering if that is the reason why the non national car makers seem to be ‘upscaling’ their B segment cars to bring them closer to traditional c segment offerings?
The car is dead even before launch. 1.6 NA what weed were those malaysia kia folks smoking ???