Overview
With its trendy look, spacious cabin, and fun-to-drive edge, the 2024 Seltos earns its place in Kia’s lineup, which is filled with different autos with related values. The Seltos slots in between the smaller Soul and the bigger Sportage, however its slightly-larger-than-subcompact dimension makes room for extra cargo than rivals such because the Hyundai Kona and the Nissan Kicks. A styling refresh for 2024 makes the Seltos much more engaging than earlier than and its inside has been up to date with higher infotainment expertise too. A duo of four-cylinders is offered, together with a 195-hp turbocharged engine that gives good pep. Most fashions come customary with all-wheel drive, and even the base-model Seltos supplies good worth and utility, making it one in every of our favourite small SUVs.
What’s New for 2024?
The Seltos has obtained a refresh for its exterior and inside styling for 2024. A restyled grille and up to date lighting components elevate the SUV’s exterior together with new wheel designs and a rear mild bar that connects the taillamps. The cabin receives an up to date infotainment panel with two massive screens and the present mannequin’s extra conventional shift lever seems to have been changed with a rotary controller. The Seltos’s non-obligatory turbo 1.6-liter four-cylinder now makes 195 horsepower, up 20 hp from final yr’s mannequin, and provides a brand new eight-speed computerized transmission to exchange the earlier seven-speed unit. A rugged-looking X-Line mannequin additionally joins the lineup and options distinctive exterior styling.
Pricing and Which One to Purchase
The very best worth lies with the Seltos’s EX trim. The SX mannequin comes loaded with nearly every thing, however the EX is well-equipped, too, and less expensive. It contains faux-leather upholstery, a 10-way power-adjustable driver’s seat, heated entrance seats, a wi-fi smartphone charging pad, and the brand new dual-screen infotainment system with in-dash navigation. All-wheel drive is offered as an choice for many who want it.
Engine, Transmission, and Efficiency
Kia affords two completely different four-cylinder engines within the Seltos: a 2.0-liter that makes 147 horsepower or a turbocharged 1.6-liter that pumps out 195 hp. We sampled the Seltos with the turbocharged 1.6-liter and located its energy to be greater than sufficient. Whereas the bottom engine is mated to a repeatedly variable computerized transmission (CVT), the turbo comes with an eight-speed computerized. All-wheel drive comes customary on all however the S and EX trims. The Seltos affords a agency however principally clean trip, and dealing with is sharp for an SUV—it is extra entertaining and composed than rivals such because the Jeep Compass and Mitsubishi Outlander Sport. Once we get an opportunity to check the up to date Seltos at our dwelling base, we’ll replace this story with acceleration take a look at outcomes and extra driving impressions.
Gasoline Financial system and Actual-World MPG
The EPA estimates that the Seltos will ship pretty environment friendly MPG figures. Freeway gasoline financial system is estimated to be as excessive as 34 mpg for front-wheel-drive fashions with the two.0-liter four-cylinder. On our 75-mph freeway fuel-economy take a look at route, an all-wheel-drive Seltos with the turbocharged 1.6-liter managed 30 mpg. For extra details about the Seltos’s gasoline financial system, go to the EPA’s web site.
Inside, Consolation, and Cargo
Inside, the Seltos affords noticeably more room for individuals and cargo than the Hyundai Kona. The supplies used all through the cabin are refined sufficient to look proper at dwelling within the showroom subsequent to the model’s wonderful Telluride SUV. Inside ambient lighting is customary on the upscale SX mannequin and may be set to pulse together with the music just like the system Kia affords within the smaller Soul SUV. Throughout our take a look at drive of the pre-facelift mannequin, the cargo space simply swallowed our suitcases, backpacks, and photograph bag; in our testing, we match eight carry-on suitcases within the cargo maintain and 20 with the rear seats folded.
Infotainment and Connectivity
The Seltos’s infotainment setup has drastically modified for 2024, with a brand new seamless panel stretching two-thirds of the dashboard serving as each a digital gauge show and an infotainment touchscreen. This association is non-obligatory and much like the choices of different fashionable Kia fashions. A smaller show with an analog gauge cluster is customary. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto come on each mannequin however SiriusXM satellite tv for pc radio and an onboard wi-fi hotspot are choices.
Security and Driver-Help Options
Kia affords a normal suite of driver-assistance tech on the Seltos, however higher-tech options comparable to adaptive cruise management are non-obligatory. For extra details about the Seltos’s crash-test outcomes, go to the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) and Insurance coverage Institute for Freeway Security (IIHS) web sites. Key security options embrace:
- Customary automated emergency braking with pedestrian and bicycle owner detection
- Customary lane-departure warning with lane-keeping help
- Out there adaptive cruise management with a lane-centering characteristic
Guarantee and Upkeep Protection
Kia’s guarantee is one of the best within the business, and the corporate continues to supply 10-year or 100,000-mile powertrain protection on its fashions. The one different rivals that may match it are SUVs from sister firm Hyundai.
- Restricted guarantee covers 5 years or 60,000 miles
- Powertrain guarantee covers 10 years or 100,000 miles
- No complimentary scheduled upkeep
Specs
Specs
2024 Kia Seltos
Automobile Kind: front-engine, front- or all-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door wagon
PRICE
Base: LX, $25,715; S, $26,315; EX, $27,115; X-Line, $30,015; SX, $31,315
ENGINES
DOHC 16-valve 2.0-liter inline-4, 146 hp, 132 lb-ft; turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 16-valve 1.6-liter inline-4, 195 hp, 195 lb-ft
TRANSMISSIONS
repeatedly variable computerized; 8-speed computerized
DIMENSIONS
Wheelbase: 103.5 in
Size: 172.6 in
Width: 70.9 in
Peak: 63.4–64.0 in
Passenger Quantity, F/R: 53/46 ft3
Cargo Quantity, Behind F/R: 63/27 ft3
Curb Weight (C/D est): 2900–3300 lb
PERFORMANCE (C/D EST)
60 mph: 6.1–7.0 sec
1/4-Mile: 14.8–15.7 sec
Prime Pace: 120–130 mph
EPA FUEL ECONOMY
Mixed/Metropolis/Freeway: 26–31/25–28/27–34 mpg