Kia might have left the 2023 Kia Seltos roughly because it was for 2024 and had a superb car on its fingers. However the firm, as an alternative, has up to date its award-winning smallest SUV inside and outside.

The Seltos has been round since 2021 and has received our Greatest Purchase Award within the subcompact SUV class yearly of its existence. When our editors pull all of the contenders collectively for testing, the Seltos constantly stands out for its lengthy listing of kit, affordable value, and spectacular room for its small measurement.

For the brand new mannequin yr, Kia has up to date the physique and the cabin, added new customary applied sciences, and given an influence increase to its elective turbocharged engine.

Kia affords the Seltos with both a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine good for 146 horsepower or a 1.6-liter turbocharged 4 making 195 horses. Entrance-wheel drive is customary, with all-wheel drive out there in case you reside the place snow impacts visitors.

Let’s have a look contained in the restyled Seltos.

Passenger Room and Consolation

The Seltos is shorter than a 2023 Honda HR-V or Toyota Corolla Cross. Nevertheless it affords comparable leg and shoulder room and extra headroom within the entrance seats.

At most trims, the motive force will get a 6-way manually-adjustable seat. The extra upscale EX and SX trims include a 10-way power-adjustable entrance seat with 2-way energy lumbar assist. Entrance seats are heated within the X-Line, EX, and SX fashions, and cooling seat air flow is an possibility on the high of the lineup.

Passenger area is somewhat tighter within the rear, as must be anticipated on this class. However rear passengers get their very own air con vents — one thing we will’t say about each rival. Each rows additionally get their very own USB charging ports.

Options and Tech

In the event you haven’t been automobile purchasing in just a few years, you could be shocked to be taught in regards to the superior applied sciences out there in even cheap automobiles.

Each Seltos comes with a display as an alternative of the normal driver’s instrument cluster. It’s simply 4.2 inches within the base LX trim however a beneficiant 10.25 inches at each different trim stage.

LX fashions additionally get a smaller central touchscreen — 8 inches. Different trim ranges get a ten.25-inch mannequin.

Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are customary tools. These methods primarily flip the automobile’s touchscreen right into a mirror of your cellphone’s display, so you will get to commonly-used apps safely with out choosing up your cellphone.

Local weather management features, although, run by way of conventional buttons. So, no extra futzing with menus whereas driving simply to activate the warmth.

Most trim ranges get a 6-speaker sound system, however SX fashions get a premium 8-speaker setup from Bose with temper lamps that reply to the music.

Supplies and Design

We’re used to subcompact interiors wanting like rushed initiatives made with components left within the bin from designing dearer automobiles. That’s not the case with the Seltos.

The driving force’s instrument display and central touchscreen are mounted collectively in a single housing. It makes them appear like one extensive, curved display — an impact extra widespread to luxurious automobiles. However Kia’s designers have been doing wonderful work currently. The crisp strains of the Seltos cabin belie its low value. There are some arduous plastics, however that’s to be anticipated in an inexpensive subcompact automobile. They assist preserve the worth affordable.

The bottom LX will get only one coloration selection: black material with heathered seat inserts. With different trims, you will get inventive.

Kia’s SynTex artificial leather-based is fairly convincing. On the Seltos S, you will get it in blue with black material inserts. Prime-of-the-line EX and SX fashions get a selection of black, sage inexperienced, or camel brown that appears upscale at this value.

Cargo Room and Flexibility

With the rear seats in use, the Seltos has 26.6 cubic toes of area — greater than an HR-V or Corolla Cross.

Fold them down; you’ll get 62.8 — nearly eight cubic toes greater than in a comparable HR-V.

Construct and value your individual model of the 2024 Kia Seltos to see this week’s Kelly Blue E-book Truthful Buy Worth, 5-Yr Value to Personal, and extra, or take a look at Kia Seltos fashions on the market close to you.