Kia Seltos Diesel Manual Variants Discontinued — ACMT Now Standard | V3Cars

14 March 2023
By Amit Saraswat
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Kia India have updated the Seltos with BS6 phase-2 compliant engines. The updated diesel engine now comes with the auto-clutch manual transmission (ACMT) as standard and the 2023 Seltos diesel is no longer available with a manual transmission option.

Kia Seltos Diesel ACMT Launched

While Kia offered the ACMT option with the Seltos diesel earlier as well, the updated Seltos now offers ACMT as standard across all the diesel variants. Buyers also get the option of a 6-speed torque converter automatic transmission. The earlier 6-speed manual transmission is no longer available with the Seltos diesel.

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Take a look at the prices of the Kia Seltos:

KIA SELTOS PRICE LIST
Variants	1.5L Normal Petrol MT	1.5L Normal Petrol CVT	1.5L Diesel ACMT	1.5L Diesel TC
HTE	Rs. 10.89 lakh	-	Rs. 12.39 lakh	-
HTK	Rs. 12.00 lakh	-	Rs. 13.69 lakh	-
HTK+	Rs. 13.10 lakh	-	Rs. 15.29 lakh	-
HTX	Rs. 14.90 lakh	Rs. 15.90 lakh	Rs. 16.59 lakh	Rs. 17.59 lakh
HTX+	-	-	Rs. 17.59 lakh	-
GTX+	-	-	-	Rs. 19.35 lakh
X Line	-	-	-	Rs. 19.65 lakh

The base HTE petrol manual variant of the Seltos now costs Rs. 10.89 lakh, which is Rs. 20,000 more than the outgoing model. The top-spec X Line diesel automatic variant of the Seltos now costs Rs. 19.65 lakh, which is Rs. 50,000 more than the outgoing model.

Since the 1.35L turbo petrol engine (1.4L in Kia’s speak) is no longer listed on the brand’s website, the top-spec GTX+ and X Line variants are only available with the 1.5L turbo diesel automatic powertrain option. Apart from the transmission update, the 1.5L normal petrol and 1.5L turbo diesel engine are likely to offer similar power and torque outputs as before.

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Kia Seltos Powertrain Details

Take a look at the powertrain details of the Kia Setlos:

UPDATED KIA SELTOS ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS
Engine	1.5L Normal Petrol	1.5L Turbo Diesel
Power	115PS @ 6300rpm	116PS @ 4000rpm
Torque	144Nm @ 4500rpm	250Nm @ 1500 - 2750rpm
Manual	6-speed MT	6-speed ACMT
Automatic	CVT	6-speed TC

Both the 1.5L normal petrol engine and 1.5L turbo diesel engines of the Kia Seltos now comply with the BS6 phase-2 and road driving emission norms. Furthermore, the 1.5L normal petrol engine is also E20 fuel compatible. It is worth mentioning that all powertrains of the Seltos now offer idle start/stop as standard.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Amit Saraswat

Born and brought up in Agra, he grew up reading magazines more than textbooks. With a keen interest in cars, he decided to make his future in automotive journalism and is currently helping in content at V3Cars.

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1 Comments

M ManojKumarReddy SomulaVijaya says:

March 15 2023 21:14:29

Is there any visual difference between BS6 and BS6-Phase 2 for KIA Seltos HTX model petrol variant? What are the advantages to a common consumer other than decrease in pollution?