The Kia Seltos HTX Plus Manual Diesel: Thinking of buying the Kia Seltos? Wondering if the HTX Plus Manual Diesel variant is the most value-for-money option? In this video, we break down The Kia Seltos HTX Plus Manual Diesel features, performance, fuel efficiency, and pricing to help you decide!
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00:00Hi guys and welcome to DriveSpark, I'm Pramit and the car that we are sitting in is the Kia
00:09Seltos. Now this is the diesel manual variant which is the HTX Plus variant and the price for
00:16this variant starts at Rs 16.5 lakh in showroom. Well in this video I'm going to tell you what
00:23all do you get with this particular variant so without wasting any time let's quickly start this
00:27video. So now let's quickly check out the exteriors of the Kia Seltos the diesel variant. Now at the
00:37front you will notice that you get LED headlamp, you get a connected LED DRL and you also get LED
00:43fog lamp as well. Now this variant does not get ADAS so obviously you don't get a radar and a camera
00:48that is present over here on the windscreen but you can notice that the design overall remains the
00:54same. You can't distinguish between a petrol and a diesel variant of the Seltos. If you move to the
01:00side you get the beautiful 17 inch alloy wheels with all four discs. Ground clearance is also nice.
01:05You get body cladding all over that gives a muscular stance to the vehicle. If you move to the back you
01:10get a wiper along with a washer and you get that same connected LED tail lamp like you get the LED
01:17connected DRLs. The tail lamp also connects in between and that also looks very nice. It's a
01:22wrap around tail light. You also get a shark fin antenna on top. You can see you get a panoramic
01:27sunroof and if you notice at the back you get a spoiler and as I mentioned you get a wiper along
01:32with the washer as well. You also get a reverse parking camera. You don't get a 360 degree camera
01:38in this variant but you get a reverse parking camera that has adaptive guidelines. Now let me
01:43quickly just stop the car somewhere and I will show you what all do you get on the inside of this
01:48variant because there are a lot of things that this variant has to offer especially on the inside
01:55you will get a ton of features. Let me just quickly park this vehicle somewhere and I will just show
02:02you what all you get on the inside. Now first of all when you're under the cabin you will notice that
02:08you get this dual tone interior finish on the dashboard where you have the stand finish and
02:12this black finish. Now this black finish is plastic. The stand finish is obviously soft touch material
02:16and you get the same treatment on the door as well. On the door you get some brushed aluminium finish.
02:21You get a touchscreen over here that has Apple CarPlay and Ano Auto but that is not wireless. You have
02:26to connect a wire then only you will be able to access it. This is the inbuilt map. You get a full
02:31digital instrument cluster over here. Now the best thing about this instrument cluster is that it
02:35changes the theme. Right now it is bright sunlight. You can see it's almost 43 degrees and you can see
02:40it is pretty sunny out here. Now in the evening obviously you'll have a sunset theme. The sun will be going
02:46down. If it's raining it'll be clouds there'll be lightning and at night obviously you'll have
02:50stars all around. So this thing changes theme according to the day according to the climate
02:54which is actually very nice. You get this flat bottom steering wheel that has this Seltos badging
02:59right over here. You have the steering mounted controls on either side. Then moving on over here
03:03you get a dual zone climate control. You also get ventilated seats as you can see over here. Now
03:07these ventilated seats are actually very helpful especially in climates like right now it's 40 to 43
03:11degrees and I'm sitting peacefully in the car. The AC is also running at the lowest temperature and
03:16the ventilated seat is also running at the lowest temperature. Well the passenger and the driver
03:21both gets it and it is very comfortable. You have a view button over here. If you press this you can
03:25see you get the rear view. Let me just quickly show you the rear parking camera. This is a rear parking
03:30camera and as I told you you get adaptive guidelines with this as well. You don't get a 360 degree camera
03:36but that's okay. This camera is pretty decent. Well that is your parking sensor and you also get a
03:42wireless charger and the wireless charger is very neatly hidden over here. You see the slot over
03:46here. You can see this symbol. So you just have to place your phone and once you place your phone you
03:51can see the light is on and since the light is on your phone is charging wirelessly. You also have a
03:5612 volt socket over here. You have a type A, type C and some storage space over here. Then storage space
04:01you have two cup holders. You have bottle holders on the door and you can see you have a Bose surround
04:05sound system as well. That is really really nice. You have an auto dimming IRVM. You have an SOS
04:10button. You have an RSA button and you get Kia connect over here. You have a sunglass holder. Then
04:16that's your LED lights. That is your vanity mirror. This side you don't get a vanity mirror and the
04:22steering wheel is also adjustable for tilt and telescopic as well. So both adjustments are there. That is really
04:28necessary to get the right driving position. I think I think it is more than enough. The driver's
04:33seat is electronically adjustable. The passenger seat is manually adjustable and you can see you
04:37get an armrest over here that opens up and reveals a cubby hole. You get this air purifier. You get AC
04:42vents and you get type C charging sockets at the rear. Now let me show you the rear section over here.
04:47That is how the rear section looks like. You get three adjustable headrests, one armrest. If you don't
04:50want this armrest you can just fold it back and that is the massive panoramic sunroof that I was talking
04:56about. It opens all the way up to the back and it's a dual pane panoramic sunroof. First pane obviously
05:01opens the second pane does not and you can see the amount of sunlight that enters the cabin. So
05:05it's a good thing. Obviously you also get these manual blinds and just let me close this because
05:10there's too much of heat coming from the top. This is slightly tinted as you can see that the glass
05:16over here and here is kind of dark the sunshade which is a good thing but still this cloth is
05:22absolutely fantastic. It does not allow any heat to pass through which is a really good thing and
05:27as I mentioned you get manual blinds for the rear section and yeah pretty decent. The ventilated
05:32seats are working absolutely excellently especially in 43 degrees of temperature and if you notice over
05:39here you get a start stop button, you get the traction control, you get an automatic start stop and
05:44this is for your headlight leveling. Whereas I was mentioning you also get this brushed aluminium
05:48on the door handles everywhere and these are for your window control buttons. Well now let's
05:54quickly drive this car and I'll tell you a little more about this. Okay so first of all I will be
06:00talking about the mileage since this is a diesel engine when the claim mileage for this vehicle
06:05is around 17 which is the 17 is claimed by the ARAI but the car has been idling for a very long time
06:12and we've done a highway trip and you can see 18.3 kilometers we are getting within the city. That is
06:17absolutely unbelievable. Well obviously the roads are free now but if you're on the highway and if
06:22you're cruising if you put cruise control and if you're cruising at 100, 19.5 to 20 is what you can
06:28achieve which is absolutely fantastic and within the city with peak traffic also 14 to 16 is what you can
06:36expect which is absolutely brilliant. So on a full tank if you're on the highway you can go up to
06:431000 kilometers and that is a very very nice thing. I mean fuel efficiency is just spot on. It's giving
06:50you more fuel efficiency than the claim figures by the ARAI. So that is a good thing but obviously
06:55let's talk about the engine. It's a 1.5 liter turbo diesel engine and it produces 114.5 bhp of power
07:01250 nm of peak torque and it comes mated to either this the six-speed manual or a automatic gearbox as
07:09well. Well the manual gearbox is actually very nice. The clutch is light. Stop and go traffic no problems
07:15at all because the clutch does not feel that heavy. So in stop and go traffic also there is no problem
07:20since the clutch is actually on the lighter side. Well the automatic start stop button also helps. Well
07:25there's a lot of traffic you can switch it off and it's a good thing you have that because once it when
07:30the car is off the AC also reduces a little bit and if the car notices that the car is getting a
07:34little hot it'll automatically start up. If we talk about performance you can see that let's do a pull
07:41from second gear. It revs all the way up to 5000 rpm and reaching triple digit speeds is not a problem at
07:52all. Well braking is also really nice. You get all four disc brakes as I mentioned so the car actually
07:58stops thanks to the UX Royal tires from JK and they are actually nice. Road noise is less because of
08:04that grip levels are also very decent and since it has all four disc brakes well obviously the braking
08:10bite is actually nice. It gives you a lot of confidence but obviously to upgrade if you want a
08:15little more out of the brakes you will have to upgrade your tires and you will get a very very good
08:21braking bite out of it. Well now let us talk about the suspension. The suspension is on the softer
08:26side well it's a very very comfortable car and on the highway it just glides. On the city also it's
08:32nice it can do some cornering as well but not some high speed cornering because obviously it has some
08:38amount of body roll that will obviously you will feel especially the passengers that are sitting at
08:42the back they will feel the body roll but overall it is a very very good package with the diesel engine
08:49with the amount of power the amount of torque that this has the pulling power and the spaciousness
08:54on the inside with the features. I think this is one of the best variants that you can get in the
09:00diesel if someone is looking for a diesel variant of maybe any compact SUV I would recommend you can
09:06go and check the Seltos especially this variant the HTX plus variant starts at around 6.5 lakh rupees
09:13you get a ton of features on the outside on the inside and especially if we talk about some creature
09:19comforts as well. Overall it's a very good car safety wise obviously you don't have ADAS but you have
09:24six airbags you have traction control ABS EVD so other than that it has a lot of features especially
09:31you don't have ADAS it's fine but the other safety features have got your back. So overall guys it's
09:37a very good car you can go check it out and if you have anything else to ask about this variant please
09:43there's no comment section and we will get back to you on that. Under the number of me signing out
09:46see you next time thank you so much for watching take care be safe and drive safe.