PUNE: Kia, the fastest-growing Korean automaker, has sold 5-lakh Seltos, its most popular SUV in 46 months after its debut in the fiercely competitive car market.
The Kia Seltos was launched in India in August 2019 and it turned out to be a blockbuster hit product for the company.
This mid-size sport utility vehicle contributed around 55 per cent to the company’s overall sales, including domestic retail and exports.
“The success of Seltos is a celebration of the extraordinary, an ode to the indomitable human spirit that refuses to settle for anything less than brilliance,” Tae-jin Park, MD & CEO at Kia India boasted.
He said it is a symbol of what is possible when passion meets innovation, and dreams meet reality.
“With Seltos, we have crafted a revolutionary driving companion that has captured the hearts and garnered the respect of more than 5,00,000 valued customers,” Park pointed out.
With total sales of about 27,159 units during the first quarter of 2023, the Kia Seltos continues to sell an average monthly of over 9,000 units even when there are multiple new innovations in the segment.
The company is soon planning to introduce the facelifted version of the Seltos, which will sport updated styling with a revised front fascia and more features.
It will also get advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).
Mechanically, the India-specific Seltos will remain identical to the current model but will get a more powerful 1.5-litre turbo petrol engine instead of the 1.4-litre unit.
