U.s.-spec 2027 Kia Seltos Revealed With A Hybrid Option, Baby Telluride Looks And A Kinda-rugged X-line Trim

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Gird your loins everyone, we're talking astir a redesigned subcompact crossover. It's not a brand-new model, but it is simply a caller procreation of an existing 1 that's now really rather bully looking. The second-generation 2027 Kia Seltos conscionable debuted successful U.S.-spec shape astatine nan New York International Auto Show, and it looks beautiful good. The caller Seltos' exterior and interior creation of nan caller Seltos arsenic good arsenic immoderate of its specifications were released precocious past year, but that was for nan model's motorboat successful different markets; we now person confirmed specs for nan 1 that'll beryllium sold successful this country, and they're astir what you expect.

Beyond nan Seltos's handsome baby-Telluride looks, it will characteristic a caller off-road-flavored X-Line exemplary arsenic good arsenic a caller hybrid model, conscionable for illustration its bigger sibling. Hybrid aside, nan redesigned Seltos will person 2 acquainted disposable powertrains: a modular people aspirated 2.0-liter inline-4 motor that's paired to a CVT and sends a carryover 147 horsepower and 132 pound-feet of torque to nan beforehand wheels, and nan somewhat upgraded turbocharged 1.6-liter inline-4 that now sends an estimated 190 horsepower done an eight-speed automatic transmission. The turbo is now only disposable successful X-Line trim pinch all-wheel thrust for 2027, while AWD is an action pinch nan guidelines engine.

Similar to nan Kia Niro hybrid, nan Seltos Hybrid will person a people aspirated 1.6-liter inline-4 paired pinch a six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. It will beryllium offered successful either front-wheel-drive guise, aliases pinch Kia's first e-AWD system. Of course, nan juiciest specifications for illustration EPA substance system numbers, pricing, and powerfulness output are not disposable yet, but expect some gasoline powertrain options to beryllium disposable wrong nan adjacent fewer months, pinch nan hybrid showing up later this year.

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The X-Line trim is simply a caller summation for nan subcompact Seltos, and it gives nan small crossover a much rugged appearance. It's nan only trim that will beryllium disposable pinch each 3 motor options; nan Seltos X-Line 2.0L will rotation connected modular 18-inch alloy wheels, while nan X-Line 1.6T and X-Line Hybrid pinch e-AWD person 19-inch achromatic wheels. Opting for a Seltos X-Line gets you somewhat different exterior styling, a monotone achromatic SynTex interior pinch mesh headrests and modular four-way lumbar connected nan beforehand seats, and immoderate caller colour options including Terrain Brown, Frost Blue, and Snow White Pearl pinch a achromatic roof. 

Kia says nan all-wheel-drive strategy connected nan gas-powered Seltos has been reworked for 2027, now called Multi-Mode All-Wheel-Drive. The Seltos Hybrid will characteristic Kia's first e-AWD system, which, if Kia is utilizing nan aforesaid strategies arsenic Toyota pinch its hybridized e-AWD models, will apt person nary beingness relationship betwixt nan gasoline motor and nan rear wheels. Instead, it will apt person a mini electrical centrifugal that sends powerfulness to nan rear wheels erstwhile needed, though Kia hasn't divulged nan specifics of its caller strategy conscionable yet. It has shared that Seltos Hybrids will person Kia's steering column-mounted Bop It–style cogwheel selector stalk arsenic good arsenic push-button start; different Seltoses will person a accepted halfway console-mounted mechanical cogwheel selector.

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We knew nan caller Seltos was bigger, with a 2.4-inch-longer wheelbase than nan aged 1 and 1.8 inches much wide length, but now we cognize really that accrued exterior size affects interior room. Kia says nan longer wheelbase allows for much limb room successful nan beforehand seat, giving nary circumstantial measurement, but rear spot legroom has accrued 1 inch. Cargo measurement has accrued too, pinch nan abstraction down nan rear seats up 1.2 cubic feet to 27.8, and erstwhile you fold those seats flat, cargo measurement has besides accrued by 1.3 cubic feet to a full of 64.1.

Kia has ever produced cars pinch desirable features, and that doesn't alteration pinch this redesign. As standard, nan 2027 Seltos has a 12.3-inch touchscreen infotainment show and a 12.3-inch integer gauge cluster, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, USB-C ports beforehand and rear, and driver-assistance features for illustration automated emergency braking, full-speed adaptive cruise control, and hands-on detection. Optional instrumentality includes a surround-view camera system, a panoramic sunroof, and a power-operated "relaxation" driver's spot pinch four-way lumbar and memory.

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On nan look of it, astatine least, nan 2027 Seltos looks to person what it takes to make a scatter successful this celebrated conception pinch its bigger size, caller X-Line trim, and disposable hybrid powertrain. That's astir each we cognize astir nan 2027 Seltos for now, but we'll support you updated pinch immoderate caller specifications that spell public.