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Kia has officially announced the release of its updated lineup, which includes BS6 Phase-II compliant powertrains. Prices for the Sonet, Seltos, and Carens begin at Rs 7.79 lakhs, Rs 10.89 lakhs, and Rs 10.45 lakhs, respectively.
Kia’s updated fleet now includes engines that can run on E20 fuel. While the petrol engine in Sonet remains unchanged, the 1.4-litre turbo-petrol engine in Carens has been replaced by a 1.5-litre turbo-petrol unit from Smartstream. It produces 158 BHP and 253 Nm at 1500-3500 rpm. The 1.5-litre diesel engine in the Sonet has been replaced by the 1.5 CRDi VGT, which produces 114 BHP. The Seltos and Carens both use the same engine.
In the transmission department, Kia now offers the 6-speed iMT as standard with both turbo-petrol and diesel powertrains across all models, while the manual gearbox is only available in variants of the Seltos and Carens with 1.5-litre petrol engine and variants of the Sonet with the 1.2-litre petrol engine.
Among other changes, Kia now offers Idle Stop Go as standard across all models. The carmaker also added the Kia Connect Skill for Amazon Alexa, which allows customers to connect their Alexa device to the vehicle by registering on the Amazon Alexa app and connecting to the vehicle.
Source:FE
