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Kia Seltos 2020 revealed: All-new small SUV to arrive in October

Kia has released the first official pictures of the all-new Seltos, with the small SUV scheduled to arrive in Australia from October.

The Seltos is Kia's entrant into the small SUV segment, where it is expected to fight alongside cars like the Toyota C-HR and Nissan Qashqai

The Seltos, which was revealed today in India, will also be built there, with Kia using its factory in Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh. But Australian cars will be built at the brand's Gwangju plant in Korea.

While Australian specifics are yet to be revealed, the Seltos is available internationally with 16-, 17- or 18-inch alloy wheels, full LED headlights and taillights, LED DRLs and fog lights.

Kia says the Seltos targets "youthful, tech-savvy buyers”, with interior technology that includes a 10.25-inch multimedia touchscreen that’s both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto equipped, along with a Sound Mood Lighting system (you might remember something similar from the now extinct Kia Soul). An 8.0-inch head-up display and an eight-speaker Bose audio system are also available.

Under the hood, Australian cars will arrive with a 110kW, 2.0-litre petrol engine paired with a CVT automatic that sends the power to the front wheels, or with a turbocharged 1.6-litre engine that produces 130kW and sends power to all four wheels via a seven-sped DCT automatic.

And in good news for Aussie buyers, the Seltos will undergo the same localisation process as the rest of the Kia range, with the ride and handling tuned here for local road conditions.

The Seltos is due to arrive in Australia in October, with pricing and specification details to be revealed closer to launch.

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Andrew Chesterton
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Andrew Chesterton should probably hate cars. From his hail-damaged Camira that looked like it had spent a hard life parked at the end of Tiger Woods' personal driving range, to the Nissan Pulsar Reebok that shook like it was possessed by a particularly mean-spirited demon every time he dared push past 40km/h, his personal car history isn't exactly littered with gold. But that seemingly endless procession of rust-savaged hate machines taught him something even more important; that cars are more than a collection of nuts, bolts and petrol. They're your ticket to freedom, a way to unlock incredible experiences, rolling invitations to incredible adventures. They have soul. And so, somehow, the car bug still bit. And it bit hard. When "Chesto" started his journalism career with News Ltd's Sunday and Daily Telegraph newspapers, he covered just about everything, from business to real estate, courts to crime, before settling into state political reporting at NSW Parliament House. But the automotive world's siren song soon sounded again, and he begged anyone who would listen for the opportunity to write about cars. Eventually they listened, and his career since has seen him filing car news, reviews and features for TopGear, Wheels, Motor and, of course, CarsGuide, as well as many, many others. More than a decade later, and the car bug is yet to relinquish its toothy grip. And if you ask Chesto, he thinks it never will.
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