[CarguyNish]

Having gone through the above pictures,

The Grey Cars seen above are Diesel Variants. Wheels, Lack of Red Highlights on Front Lip, Below Side Strip & Missing Badge are the signs.

I don't see camera under the ORVMs, so Kia is doing what Hyundai does, it has skipped 360° Camera from Diesel which was also mentioned in the leaked Feature List.

While the Roof is covered, I hope there is a Sunroof in there, if not it would be a bummer & would result in cancellation of bookings. Many cars with Sunroof option do sell well.

[humveeguy]

Hi. I'm very much keen on the 6 airbag safety option. Do we know if it is part of the CVT variant.

Any birdies ?

[realactivex]

Originally Posted by m2avg

If I remember correctly people did line up for Tata Indica. People also admired Skoda when it launched in India.

I think it was feb 1998, and full page adverts by tata thanking the buyers for the 118,000 bookings that the Indica
had garnered.

[amritpal2489]

Originally Posted by humveeguy

Hi. I'm very much keen on the 6 airbag safety option. Do we know if it is part of the CVT variant.

Any birdies ?

As per the leaked variant list its a NO

[momsonlydriver]

Originally Posted by Alive2Drive

Found some pics on WhatsApp

Any information regarding the location as to where these pictures were taken? I mean the state or city.

[jaaz]

Originally Posted by momsonlydriver

Any information regarding the location as to where these pictures were taken? I mean the state or city.

These pics should be outside the KIA Factory in Andhra Pradesh state. They've a green field Factory spread over 500 acres in Anantapur Dist.

[sreejinair]

my local dealer told me Kia will be shipping, the cars will be shipped to the dealers tomorrow (22nd) , 3rd is the right date per him for the variant announcement. He said they will know about the pricing around 15th Aug.

quick question, will this be the first car in India to be available for test drives before its pricing is announced?

[momsonlydriver]

This engine bay for the 1.4L Turbo charged engine looks neat

[karan561]

Originally Posted by humveeguy

Hi Karan,

Is it confirmed that on August 3rd the variant details will be provided by Kia. That will help the thousands of people who have made the booking or planning to.

Hg

As per what I'm told, YES.

The reason being simple, so that people who have booked the car can confirm the exact variant they want on/after 3rd August to the dealer & the dealer can convey the same to Kia to enable the customer vehicle dispatches from the factory accordingly to reach the respective dealerships on/before 22nd August.

[momsonlydriver]

I personally thought that the heads up display would be like a fixed glass. But it has a very cool factor to the way it pops out with a button. This car is actually an impressive product to be fare enough! Have a look:

[SpideyBoy]

Originally Posted by karan561

The reason being simple, so that people who have booked the car can confirm the exact variant they want on/after 3rd August to the dealer & the dealer can convey the same to Kia to enable the customer vehicle dispatches from the factory accordingly to reach the respective dealerships on/before 22nd August.

The prices are revealed on Aug 22nd isn't it? What if the variants reach the dealerships, people aren't too happy with the prices and cancel their bookings. Wouldn't it be a headache to clear the stock? (This shouldn't happen with a new launch though but what if?)

Ideally, prices should be revealed along with the variant distribution. I feel Kia is thinking a bit too much to get the pricing right. This could be the heat due to MG Hector's effect? Hope Kia will not mess up with the pricing, pull up something from the hat and steal MG's thunder.

[Guna]

Originally Posted by realactivex

I think it was feb 1998, and full page adverts by tata thanking the buyers for the 118,000 bookings that the Indica
had garnered.

Unbelievably spectacular, considering that the number of people buying cars was much smaller then. Sad that they could not capitalize on it. Compared to that the Seltos/Hector numbers don't look extraordinary. Majority of the Hector/Seltos bookings are tentative, as they were done before the launch.

[Asmt_b]

I just got back from the Kia showroom in Delhi.the salesman had a completely blank look to most of my queries.he did confirm though that the GT DCT will not have a sunroof and he said even the diesel won't have a sunroof in the automatic trim.the1.5 petrol automatic is the one he said will have most of the features displayed on the brochure.
He also mentioned that the showroom cars will be on display by the end of this week.

[sandhyab]

Originally Posted by momsonlydriver

I personally thought that the heads up display would be like a fixed glass. But it has a very cool factor to the way it pops out with a button. This car is actually an impressive product to be fare enough! Have a look:

Seltos currently looks like a winner to me, hopefully its priced as such as well, however with all the recent news about various EVs, it seems to me that the onslaught of affordable EVs is just around the corner. Although this is not the ideal thread, but what does others think of EV penetration in the next year or two? And if there is then the heartache and regret of buying an ICE would be so profound. I am confused,

[drift2race]

Originally Posted by Asmt_b

I just got back from the Kia showroom in Delhi.the salesman had a completely blank look to most of my queries.he did confirm though that the GT DCT will not have a sunroof and he said even the diesel won't have a sunroof in the automatic trim.the1.5 petrol automatic is the one he said will have most of the features displayed on the brochure.
He also mentioned that the showroom cars will be on display by the end of this week.

This is turning out to be really sour news for people like me who were eyeing the completely loaded DCT as the variant to go for but KIA is going the Hyundai way of short changing auto buyers . Is this the situation in each market where Hyundai or KIA operate or its just Indians being treated like this .