2023 Kia Seltos: GT-Line to be best-seller

Kia Australia is anticipating the flagship model of its up to date Seltos crossover to be the highest vendor, with 35 per cent of subsequent yr’s circa-10,000 models to be the $40,000-plus GT-Line grade.

Kia Australia’s govt crew mentioned it’s anticipating round 10,000 models of the brand new Seltos in throughout the 2023 calendar yr, and likewise broke down the forecast gross sales break up throughout the line-up.

Main the way in which is the GT-Line 1.6T AWD and Sport 2.0 FWD with 25 per cent (approx. 2500 models) apiece, adopted by the Sport+ 1.6T AWD and S 2.0 FWD with 15 per cent (approx. 1500 models) every.

The brand new GT-Line 2.0 FWD is predicted to account for 10 per cent (approx. 1000 models) of subsequent yr’s gross sales combine, as is the Sport+ 2.0 FWD.

Pricing for the 2023 Kia Seltos GT-Line begins at $41,500 plus on-road prices for the two.0 FWD and $44,900 earlier than on-roads for the 1.6T AWD. Kia Australia can also be launching with drive-away pricing of $44,590 and $47,690 respectively.

An annual quantity of round 10,000 models ought to be a slight enchancment on this yr. As of October 31, Kia has registered 7803 models of the supply-constrained Seltos this yr, up 5.2 per cent on the identical interval in 2021.

With a month-to-month common of 780.3 models based mostly on the above determine, that interprets to 9363 gross sales for this yr. Ought to Kia meet its 10,000-unit projection, that equates to round 830 models monthly.

Yr so far, the Kia Seltos is the fifth best-selling mannequin within the mainstream small SUV phase in 2022, behind the MG ZS household (16,359 models, up 10.0 per cent), Mazda CX-30 (12,252 models, up 8.1 per cent), Mitsubishi ASX (10,939 models, down 9.5 per cent) and the associated Hyundai Kona (10,274 models, down 7.9 per cent).

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