Price Comparison: Hyundai Creta Facelift, Kia Seltos, Maruti Grand Vitara, Honda Elevate

Price Comparison: The 2024 Hyundai Creta’s pricing have finally been disclosed, with the ex-showroom price of Rs 11 lakh being the starting point. The updated Creta features an improved feature list, safety technology, and extensive exterior and interior design upgrades. Let’s examine the pricing comparison of this upgraded Hyundai small SUV with the Kia Seltos, Maruti Grand Vitara, Toyota Hyryder, and Honda Elevate, four competitors in the same segment-Price Comparison

Petrol Manual

• At Rs 10.70 lakh, the starting price of the Maruti Grand Vitara is the lowest among these, being Rs 30,000 less than the facelifted Hyundai Creta and Rs 20,000 cheaper than the Kia Seltos.
• The Honda Elevate is the most expensive SUV in this comparison, with a starting price of Rs 11.58 lakh, but its manual transmission option tops out at Rs 15.10 lakh, making it the most affordable vehicle overall. In the meantime, the top-spec petrol-manual Creta costs less than the top-spec petrol-manual Hyryder and Selto models.
• Every SUV in this area has a 1.5-liter manual-transmission gasoline engine that is naturally aspirated. With a 6-speed manual transmission, it produces 115 PS and 144 Nm for the Creta and Seltos. With a 6-speed manual and an output of 121 PS, the Honda engine is the most powerful.
• The Seltos is a unique product in this market because it is the only SUV in the segment to provide an iMT gearbox, which is a manual transmission without a clutch pedal, with its 1.5-liter turbo-petrol engine (160 PS / 253 Nm).
• The 1.5-liter mild hybrid petrol engine (103 PS/137 Nm) that powers the Maruti Grand Vitara and Toyota Hyryder is the same engine, paired to a 5-speed manual transmission. Although it is the least powerful option available, these are the only small SUVs with all-wheel drive (AWD).

Petrol Automatic

• Similar to the Seltos, the 2024 Creta petrol automatic is available with both naturally aspirated and turbocharged models, with a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission (DCT) and a CVT, respectively.
• With a CVT automatic gearbox, the Honda Elevate is the most reasonably priced petrol automatic compact SUV, priced Rs 19,000 less than the base Grand Vitara petrol auto.
• In this comparison, the most costly petrol automatic model is the Kia Seltos DCT, which comes in its top-tier X Line specification.
• A 6-speed torque converter is used in conjunction with the mild hybrid petrol engines seen in the Grand Vitara and Hyryder. Strong hybrid drivetrains are also available for both of these SUVs, although they are limited to e-CVT gearboxes. With a stated efficiency of up to 27.97 km/l, this unit promises substantial fuel savings.

Diesel Manual

• The only two small SUVs with the option of a diesel engine are the Hyundai Creta and the Kia Seltos. The same 1.5-liter diesel engine (116 PS/250 Nm) powers each of them. Though the Seltos diesel has a 6-speed iMT, the Creta offers the option of a genuine 6-speed manual transmission.
• The Seltos diesel is priced Rs 45,000 less than the Hyundai Creta, while having equal prices. Even the Kia’s highest-spec diesel manual option is Rs 47,000 less expensive.

Diesel Automatic

• The 6-speed torque converter is standard on both the Seltos and Creta diesel automatic vehicles.
• Compared to the Kia Seltos, the entry-level diesel-automatic variant on the Creta costs Rs 86,000 less.
• The most costly diesel automatic vehicle in our comparison is the Seltos X Line model with the matte body. It is also the priciest option available in the current small SUV market.

In terms of upscale comforts, the 2024 Hyundai Creta and Kia Seltos are now nearly equal, with both SUVs providing more than the other competitors on this list. Although the top varieties of the Honda Elevate seem more attractively priced, they are not as well equipped. The Maruti and Toyota SUV siblings, on the other hand, have a better combination of amenities and technology, including true AWD and fuel-efficient hybrids, but their performance is just not as exciting-Price Comparison

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