Kia Motors India has announced the launch date of its Kia Syros. The Korean company will launch its premium midsize SUV on February 2. Kia revealed the car in the Indian market last month with many segment first premium features. Booking of the car will start from January 3.
Booking will start from today
This is the company’s fifth SUV in the Indian market, which is placed between Seltos and Sonet. The new Kia Syros has been designed keeping in mind more premium customers than the Sonet. Syros has been introduced in 6 variants. These include HTK, HTK (O), HTK+, HTX, HTX+ and HTX+ (O).
The company is calling it a mini carnival. Its booking will start from January 3 and delivery will start from February 2025. The company has not announced the prices yet. The price of Syros can start from Rs 9 lakh (ex-showroom).
This vehicle will not have any direct competition, but it will be a cheaper option than compact SUV cars like Hyundai Creta, Maruti Grand Vitara and Kia Seltos. It will also compete with sub-compact SUV cars like Tata Nexon, Maruti Brezza, Mahindra XUV 3XO and Hyundai Venue.
Kia Syros: Exterior
Talking about the exterior design of Kia Syros, it follows the company’s global design language, which is inspired by Kia Carnival, Kia EV3 and Kia EV9. Syros is the first ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) car in Kia’s Indian lineup to feature flush type door handles.
The Kia syros features a traditional boxy and upright SUV design with vertical LED headlamps flanked by the bumper. These feature three LED projector units and a unique drop-down LED daytime running light (DRL) like the new Carnival. The upper portion of the front fascia is sealed And looks almost EV-like. The air intake is integrated into the lower section, which is highlighted by contrasting silver trim at the bottom.
On the sides, the Kia Syros features black A, C and D pillars that are combined with a body-coloured B pillar to create a shining and clean window line. Other highlights include thick plastic cladding on the wheel arches, a distinctive kink in the rear window line.
The lower variants of the car will get 16 and the higher variants will get 17-inch 3-petal alloy wheels. The tall boy design at the rear makes the car look like a minivan. Here the flat tailgate has L-shaped taillights around the rear windscreen and the rear bumper is given a stylish two-tone black and silver finish.
Kia Syros: Interior
Its cabin is quite futuristic. Kia Syros is offered with a black and grey dual tone cabin theme, whose dashboard is inspired by Kia EV9 and it also has a 2 spoke steering wheel. Apart from this, it also has a gloss grey element covering the entire width of the dashboard, while its AC vents are slim and their shape is rectangular.
The biggest highlight of its cabin is the triple screen setup given in it. It has two 12.3-inch displays for the infotainment system and driver display and a 5-inch unit for climate control. Kia claims that together they form a 30-inch display.
Below the touch screen unit are the physical controls for infotainment along with a scroll type control for volume control. Below this are the physical controls for the climate control unit and below these are multiple charging options which include a Type C port and a wireless charging pad.
Apart from this, push button start/stop, 360 degree camera and parking sensor buttons are also provided in the console near the gear shifter. The gear lever given in its DCT and automatic variants has been finished in dual tone matte and gloss grey color, while an orange strip has also been given for a sporty look.
The interior door handles get a brushed silver finishing while the 3 level ventilated seat controls are positioned on the doors. Kia has also offered a 4-way powered driver seat in the Syros. The seats have also been given a dual tone black and grey pattern. Leatherette upholstery has been given on them. For the rear passengers, it also has a center armrest, sun blinds and 3 level seat ventilation. Like the front, ventilation control has also been given on the rear seat which is positioned on the door.
For convenience, it also has Type C charging ports and AC vents on the rear seats. At the same time, armrests have also been provided on the front row seats in which air purifier is installed. Kia has provided panoramic sunroof in the top variants of Syros while a single pane unit has also been provided in its lower variants.
Kia Syros: performance
Kia Syros has two engine options for performance. It has a 1-liter 3 cylinder turbo-petrol engine that generates 120hp of power and 172Nm of torque. For transmission, this engine will have the option of 6-speed manual gearbox (MT) and 7-speed dual clutch automatic gearbox (DCT). This petrol engine is available in Hyundai i20 N-Line, Venue and Kia Sonet.
At the same time, the second 1.5 liter 4 cylinder diesel engine will be available, which generates 116hp power and 250Nm torque. For transmission, it will have the option of 6-speed manual gearbox (MT) and 6-speed torque converter automatic gearbox (AT). The company has not disclosed the mileage of both the engines. This diesel engine is also available in Hyundai Venue, Creta, Carens, Seltos and Sonet.
kia Syros: Features
The Kia Syros has been provided with 6 airbags (standard), 360-degree camera and Level-2 Advanced Driving Assist System (ADAS). It includes features like adaptive cruise control, automatic emergency braking, lane keep assist, blind spot monitoring.
