Kia Seltos Facelift 2025 vs Hyundai Creta 2025 : The compact SUV segment in India seems to have competition raging, and 2025 is making things hotter with the new model of the Kia Seltos Facelift, as well as the newest Hyundai Creta 2025. Both SUVs come generously packed with features that belong to the modern caliber, stylish design, and powerful engine options, leaving one wondering which to buy. Now that Kia shares the platform with Hyundai but gives its own character to the vehicles, let us see how both these popular SUVs fare in terms of design, features, performance, and value.
Design and Styling
The Kia Seltos Facelift 2025 looks sharper with its redesigned grille, sleeker LED headlights, and sportier bumpers. It still retains that bold, premium identity of Kia. On the other hand, the new Hyundai Creta 2025 has become quite muscular and futuristic with the new parametric grille design, split LED headlamps, and stronger road presence. Seltos is for those who love sporty, stylish design. Creta, on the other hand, brings a more premium and futuristic appeal.
Interior and Features
Both SUVs are modern-day marvels and come fully loaded inside, with a 10.25-inch touchscreen, digital driver’s display, connected car tech, and a panoramic sunroof. While the Seltos intends to create a sporty feel inside the cabin, the dual-tone themes probably give it away, making it more luxurious and sure-feeling inside than it appears to be. Hyundai also gives Creta an edge with ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System), improving safety features such as lane-keeping assist and adaptive cruise control. Kia too has some state-of-the-art safety features, but Creta’s ADAS seems a bit more refined and premium.
Engines and Performance
Both SUVs are available with a trio of engine options-a naturally aspirated 1.5-litre petrol, a turbo-petrol also of the same capacity, and a 1.5-litre oil burner, mated to manual and automatic gearboxes. The performance is nearly the same as both share engines, but the Seltos is tuned for exhilaration while the Creta is refined, more comfort-focused.Naturally, it works better for long journeys, with ; the softer suspension of the Creta; whereas the Seltos seems to engage you more in city traffic and highway trips.
Price and Value
In all probability, the new Seltos Facelift would slightly undercut about ₹11 lakh while the new Creta would most likely not fall way short of approximately ₹11.5 lakh initiation. In selling price justification, the Creta does offer some extra features, one of which happens to be ADAS, while both are catching the headlines by going the sporty design route, the latter being a little cheaper, giving the Seltos good value too.
The Seltos Facelift 2025 is great if you want a feature-loaded, sporty and value-for-money SUV. However, for those people who give importance to having a premium, refined, and safer family SUV, the Hyundai Creta 2025 would dominate. They have much to offer, and both models are strong contenders for the title. At the end of the day, the decision will come down to whether you are a sportiness or premium comfort kind of person.