Hyundai Palisade vs Kia Seltos
The Palisade costs less to run, by the official figures: about $30 a year less in New Zealand.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $2,199 (better)
- $2,231
- Australia
- $1,822 (better)
- $1,849
- United Kingdom
- £1,336 (better)
- £1,356
- United States
- $1,699 (better)
- $1,724
Official figures
- Uses
- 6.8 L/100km (better)
- 6.9 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 1,044 km (better)
- 725 km
Space
- Seats
- 8
- 5
- Boot
- 510 L (better)
- 468 L
- Towing, braked
- –
- 1,100 kg
- Length
- 4,981 mm
- 4,370 mm
- Weight
- 2,022 kg
- 1,355 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 3.8 L V6 petrol
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 209 kW (better)
- 110 kW
- Torque
- 299 Nm (better)
- 180 Nm
- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
- Continuously variable transmission (CVT)
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- –
- 6
A typical year: New Zealand 11,000 km (Ministry of Transport's average for a light vehicle); Australia 11,100 km (ABS Survey of Motor Vehicle Use average); United Kingdom 11,265 km (DfT National Travel Survey average of about 7,000 miles); United States 21,726 km (FHWA average of about 13,500 miles). Real costs depend on how and where you drive. Work out a particular trip.
Palisade or Seltos?
Which is cheaper to run, the Hyundai Palisade or the Kia Seltos?
The Hyundai Palisade: about $30 a year less in New Zealand than the Kia Seltos at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Hyundai Palisade or the Kia Seltos?
The Hyundai Palisade, at 6.8 L/100km (42 mpg UK, 35 mpg US) to the Kia Seltos's 6.9 L/100km (41 mpg UK, 34 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Which has the bigger boot, the Hyundai Palisade or the Kia Seltos?
The Hyundai Palisade, at 510 L to the Kia Seltos's 468 L, for their newest versions.
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