VW’s cheapest T-Cross takes on the Kia Seltos Sport

Like any wise car manufacturer these days, Kia and Volkswagen are busy trying to fill any gaps in their SUV line-ups. In the case of the Korean and German brands, they’re downsizing to enter the increasingly popular compact SUV arena.

For 13-odd years, the Tiguan has been the smallest VW SUV you could buy in Australia – but in 2020 there are now two models available below that: the T-Cross we have here, and the slightly larger T-Roc.

In 2019, Kia introduced the Seltos to sit below the mid-sized Sportage and larger Sorento SUVs. In late 2020, it will debut the even smaller Stonic.

Based on official industry categorisation, the Stonic rather than the Seltos is the direct rival to the T-Cross – and indeed the ‘Small SUV’ Seltos is just shy of 4.4m long and based on the Cerato small car, whereas the ‘Light SUV’ T-Cross is 4.1m long and related to the Polo city car.
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