Kia Syros: which powertrain?

Prices from Kia's own price API, ex-showroom New Delhi, read 28 Oct 2026; all 17 match the starting prices on Kia's compare-trims page. Each is ₹2,000 above the MY26 launch list of 20 Apr 2026 (₹8,39,900 base), consistent with Kia's price revision of 1 Jul 2026. The MY26 line-up has no X-Line and is sold in nine monotone colours only, so nothing is excluded. Equipment from Kia's Syros brochure (July 2026, revised October 2026), whose page-7 walk adds each trim to the one before it (HTE, HTE(O), HTK(EX), HTK+, HTK+(O), HTX, HTX(O)) and marks rows 'Automatic Only' or '(MT only)', checked against Kia's compare-trims page. The compare page never qualifies a row by gearbox, so the brochure decides: the smart key with push-button start is automatic-only on HTK+ (its manual keeps the remote key, which the compare page's 'window up/down through remote key' row on HTK+ corroborates) and on every HTK+(O); paddle shifters, the electronic parking brake with auto hold, drive modes with Sand/Mud/Snow traction modes and rear disc brakes are credited to the automatics only. The compare page leaves the HTX's seat rows blank; the brochure gives it dual-tone grey leatherette seats, which are credited. The dashcam is HTX only (brochure: 'not available in HTX (O)'), so HTX(O) does not have it. Rear defogger: stated from HTK+, with the rear wiper and washer from HTK+(O); nothing below HTK+ is credited either. Automatic climate control and the 5-inch climate touchscreen are HTX(O) only; the HTX keeps the manual AC. MAPPING: the 10.25-inch touchscreen earns the 10.25-inch level, the 12.3-inch screen on HTX and HTX(O) the 12.3-inch level; the HTX(O)'s 12.3-inch display cluster earns the full digital cluster, while every other trim's segment LCD with a 4.2-inch colour MID sits below our lowest cluster level; Harman Kardon 8 speakers earns premium sound; 'Rear Ventilated Seats (Seat thigh only)' earns rear ventilated seats, as on the Syros EV; the MFR LED headlamps with LED DRLs earn the full-LED headlamp level. NOT CREDITED: the semi-leatherette seats of HTE to HTK+; tilt-only steering (no telescopic); the Starmap LED tail lamps, which are not joined by a light bar; rear parking sensors, which every trim has but the registry does not price. No ADAS, 360 camera, blind-spot monitor or front parking sensors on any trim. ENGINES as Kia prints them in kW: 1.0 T-GDi 88.3 kW and 172 Nm, 1.5 CRDi 85 kW and 250 Nm. Kia publishes no certified efficiency for either engine, so none is stored. Boot 390 litres on HTE to HTK(EX) and 465 litres with the sliding rear seat from HTK+. ROOF RAILS (29 Oct 2026): the maker lists roof rails and does not describe them as a garnish or styling element, so they are credited under the same rule as every other car; no load rating is published.