India, Sept. 25 -- The Kia Sonet GTX+ Diesel AT is priced at Rs 12.89 lakh (ex-showroom), meaning it's a whopping Rs 4.65 lakh less than the Seltos GTX+ Diesel AT, which features the same 113bhp/250Nm 1.5-litre diesel engine and 6-speed AT.

When Kia launched the all-new Sonet compact-SUV last week, the company didn't reveal the prices of the top-end automatic variants of the vehicle. However, the company has now announced the pricing of the Sonet GTX+ petrol and diesel automatic versions, and both are priced identically at Rs 12.89 lakh (ex-showroom, India).

With the prices of the top-end variants out now, the top-of-the-line Sonet AT versions command a premium of Rs 90,000 over the top-end manual versions. The interesting bit here is the...