2022 Seltos vs 2021 Seltos

Interesting you say those things:

Point 1 and 4 - Both about driving; however, none of the mechanics have changed.

Point 5 - that model has Wireless AppleCarPlay in both the 2021 and 2022 versions.

Point 3 - sound system didn’t change.

The only thing I can’t speak to is the road noise - which there may have been changes; however, none identified for road noise from manufacturing.

Did the brand/type of tires possibly change between years?
That mighgt be one explanation for noise change, but all very subjective.

GeoCanada said:

Interesting you say those things:

Point 1 and 4 - Both about driving; however, none of the mechanics have changed.

Point 5 - that model has Wireless AppleCarPlay in both the 2021 and 2022 versions.

Point 3 - sound system didn’t change.

The only thing I can’t speak to is the road noise - which there may have been changes; however, none identified for road noise from manufacturing.

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I dont have a clue either.
Possibly the test drive vehicle that I drove in 2021 was not maintained / tuned properly.
But I got the same feedback from couple of others as well, so it might have influenced.

Or Might be the shock observer vendor changed for the newer version.

Just to add: I purchased both the 2021 Seltos S & SX Turbo and found that there's a huge driving/handling between the S & SX. SX had much better ride and handling than the S. This wasn't just a test drive, I owned the S for 4 months, then traded it in on the SX and had the SX ever since. For the 2022, I hope they improved and smoothed out the Dual Clutch. Didn't find any difference between the S & SX for the noise problem, hopefully they improved it on the 2022.

Although I have not owned or drive the S, I think the tires, wheel size and suspension make a big difference. I find the SX ride to be fairly quiet and comfortable overall.

There's a difference in the rear suspension between FWD and AWD versions. The FWD has a torsion beam rear suspension and AWD models have a multilink independent rear suspension, which should really help with control on bumpy surfaces. From looking at the parts catalog, there's also a difference in springs and dampers between the SX/turbo and non-turbo editions.