Amit Saraswat 
Over the past couple of years, we have seen carmakers offering premium features in their relatively affordable cars. The mass democratisation of such features includes electric sunroof, air purifier and powered driver’s seat. Another feature that has been prominent and very useful in Indian consumer’s use case is ventilated seats. Hyundai was one of the first carmakers to bring this feature with the Verna and since then, it has become highly aspirational. In this article, we list down the 6 most affordable cars in India offering ventilated seats.
- Kia Sonet
The Kia Sonet is currently the most affordable car in the Indian market to offer ventilated seats. It was also the first SUV to offer ventilated seats in the sub-compact SUV space. The Sonet offers ventilated seats from its HTX+ variant onwards, which retails at INR12.75 lakh ex-showroom. In addition to ventilated seats, the Sonet also offers features such as a 10.25-inch touchscreen infotainment system, smart air purifier, automatic climate control and drive and traction modes.
- Tata Nexon
Tata Motors recently updated the Nexon with a major facelift and among a lot of new features, it continues to offer front ventilated seats. The Nexon offers ventilated seats in its top-spec Fearless Plus variant, which retails at INR 13 lakh ex-showroom. In addition, it also offers features such as an electric sunroof, and a 10.25-inch touchscreen infotainment system. 10.25-inch digital driver’s display and a 360-degree parking camera.
- Maruti Suzuki XL6
The Maruti Suzuki XL6 is the only MPV in this list to offer ventilated seats. The XL6 offers ventilated seats in its top-spec Alpha Plus variant, which retails at INR 13.16 lakh ex-showroom. In addition, it also offers features like a 360-degree parking camera, all-LED headlights, 2nd-row captain seats with individual armrests and wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.
- Skoda Slavia
The Skoda Slavia is the most affordable C-segment sedan to offer ventilated seats. It begins to offer ventilated seats from its Style Non-Sunroof (NSR) variant, which retails at INR 14.62 lakh ex-showroom. In addition, the Slavia also offers features like LED headlights, cruise control, wireless smartphone charging and keyless entry with push-button start/stop.
- Hyundai Verna
The Hyundai Verna is the only sedan on this list to offer ventilated seats along with advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS). Hyundai Verna offers ventilated seats in its top-spec SX(O) variant, which retails at INR 14.66 lakh ex-showroom. In addition, the Verna also offers features such as connected LED headlights and tail lights, drive modes, ambient lighting, cruise control and a Bose sound system.
- Volkswagen Taigun
The Volkswagen Taigun is the most affordable C-segment SUV to offer ventilated seats. It offers ventilated seats in its top-spec Topline variant, which starts from INR 15.84 lakh ex-showroom. In addition, the Taigun further offers features such as all-LED headlights, connected LED tail lights, an electric sunroof, digital instrument cluster, wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay and automatic climate control.
