Hyundai Creta S(O) Knight Edition vs SX: is the step up worth it?
This is the step to think hardest about: of the 3 steps above the best-value one, none is worse value for money. Take it because you want what it adds, not because it is next.+₹65,000
The full story
Moving up costs you ₹65,000 ex-showroom Delhi on the same engine and gearbox: ₹15.04L for the SX against ₹14.39L for the S(O) Knight Edition.
For that you get touchscreen (10.25" against 8"), connected car tech, SOS call and wireless phone charger, and 3 more.
It is not all one way: the SX gives up drive modes, terrain modes and electronic parking brake + auto hold.
This is the step to think hardest about: of the 3 steps above the best-value one, none is worse value for money. Take it because you want what it adds, not because it is next.
S(O) Knight Edition or SX, and what each costs
Where you start
S(O) Knight Edition
From ₹14.39L to ₹16.10L ex-showroom Delhi
About Rs 18,500 over S(O) for the Knight's black look: black alloys with red calipers, metal pedals, black roof rails and mirrors, and black upholstery with brass piping. The equipment is S(O)'s; manual only, petrol or diesel.
The step up
SX
₹15.04L ex-showroom Delhi
The connected trim: 10.25in screen, Bluelink, wireless charger, semi-leatherette. Petrol manual only.
- SX Petrol MT₹15.04L
Our take
Keeps ₹65,000, and gives up only touchscreen (10.25" against 8") and connected car tech
Buy the Hyundai Creta S(O) Knight Edition and keep the ₹65,000: the Creta SX only adds small touches like touchscreen (10.25" against 8"), connected car tech and SOS call. Nothing there changes the car.
What S(O) Knight Edition to SX costs on the road
What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹69,550 to ₹1,05,480 on the road, against the ₹65,000 the price list shows.
Why the road figure moves, and by how much
Road tax is charged on what the car costs, so moving up a trim moves the tax up with it. The ₹65,000 is the distance between two price tags; the road figures add the tax and the charges that difference attracts.
The rate is your state's to choose, and they do not choose alike, so this one step is worth ₹35,930 more in one place than in another. Of the 25 states we can price this step in, Gujarat and Mizoram are level at the lowest, and Kerala comes out highest.
Only the rate where the car is registered applies to you, so hold a dealer's quote against your own state's figure rather than the range. The range is still worth knowing: it is why two owners can quote this step to each other, differ by ₹35,930, and both be right.
What the SX adds
- SOS call
- Sequential indicators
- Puddle lamps
- Touchscreen8" → 10.25"
- Connected car tech
- Wireless phone charger
- Leatherette upholstery
And what it gives up
- Electronic parking brake + auto hold
- Drive modes
- Terrain modes
The working behind our take
Keeps ₹65,000, and gives up only touchscreen (10.25" against 8") and connected car tech. Here is everything that fed that call.
- Trade-offCreta SXdrive modesterrain modeselectronic parking brake + auto hold
The full story
Buy the Hyundai Creta S(O) Knight Edition and keep the ₹65,000: the Creta SX only adds small touches like touchscreen (10.25" against 8"), connected car tech and SOS call. Nothing there changes the car.
- Also on the Creta SX: touchscreen (10.25" against 8"), connected car tech, SOS call and wireless phone charger, and some minor trim beyond that
- Going to the Creta SX, you give up drive modes, terrain modes and electronic parking brake + auto hold, which the Creta S(O) Knight Edition keeps
S(O) Knight Edition vs SX: the questions people ask
- Is the Hyundai Creta SX worth ₹65,000 over the S(O) Knight Edition?
- For ₹65,000 you get touchscreen (10.25" against 8") and connected car tech, on top of 5 other things the S(O) Knight Edition goes without. You would give up drive modes and terrain modes, and 1 more. None of the 3 steps above the best-value one is worse value for money though, so take it for the features rather than because it is next.
- What does the Hyundai Creta SX have that the S(O) Knight Edition does not?
- It adds touchscreen (10.25" against 8"), connected car tech, SOS call, wireless phone charger, sequential indicators and puddle lamps, and 1 more.
- What does the Hyundai Creta SX give up against the S(O) Knight Edition?
- It gives up drive modes, terrain modes and electronic parking brake + auto hold. Worth weighing against what it adds before deciding the dearer trim is simply the better car.
- How much is the Hyundai Creta S(O) Knight Edition?
- From ₹14.39L for the S(O) Knight Edition Petrol MT to ₹16.10L for the S(O) Knight Edition Diesel MT, ex-showroom Delhi, across 2 ways of buying it.
- How much is the Hyundai Creta SX?
- ₹15.04L ex-showroom Delhi, and it is sold one way only: the SX Petrol MT.
- What does the step from the Creta S(O) Knight Edition to the SX cost on the road?
- What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹69,550 to ₹1,05,480 on the road, against the ₹65,000 the price list shows. Road tax is charged on what the car costs, so moving up a trim moves the tax up with it. The ₹65,000 is the distance between two price tags; the road figures add the tax and the charges that difference attracts. The rate is your state's to choose, and they do not choose alike, so this one step is worth ₹35,930 more in one place than in another. Of the 25 states we can price this step in, Gujarat and Mizoram are level at the lowest, and Kerala comes out highest. Only the rate where the car is registered applies to you, so hold a dealer's quote against your own state's figure rather than the range. The range is still worth knowing: it is why two owners can quote this step to each other, differ by ₹35,930, and both be right.
Prices are ex-showroom Delhi and features follow each maker's official material. Data updated . Verify current prices and features with a dealer before buying.