New Kia Carnival Exterior Details Revealed
Auto Expo 2023 saw the debut of 4th generation Kia Carnival. The luxury MPV has been given a fresh look and the exterior design has been unveiled. The new updates are in line with Kia’s latest design philosophy ‘Opposites United.’
The new Kia Carnival now sports a sharper fascia, dominated by the vertically stacked 4-piece LED headlights, crisp LED DRLs, and a bigger and redesigned grille. Kia has even tweaked the front bumper and fog lamps tucked into its corners, while still featuring horizontal slats in the air dam and the radar for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).
The minimum number of revisions to the design are seen in it’s sides. It gets a fresh design for the alloy wheels. At the back, it has a refreshed tailgate, slimmer and redesigned LED taillights, and a tweaked bumper with a silver skid plate.
Kia also revealed the new Carnival in a design-differentiated Gravity trim in a dark grey shade, black ORVMs and dapper alloy wheels, and a different grille design also blacked out.
Kia hasn’t revealed the new Carnival’s interior just yet. That said, the carmaker will give the MPV updates on the inside as well, which might pertain to its screens, dashboard and rear seat comfort. It will continue to be offered with multiple seating configurations.
The new Carnival will come with three powertrain options globally: petrol, diesel and hybrid. Kia has also announced the addition of a new 1.6-litre turbo-petrol hybrid to the mix. The India-spec premium MPV is expected to get a petrol engine unlike the previous version that was only offered with a diesel engine.
Kia hasn’t confirmed the launch plans of the new Carnival in India, though it could be sometime by 2024, at a starting price of around Rs. 40 lakh (ex-showroom). It will serve as a premium alternative to the Toyota Innova Hycross. Globally, Kia is set to reveal more details about the 2024 Carnival in November 2023.
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