The fourth-generation Kia Carnival facelift has made its public debut at this 12 months’s Gaikindo Indonesia Worldwide Auto Present (GIIAS), albeit with an replace to variant line-up that sees a brand new turbo hybrid possibility. The refreshed MPV was first launched within the nation again in Might in Premiere and Dynamic variants, all with the identical turbodiesel engine.
With the changes to the variant line-up, the Dynamic seems to have been dropped, whereas the Premiere is retained. This variant continues on with a Smartstream D 2.2 litre inline-four CRDi turbodiesel engine making 194 PS and 441 Nm of torque, paired with an eight-speed computerized driving the entrance wheels.
The brand new addition is the Hybrid, which contains a 1.6 litre turbocharged inline-four petrol engine augmented by an electrical motor to drive the entrance wheels. This mixture leads to outputs of 245 PS and 367 Nm, with a six-speed computerized being the transmission pairing. The turbo powertrain is much like the one discovered within the Sorento Hybrid and was previewed in Singapore again in January this 12 months.
As for seating preparations, the Premiere is obtainable with seven (2+2+3 format) or 11 seats (2+3+3+3) – the latter throughout 4 rows as a substitute of three – whereas the Hybrid is just supplied as a seven-seater. Official pricing for the Carnival Hybrid is 1.388 billion rupiah (about RM402k), which makes it much more costly than the Dynamic that retailed for 960 million rupiah (about RM278k) in addition to the Premiere that begins from 998 million rupiah (RM289k).
By way of gear, all variants of the Carnival facelift come customary with LED projector headlamps, LED daytime operating lights, LED fog lamps, a wise energy tailgate, twin sunroofs, twin 12.3-inch screens (instrumentation and a touchscreen for the infotainment system), a 12-speaker Bose premium sound system, three-zone local weather management, keyless entry and begin, distant engine begin, a encompass view monitor and a wi-fi charging pad.
The Premiere 7-Seater will get 18-inch wheels, whereas the 11-Seater model in addition to the Hybrid 7-Seater include bigger 19-inch items. The motive force and entrance passenger seats of the three variants are powered and include heating and air flow capabilities, the previous additionally discovered on the second-row seats. Particular to the Premiere 11-Seater and Hybrid 7-Seater are premium rest seats for the second row with electrical adjustment, leg assist and air flow.
Superior driver help techniques which are fitted throughout the vary embody adaptive cruise management, lane conserving and following help, autonomous emergency braking with junction help in addition to blind spot monitoring and collision-avoidance help.
Design adjustments for the Carnival are supposed to evoke the newest Sorento and EV9, with spotlight cues being with vertically-oriented LED headlamps which are framed by T-shaped daytime operating lights. The latter extends into the highest part of the reprofiled grille with a brand new insert sample, whereas the rear taillights mimicking the entrance DRLs hug the corners of the MPV and lengthen into the tailgate.
Inside, a notable revision is a brand new contact panel below the infotainment display that’s much like the one in EV6, whereby the local weather and media controls are built-in right into a single unit – you faucet a button on the panel to change between modes. Past this, the remainder of the inside seems largely much like earlier than.
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