Kia Carens Launch Imminent: All You Need to Know
Kia Carens Launch Imminent: All You Need to Know
Kia Motors is all set to launch its Carens SUV/MPV next month in February. The Carens will be Kia's fourth offering in India and will get both six-seater and seven-seater options. Kia started its pre-bookings for the Carens on January 14th and received 7000 plus bookings within the first day. Now, the Carens has been spotted without camouflage, hinting at its almost imminent launch next month, when Kia will reveal the car's official price as well. Read on for more information on the upcoming Kia Carens.
Feature Information
The Kia Carens is slated to get five trim options. These are Premium, Prestige, Prestige Plus, Luxury and Luxury Plus. A seven-seater configuration will be standard across the variants. However, a six-seater option will be available in the top variant.
The upcoming Kia Carens is slated a receive a lot of class-leading features. These features include a 10.25-inch infotainment touchscreen, flanked on either side with ambient lighting that extends across the interior and gets 64 colour options. Other features include ventilated seats and an air purifier. The car also gets a large single-pane sunroof. Its claim to fame is a one-touch electric tumble-down option for the second-row seats, available in the seven-seater variants.
The safety features in the Carens aren't lagging either. The car gets a suite of safety features including ESC, disc brakes across all wheels, stability management, six airbags and more.
Powering the Kia Carens
Is an engine configuration similar to Kia Seltos. Powering the Kia Carens will be two petrol powerplant options and one diesel engine. The 1.5-litre naturally aspirated petrol engine will come mated to a six-speed manual transmission, while the diesel 1.5-litre engine will get the manual transmission and a torque converter automatic. The 1.4-litre T-GDi turbo-petrol powerplant will get a six-speed manual and a seven-speed DCT transmission option. Power figures vary across the board with the 1.5-litre petrol NA putting down 115PS of power with 144Nm of torque, the 1.5-litre diesel putting down 115PS of power as well but with 250Nm of torque, and finally the 1.4-litre turbo-petrol putting down 140PS with 242Nm.
Kia Carens Variants and Expected Pricing
The Kia Carens is slated to receive five variants -Premium, Prestige, Prestige Plus, Luxury and Luxury Plus. These along with three colours exclusive to the Kia Carens - Imperial Blue, Moss Brown and Sparkling Silver, as well as five other colours - Intense Red, Aurora Black Pearl, Gravity Grey, Clear White and Glacier Pearl White. The Carens price will be revealed next month but is expected to be around the ₹14 lakhs to ₹19.5 lakhs (Ex-Showroom) mark.
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