With the anticipation of launching of Kia Carnival MPV in India Toyota fortuner may have a worthy rival. For the first time in Indian passenger vehicle sector a big brawny Toyota Innova will face a really stiff competition. So, how does it compare with the competition? what will be the Kia Carnival price? Would it be packed with luxury to the brim? well, look at the specs and decide yourself. Comment below and let us know if you would like to add something. So, lets start with speculations about Kia carnival price, specs, launch date.
Dimensions.
On the outside the car measures 5,115 mm. It is certainly a very long car. Most importantly this length will contribute in passenger comfort allowing occupants to stretch their legs. Besides the elongated outer dimensions Kia Carnival sits on 3,060 mm long wheel base. This sure will provide much needed stability to the driving manners. Along with the projected leg comfort the shoulder space is also very good. This is implied in the 1,985 mm width of the vehicle.
This combination of length and width gives this car an opportunity to offer a very unique seating arrangement of 11 seats. Yes! you read it right. Kia Carnival has an option of 11 seats if you fancy taking whole family along with friends or neighbors together for an outing.
Getting in and out will not be a problem for all average sized people because this car is 1,755 mm in height. Therefore no more aching knees going in and out of the car.
Front and rear overhang are also balanced standing at 955 mm and 1100 mm respectively. Therefore it is safe to draw the inference that the straight line stability and three figure driving manners will be excellent.
This is a big car so Indians are going to like it immensely dimension wise. Really imposing! Let us look into some other specs of kia carnival.
Kia Caarnival price.
The fit and finish of this car is at par and may be even better than competition in many areas. So, i believe it will command a little higher price than the competition. Immediate competition Toyota innova has several variants with base variant and top end variant priced at rs 16 lakh and rs 26 lakh ex-showroom respectively. Kia carnival price should fall in close proximity of this price band.
Besides the snob value company is projecting it cant afford the kia carnival price to beyond a couple of lakhs roofing over the closest competition. Therefore to my best understanding the top end variant should not go beyond 27.5 lakh ex-showroom with at least two variants falling below the two top end models of Toyota innova crysta.
So, to pure speculations kia should consider its luxury MPV the kia carnival price in band of rs 20-27 lakh ex-showroom.
Kia Carnival launch date.
Kia have started testing carnival on Indian roads. The euro VI emission norms, I believe are the biggest hurdle in early launch of this MPV. The Indian government is also very keen on milking the auto industry specially the luxury passenger vehicle segment. Therefore I expect that kia carnival will be introduced to Indian market after 2020 union budget to the earliest. This may even be delayed owning to the market study and sale strategy kia is going to follow. This is a very capable MPV and will certainly pose stiff competition to Toyota innova to be very least the top end variants. Keenly waiting and if any of top brass at the company management is reading please keep kia carnival price closest possible to competition.
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