New Kia Carnival Exterior Unveiled, India Launch Expected In 2024

The new Kia Carnival gets a sharper fascia and vertically stacked LED headlights, aligning it with Kia’s latest design language

• Kia debuted the fourth-generation Carnival at the Auto Expo 2023.

• Other exterior updates include new alloy wheel design and redone LED taillights.

• Interior updates could apply to a new dashboard design and displays.

• To be offered with 3 powertrains: petrol, diesel and hybrid; now gets a 1.6-litre turbo-petrol hybrid to the mix as well.

• India launch expected by 2024; prices could start at Rs 40 lakh (ex-showroom).

We got our first look at the fourth-generation Kia Carnival at Auto Expo 2023. The luxury MPV has now been given a refresh and the exterior design has been unveiled. Its styling updates are in line with Kia’s latest design philosophy ‘Opposites United.’

Sharper Looks

The facelifted 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).

If there’s one angle where you will see the least revisions to the design, it’s the sides. It does get 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.

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To Get An Updated Cabin As Well

Current Kia Carnival's cabin image used for reference

Kia hasn’t revealed the facelifted 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.

What Does It Get Under The Hood?

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. We expect the India-spec premium MPV to get a petrol engine unlike the previous version that was only offered with a diesel engine.

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India Arrival And Price

While Kia hasn’t confirmed the launch plans of the new Carnival in India, we do believe it could be on its way here sometime by 2024, at a starting price of around Rs 40 lakh (ex-showroom). It won’t have any direct rival in our market but 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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