Kia India has rolled out the first unit of the Carens from its Anantapur manufacturing plant in Andhra Pradesh. Pre-bookings for the new Kia Carens began on January 14, 2022 for a token amount of Rs. 25,000. The Kia Carens is expected to be launched sometime in February 2022, although the company has not announced a launch date as yet. Kia India received a terrific response for the MPV on the first day when pre-bookings were announced. It bagged a whopping 7,738 pre-bookings within just 24 hours since the window opened and likely it has been building up on the demand.
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The Kia Carens will be offered in five variants.
Tae-Jin Park, Managing Director and CEO, Kia India said, "We are all about inspiration at Kia, and with the Kia Carens, we bring to the table a whole new set of value propositions aligning with requirements of the new-age customer. I am very excited about the beginning of this new journey. The Kia Carens is the fourth product we are rolling out in India. Our teams have worked tirelessly to bring out a product that truly reflects and resonates with modern Indian families. When customers think of a Kia, they expect best-in-class features, distinct design identity, and unmatched ownership experience- which is truly reflected in the Carens.
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Kia Carens will be offered in five trim levels - Premium, Prestige, Prestige Plus, Luxury, and Luxury Plus; in both six-seater and seven-seater configurations. Powering the Kia Carens MPV will be two petrol and one diesel engine option. First up is the 1.5-litre, four-cylinder naturally aspirated petrol engine, then comes the 1.4-litre, four-cylinder turbo petrol motor, and finally there is the 1.5-litre, four-cylinder diesel mill. Transmission is handled by a six-speed manual gearbox as standard while a seven-speed DCT will be offered as optional with the 1.4 Turbo engine option and a six-speed torque converter is optional on the diesel iteration.
