- 2025 Kia Carnival praised for its lengthy checklist of family-friendly options
- Kia’s next-generation Related Automotive Navigation Cockpit (ccNC) named “Greatest In-Automotive Multimedia/Leisure System”
Kia has earned two 2025 PARENTS Greatest Household Automobiles Awards, with the 2025 Carnival named as “Greatest Hybrid Minivan” and Kia’s next-generation Related Automotive Navigation Cockpit (ccNC) acknowledged as “Greatest In-Automotive Multimedia/Leisure System.” There have been 24 winners throughout a variety of classes, and greater than 180 automobiles, vans and SUVs have been evaluated for the perfect mixture of favor and performance for households.
“With the addition of the hybrid variant, the Carnival now meets the wants of much more households, providing the area, consolation and effectivity that trendy dad and mom are searching for,” mentioned Steven Heart, COO & EVP, Kia America. “Kia’s next-generation infotainment system was designed to reinforce the driving force expertise and we’re proud it’s resonating so nicely as we broaden its availability throughout extra Kia fashions.”
The PARENTS professional panel, comprised of prime auto trade specialists (and fogeys), assessed contenders based mostly on key family-friendly components, together with availability of third-row seating, the variety of LATCH methods for automobile seats, general ease of set up in every automobile, and powertrain choices.
Interesting to households with its considerate options, the 2025 Carnival and Carnival Hybrid present a spacious cabin with seating for as much as eight passengers and as much as 145.1 cubic ft of cargo area behind the primary row. Options like Slide-Flex seating for 8-passenger variations (excluding these with optionally available VIP Loung Seats) embody a sliding second-row middle seat, permitting quick access to a toddler. Different standout options embody customary Rear Occupant Alert[1], which is designed to supply, in sure circumstances, an alert to the driving force to test rear seats earlier than exiting the automobile, and customary Protected Exit Help[2], which rear doorways are designed to stay locked when the driving force has activated the facility baby security locks and the system detects approaching site visitors from behind.
Past family-friendly practicality, the 2025 Carnival boasts Kia’s next-generation Related Automotive Navigation Cockpit (ccNC) working system. This superior infotainment system makes use of Fast Controls to supply quick access to incessantly used options by a easy swipe, and over-the-air updates[3] that enhance the possession expertise.
Kia’s ccNC working system can also be accessible in different 2025 Kia fashions, together with the K4, K5, EV6, Sorento, and EV9, with additional growth deliberate for added fashions.
[1] When engaged, Rear Occupant Alert isn’t an alternative to one’s consideration and will not detect all motion throughout the automobile. All the time test the automobile inside when exiting the automobile.
[2] When engaged, Protected Exit Help isn’t an alternative to one’s consideration and will not detect all objects surrounding the automobile. All the time take note of site visitors and to the world round your automobile when exiting the automobile.
[3] Over-the-Air options and updates might require an extra price and will differ by mannequin, mannequin yr, and trim stage. Options, specs, and charges are topic to vary. Kia Join subscription is required and Kia Join phrases and circumstances apply.
