- 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 Vehicles 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 vehicles, vehicles and SUVs have been evaluated for the perfect mixture of fashion and performance for households.
“With the addition of the hybrid variant, the Carnival now meets the wants of much more households, providing the house, consolation and effectivity that trendy dad and mom are on the lookout for,” stated Steven Middle, COO & EVP, Kia America. “Kia’s next-generation infotainment system was designed to reinforce the motive force expertise and we’re proud it’s resonating so effectively as we broaden its availability throughout extra Kia fashions.”
The PARENTS knowledgeable panel, comprised of high auto business consultants (and fogeys), assessed contenders primarily based on key family-friendly elements, together with availability of third-row seating, the variety of LATCH methods for automobile seats, total 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 house behind the primary row. Options like Slide-Flex seating for 8-passenger variations (excluding these with non-obligatory VIP Loung Seats) embrace a sliding second-row heart seat, permitting quick access to a baby. Different standout options embrace normal Rear Occupant Alert[1], which is designed to offer, in sure circumstances, an alert to the motive force to test rear seats earlier than exiting the automobile, and normal Secure Exit Help[2], which rear doorways are designed to stay locked when the motive 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 offer quick access to often used options via a easy swipe, and over-the-air updates[3] that enhance the possession expertise.
Kia’s ccNC working system can also be obtainable in different 2025 Kia fashions, together with the K4, K5, EV6, Sorento, and EV9, with additional enlargement deliberate for added fashions.
[1] When engaged, Rear Occupant Alert isn’t an alternative choice 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, Secure Exit Help isn’t an alternative choice to one’s consideration and will not detect all objects surrounding the automobile. All the time take note of site visitors and to the realm round your automobile when exiting the automobile.
[3] Over-the-Air options and updates might require an extra value and will range by mannequin, mannequin 12 months, and trim degree. Options, specs, and costs are topic to vary. Kia Join subscription is required and Kia Join phrases and circumstances apply.
