- 2025 Kia Carnival praised for its lengthy checklist of family-friendly options
- Kia’s next-generation Linked Automobile Navigation Cockpit (ccNC) named “Finest In-Automobile Multimedia/Leisure System”
Kia has earned two 2025 PARENTS Finest Household Vehicles Awards, with the 2025 Carnival named as “Finest Hybrid Minivan” and Kia’s next-generation Linked Automobile Navigation Cockpit (ccNC) acknowledged as “Finest In-Automobile Multimedia/Leisure System.” There have been 24 winners throughout a variety of classes, and greater than 180 automobiles, vehicles and SUVs have been evaluated for one of the best 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 searching for,” stated Steven Heart, COO & EVP, Kia America. “Kia’s next-generation infotainment system was designed to boost the motive force expertise and we’re proud it’s resonating so properly as we broaden its availability throughout extra Kia fashions.”
The PARENTS knowledgeable panel, comprised of high auto trade consultants (and oldsters), assessed contenders primarily based on key family-friendly elements, together with availability of third-row seating, the variety of LATCH methods for automotive 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 house 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 baby. Different standout options embody normal Rear Occupant Alert[1], which is designed to offer, in sure circumstances, an alert to the motive force to examine rear seats earlier than exiting the automobile, and normal Protected 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 visitors from behind.
Past family-friendly practicality, the 2025 Carnival boasts Kia’s next-generation Linked Automobile Navigation Cockpit (ccNC) working system. This superior infotainment system makes use of Fast Controls to offer quick access to often used options by way of 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 enlargement deliberate for added fashions.
[1] When engaged, Rear Occupant Alert will not be an alternative to one’s consideration and should not detect all motion throughout the automobile. At all times examine the automobile inside when exiting the automobile.
[2] When engaged, Protected Exit Help will not be an alternative to one’s consideration and should not detect all objects surrounding the automobile. At all times take note of 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 should fluctuate 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.
