- 2025 Kia Carnival praised for its lengthy listing 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, vans and SUVs had been evaluated for the very 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 fashionable dad and mom are in search of,” stated Steven Middle, 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 effectively as we broaden its availability throughout extra Kia fashions.”
The PARENTS professional 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 automobile seats, total ease of set up in every car, 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 customary Rear Occupant Alert[1], which is designed to supply, in sure circumstances, an alert to the motive force to verify rear seats earlier than exiting the car, and customary Protected Exit Help[2], which rear doorways are designed to stay locked when the motive force has activated the facility youngster 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 supply quick access to incessantly used options via a easy swipe, and over-the-air updates[3] that enhance the possession expertise.
Kia’s ccNC working system can 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 shouldn’t be an alternative to one’s consideration and will not detect all motion inside the car. At all times verify the car inside when exiting the car.
[2] When engaged, Protected Exit Help shouldn’t be an alternative to one’s consideration and will not detect all objects surrounding the car. At all times take note of visitors and to the world round your car when exiting the car.
[3] Over-the-Air options and updates could require a further price and will differ by mannequin, mannequin 12 months, and trim degree. Options, specs, and costs are topic to alter. Kia Join subscription is required and Kia Join phrases and circumstances apply.
