Recently, Kia officially launched a new generation of Carens in India, specializing in the Southeast Asian market. In addition to the adjustment of the new car from MPV to SUV model, there are many highlights:
One minute to see the new car highlights
1. Adopt a design language that is newer than the tiger whistle design
2. SUV models, retaining the practical functions of MPV
3. Available in 6-seat and 7-seat layouts
Carens is called Jiale in China (the first generation in 1997, the second generation in 2006, the third generation in 2013), is a compact MPV, once sold in the form of imports in China, I don't know how much impression everyone has on it.
Helplessly, the compact MPV, a large five-seater model that is only larger than the hatchback, is basically unsatisfactory in China due to the ambiguous size of the third row space.
For example, in the same period, Toyota Yizhi and later Honda Jade have stopped production, and only the BMW 2 Series multi-purpose station wagon and volkswagen Touran are still there.
Also in the Korean domestic market, Carens only lived until 2018 and then stopped production. However, in Southeast Asia, this compact 7-seater car is still popular, so Kia combined the trend of SUVs to make the new generation of Carens look new.
The new Carens, which owns Kia's newest design language around the world, known as Opposites United, has moved away from Peter Cyrell's tiger-whistled family design.
The front face adopts a split headlight scheme, the lines of the day running lights and tail lights are more innovative, looking a bit like Citroën Versailles, but the shape of the body side is more conventional, returning to the typical functional car.
The overall sense of the console in the interior is very strong, different from its own fuel model, more electric vehicle flavor, but also with a good effect of the atmosphere lights. In terms of configuration, the instrument of the new car adopts a full LCD display, a 10.25-inch central control screen, a BOSE audio with 8 speakers in the whole car, a seat ventilation in the front row, and a steep slope and a slow descent function.
As a former MPV model, the new Carens retains some MPV attributes. For example, the front seat back has a small table board, with a small control screen; there is a drawer-type hidden storage compartment under the seat cushion; the seat supports a key to pull down into the third row. The overall configuration is quite different from the domestic Kia models.
In terms of power, the new Carens is equipped with a 1.5-liter gasoline engine and a 1.5T diesel engine, equipped with a 6-speed automatic and 6-speed manual transmission.
It is a sister model to the recently released Hyundai Alcaczar, and the two cars can be seen as an enlarged version of the Hyundai ix25 (called Creta in the Indian market), similar to the positioning of the domestic Toyota Ruifang/Fenglanda, with a wheelbase of 2760mm and a 6/7 seat layout.
Although Hyundai-Kia's sales in China are not as good as before, and after a round of new product replacement, Hyundai Group has still risen to the fourth largest automobile company in the world, second only to Toyota, Volkswagen and Nissan Renault Alliance.
At present, Southeast Asia is the most important market for Hyundai Kia, and the products and concepts invested are even more advanced than those in China. In India in particular, Hyundai Group has a 35% market share, surpassing Mitsubishi and Suzuki for the first time in 23 years since entering the market.
Netizen Comments:
Netizen 1: This power is also worth 100,000 pieces
Netizen 2: The appearance looks good, a look at the power, with Wuling Hongguang a level
Netizen 3: Look at the appearance is much better than the small SUV of the modern crooked melon crack date, and there is still some hope for the introduction of the turbine engine into the country
Netizen 4: The front lED headlights make this existing car very recognizable and can be recognized at a glance
Netizen 5: The Indian automobile market has great potential, in the next two or three decades, major manufacturers will definitely increase the development of the Indian market, Suzuki has taken the lead in the Indian market in recent years.