- 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 Automobiles 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 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 on the lookout for,” mentioned Steven Middle, 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 knowledgeable panel, comprised of high auto business consultants (and fogeys), assessed contenders primarily based on key family-friendly components, 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 area behind the primary row. Options like Slide-Flex seating for 8-passenger variations (excluding these with elective VIP Loung Seats) embody a sliding second-row heart seat, permitting easy accessibility to a toddler. Different standout options embody normal Rear Occupant Alert[1], which is designed to offer, in sure circumstances, an alert to the driving force to verify rear seats earlier than exiting the car, and normal Protected Exit Help[2], which rear doorways are designed to stay locked when the driving force has activated the ability little one 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 easy accessibility to steadily used options by a easy swipe, and over-the-air updates[3] that enhance the possession expertise.
Kia’s ccNC working system can be obtainable in different 2025 Kia fashions, together with the K4, K5, EV6, Sorento, and EV9, with additional growth deliberate for extra fashions.
[1] When engaged, Rear Occupant Alert shouldn’t be an alternative choice to one’s consideration and should not detect all motion throughout the car. At all times verify the car inside when exiting the car.
[2] When engaged, Protected Exit Help shouldn’t be an alternative choice to one’s consideration and should not detect all objects surrounding the car. At all times take note of visitors and to the realm round your car when exiting the car.
[3] Over-the-Air options and updates could require an extra value and should range by mannequin, mannequin 12 months, and trim stage. Options, specs, and costs are topic to alter. Kia Join subscription is required and Kia Join phrases and situations apply.
