Top 5 Reasons to buy Kia Carens
Top 5 Reasons to buy Kia Carens
Kia Motors has launched its most anticipated Carens in the Indian market. Carens will compete with Maruti XL6, Hyundai Alcazar and Toyota Innova. The price of Carens starts from INR 14.50 lakh to 19 lakh ex showroom. Carens promises lot of things which its competitors misses out and is definitely going to uplift the segment by bringing first in class features. In this blog, we give you top 5 reasons to buy Kia Carens instead of Hyundai Alcazar and Maruti Suzuki XL6.
1. Dimensions bigger than Alcazar
Carens is 4540 mm in length which greater than Alcazar and XL6 however 200 mm smaller than segment leader Toyota Innova. What makes Carens better than others is its wheelbase which is greater than Innova. This creates a more room in the passenger compartment which in turn provides more comfort to passengers. In terms of height it is 1700 mm which is similar to XL6 and greater than Alcazar. The ground clearance of 195 mm is adequate for Indian roads.
2. Interior and Comfort
MPVs are known for carrying 6-7 passengers. It is very important to provide comfort specially in the third row. Due to in increase in wheelbase, the comfort level in the third row is far better than its competitors. There is option for captain seats as well. For the convenience, Carens comes with second row one touch electric tumble to access the third row. Passenger seat under tray, back seat table and cooling cup & can holders which are first segment. Carens get 164 litres of bootspace which can be further increased by retracting the third row seats.
3. Safety Standards
Safety has become most important factor is a key aspects which now-a-days customers pay attention. Indian government will soon introduce new safety regulations for automobile sector. Kia has done its homework with new upcoming safety regulations in India. Right from standard variant, Carens is equipped with six airbags, hill-decent control, hill-start control, all-four disc brakes, brake assist, vehicle stability management, electronic stability control, Highline tyre pressure monitoring system and reverse parking sensors.
Providing most of the safety features in the base variant makes it one of the best choice for customers looking for better equipped family MPV.
4. Features
5. Value Proposition
Similar to Hyundai Alcazar, Kia Carens will be offered in both petrol and diesel engines. For petrol, Carens will be offered in 1.5 litre and 1.4 litre turbo charged engines. The naturally aspirated 1.5 litre unit produces 113 bhp and 144 Nm of torque whereas the turbo charged 1.4 litre unit produces 138 bhp and 242 Nm of torque. The engine will be mated to 7 speed automatic transmission.
On the other hand, The 1.5 litre diesel will produce 113 bhp and 250 Nm of torque. Diesel variant will be offered in both 6 speed manual and automatic transmissions.
Kia Carens will be offered somewhere between 11 lakh to 18 lakh ex showroom. Given the rich set of features and safety standards it offers, Kia Carens provides a good value for money.
6. Bonus: Wide Color Options
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