Kia Carnival News in Malaysia

Kia’s distributor in Malaysia, Dinamikjaya Motors Sdn Bhd, has announced that the locally assembled (CKD) 2024 Kia Carnival is now available for booking at all authorised Kia dealers nationwide. While it isn’t the facelift that made its debut in Korea last year, the self-titled Grand Utility Vehicle receives some quality-of-life updates for 2024. Only 3 variants are offered with the 8-seater Mid variant being dropped though the powertrain option remains solely a 2.2-litre turbodiesel (199 PS/440

CY Foong

Feb 7, 2024

Singapore Motorshow 2024 is the venue for the right-hand drive (RHD) debut of the 2024 Kia Carnival facelift. The fourth generation of the pioneering Korean MPV saw a styling revision in its domestic left-hand drive (LHD) market in October last year. For now, the Carnival facelift that is shown at Kia Singapore’s booth during the city-island state’s premier motor show is only for preview as prices weren’t announced. The pre-facelift Carnival has also been discontinued in Singapore since June 202

CY Foong

Jan 11, 2024

If you’re looking for a premium luxury MPV, don't just restrict yourself to the usual Japanese mobile breadboxes. For around the same price as a recond Toyota Alphard/Vellfire, you can get a brand-new Kia Carnival with an official 5-year manufacturer warranty and 5-year free maintenance while looking as influential behind the wheel (or in the back seat) of one. If you're considering getting an official unit of the AH40 Vellfire or Alphard, they start from RM 438,000 and RM 538,000 respectively a

CY Foong

Dec 14, 2023

The 2024 Kia Carnival makes a very compelling MPV and there are 3 seating configurations to choose from across 4 variants. With the recent launch of the locally assembled (CKD) 11-seater last month, all variants of the Malaysian-spec Kia Carnival are now CKD in Kulim, Kedah. The Carnival looks as grand as the default luxury MPV duo of important folks, the Toyota Vellfire and Toyota Alphard. Yet, at around the same price as a recond unit of the two luxury breadboxes on wheels, the Korean MPV migh

CY Foong

Dec 12, 2023

Dinamikjaya Motors Sdn Bhd, the exclusive distributor of the Kia brand in Malaysia, has launched the locally assembled (CKD Kulim, Kedah) 11-seater variant of the 2023 Kia Carnival, priced from RM 215,228.80 However, from 1-November till 31-December 2023, all bookings for this variant will enjoy an introductory selling price of RM 198,500 inclusive of accessories. With this, all Carnival variants are now CKD in Kulim. The range is as below: 11-seater: RM 215,228.80 (promo price RM 198,500) 8-sea

Sanjay

Nov 1, 2023

Since its global unveiling in August 2020, the fourth-generation Kia Carnival has been a huge success in many countries around the world even as minivans face a downward trend amidst the popularity of SUVs. 3 years later, Kia officially unveiled the new 2024 Kia Carnival facelift mere days after undisguised photos of the refreshed Grand Utility Vehicle were leaked by Korean social media. For now, only the exterior has been unveiled with Kia still keeping mum on the interior. The Korean carmaker

CY Foong

Oct 27, 2023

The current generation Kia Carnival, its fourth, has been around since 2020 and has been a common sight on Malaysian roads since its local launch in 2021. As such, Kia is looking to unveil the facelift of the Grand Utility Vehicle. Test mules wrapped in camouflage have been popping up online but this is the first time that one has been spotted completely undisguised. Picked up by Korean automotive site, Motors Jason, the new-look Carnival appears to be in a commercial shoot somewhere in South Ko

CY Foong

Oct 24, 2023

Dealers have announced that bookings for the locally-assembled (CKD Kulim) 2023 Kia Carnival 11-seater are now open, signalling that the model's official launch should be happening sometime soon. Some of them have even given it a preliminary estimated pricetag of RM 218,000; and while that is slightly higher than the RM 200k the fully-imported variants of the 11-seater Carnival currently commands, this could spell a specs update too to bring it better in-line with the CKD 7- and 8-seater variant

Sanjay

Oct 2, 2023

If you're in search of a large family MPV, look no further than the locally assembled (CKD) Kia Carnival, which will be available for test drives at this weekend's Carlist Drive Auto Fair at the Setia Alam Convention Centre. While its cost is comparable to that of a reconditioned Toyota Alphard / Vellfire, the Kia Carnival offers an added advantage – a 5-year / 100,000 km manufacturer warranty. This warranty is a typical inclusion for new cars, yet Kia goes the extra mile by including a 5-year /

Shaun

Aug 29, 2023

Kia has completed updating its production line at the Sohari plant following the discontinuation of the Stinger and in anticipation of assembly of the Carnival Hybrid and all-new electric EV9. However, we now have spyshots of the refreshed Carnival and it appears that an assembly line isn’t the only thing it will share with the EV9. The photos from YouTube channel Shorts Car indicate that the Carnival has taken inspiration from the EV9’s front fascia as well. Apart from the EV9-inspired from end

Dinesh

Jul 22, 2023