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

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

With Malaysia returning to some sort of normalcy, Kia’s newest distributor, Dinamikjaya Motors Sdn Bhd has announced at its latest press conference that it plans to make a comeback with 4 new locally-assembled (CKD) models planned to be launched over the next 3 years. Besides the all-new Carnival (to be launched as a CBU from Korea, CKD to start in April 2022) which was previewed at Carlist Drive Auto Fair 2021 last weekend, the other three models that are expected to arrive include the all-new

Malaysians - particularly the older generation - have a knack of calling reasonably-luxurious cars as 'big' cars. If you belong to a rather traditional family, you'll be golden with something large like a Toyota Alphard. Perhaps that's one of the reasons why some see it as something to strive for. But the Koreans called - they have the 2021 Kia Carnival to show you. If you've been in the third-generation (YP) model and found that to be big (we know we did), then the fourth-generation (KA4) ampli

Honda has introduced the new updated 2021 Honda Odyssey facelift in Japan and the changes aren’t just restricted to an elegant-looking grille. There’s even tech that makes your inner Jedi come to life. Master Yoda once said that “The Odyssey practical is most indeed”. Obviously, he didn’t say that unless he moonlights as a Honda salesperson on Tatooine but salesman Yoda is right in some ways. The current fifth-generation Odyssey was launched in 2013 and was last given an update in 2017. Compared

The 2020 Kia Grand Carnival 11-seater has just been introduced with a sole variant priced at RM 179,888 on-the-road without insurance. The previous 8-seater variants have been discontinued. As before, the Grand Carnival is powered by a 2.2-litre turbodiesel engine that makes 200 PS and 440 Nm of torque. Transmission duty is handled by an 8-speed automatic transmission. Kia Grand Carnival Dimensions wise it is identical to the 8-seater, measuring at 5,115 mm long, 1,985 mm wide, and 1,755 mm tall