Kia Carnival is the second product from
the South-Korean manufacturer that went on sale in India earlier this year.
However, the carmaker has now unveiled the new 4th-gen Carnival to the world.
Kia took the digital route for this exercise and has not yet revealed the
interior of the new-gen Carnival. Although right after the moment, Kia
introduced the new-gen Carnival to the world, it was spotted on the roads sans
camo in South Korea. Something similar has happened again. This time, however,
surfacing on the internet are the spy pictures of the interior of the new-gen
Carnival.
In comparison to the outgoing model, the
2021 Carnival features sharper design elements. It now gets a rather appealing
front-end. With high-set bonnet, sleeker headlamps, slimmer tiger-nose grille,
large LED DRLS, resculpted bumper, and faux scuff plates, it gets an SUV-like
appeal. On the sides, the 2021 Carnival gets sharper lines and creases. A, B,
and D pillars are blacked out to give the roof a floating effect. The C-pillar,
however, gets a chrome applique, which extends all the way to the rear facet.
The rear fascia of the 2021 Carnival has
been thoroughly revamped as well. It now gets a sleek LED light bar in place of
bulbous tail lamp clusters seen on the outgoing model. The boot lid has been
re-designed to accentuate the overall harmony of the design. In order to break
the visual bulk, it now gets more creases and indents in comparison to the
3rd-gen Carnival.
The fresh set of images reveals the dashboard
layout of the new-gen model. It now gets a unibody housing for the infotainment
screen and the instrument console like the other newly-launched Kia cars. The
steering wheel is also new, and it now gets a distinctive design for the boss
and the spokes. The dashboard of the outgoing Carnival is rather clumsy and
features a lot of switches. Thankfully, this isn’t the case here on the 2021
Carnival. Also, the AC vents get an uncut treatment and are super sleek in
terms of design.
The centre console on the outgoing
Carnival hardly gets any buttons. However, the 2021 Carnival gets an array of
switches to control various functions like auto-hold system, electronic parking
brake, reverse parking camera and sensor, drive modes, and controls for heating
and cooling function of the front seats. On the dashboard itself, around the
steering wheels, the 2021 Carnival will get the buttons to open or close the
automatic tailgate and the rear doors. Also, buttons for traction control and
adaptive cruise control are fixed in the same area.
The new-gen 2021 Carnival gets a new
design for the door pads. It carries the cohesiveness with the overall design
of the dashboard. The door panels get multi-colour leather inserts along with a
piano black insert for the door handle. All of these elements together make it
look upmarket. Interestingly, the leather inserts around the door handle also
get a slat-like design. As of now, Kia
has not confirmed of the date, when the interior of the new-gen Carnival will
be unveiled to the masses.
