Price and specifications Kia Carnival 2025

The Kia festival received a bold, EV9– awe-inspiring looks as part of a mid-life update, but this is more than just a simple trim.

Australia’s best-selling people mover has received additional equipment, including the latest generation Kia infotainment system, more safety features and a new hybrid powertrain – a first for the Carnival range .

There’s also a retuned suspension and steering system, but it costs more.

The Carnival is on sale now and the hybrid version will launch in June. The electric model will only be offered in the top GT-Line trim.

Gasoline and diesel trims remain open to the base S trim, but the old Si, SLi, Special Edition and Platinum trims have been replaced by Sport, Sport+, GT-Line Lite and GT-Line variants.

This brings the Carnival line in line with other Kia models.

price

All prices exclude on-road costs.

Drive system

Kia Australia is yet to release full local specifications for this hybrid model, although we do know that it uses a turbocharged 1.6-litre four-cylinder petrol engine with a lithium-ion battery and an automatic transmission. 6-speed engine with integrated electric motor.

Like all Carnival models, it’s front-wheel drive.

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Service and warranty

Kia Carnival has a 7-year, unlimited km warranty.

Maintenance is required every 12 months or 15,000km. We will update this article when we have full service information about limited prices.

Safety

Kia Australia has confirmed that it is advising ANCAP on the adjustments that have been made and that it anticipates the Carnival will be able to continue with its existing five-star ANCAP safety rating from 2021 testing.

In that assessment, the pre-facelift Carnival achieved an adult protection rating of 90%, a child protection rating of 88%, as well as 68% for protecting vulnerable road users and 82% for safety assistance.

Standard safety equipment includes:

• Automatic emergency braking
  • Detect pedestrians
  • Detect cyclists
  • Intersection support
• Adaptive cruise control with stop/go feature
• Supports intelligent speed limiting
• Lane departure warning
• Lane keeping assist
• Lane assist (lane keeping)
• Blind spot assist
• Rear cross-traffic warning
• Warning for rear passengers (NEW)
• Supports trailer stability control
• Supports intelligent speed limiting
• Multi-collision braking
• Reverse the camera
• Front and rear parking sensors
• Connected services have an SOS call function in case of problems
• Front and front airbags
• Curtain airbags for all three rows of seats
• Driver’s knee airbag

Front parking sensors are a new addition to the base S trim, previously exclusive to higher-spec Carnivals.

The center side airbag is new to the range, while rear occupant alert is now available across the range.

Sports Festival adds:

• Highway driving assistance 1 (NEW)

Sport+ and above add:

• Collision avoidance when parking – Rear (AEB reverse, NEW)
• Blind spot monitor (NEW)
• Rear cross-traffic support
• Surrounding camera
• Side parking sensor
• Intersections, Oncoming Lanes, Avoid Live Lanes (NEW)
• Highway driving assistance 2 (NEW)
  • Supports steering, braking, acceleration and start-stop during traffic jams

Standard equipment

There are five trim levels in the Carnival range.

Standard equipment of Carnival S includes:

• 17-inch alloy wheels
• Temporary spare wheel
• LED headlights
• LED daytime running lights
• Automatic high beam
• Electric heated mirrors
• Sliding sun visor with illuminated makeup mirror
• Cover with fabric
• The electronic parking brake has an automatic hold function
• Close entry with push button start (NEW)
• Includes ‘basic’ digital instrument cluster. 4.2 inch screen
• 12.3-inch touch screen infotainment system
• Apple CarPlay wired and wireless, Android Auto
• 8-speaker sound system
• Kia Connect with OTA update (NEW)

Sports Festival adds:

• 18-inch alloy wheels
• Combined LED taillights
• Power folding rearview mirrors
• Imitation leather interior (NEW)
• Leather-wrapped steering wheel
• Leather-wrapped gear lever
• Automatically dim windows
• Dual-zone climate control
• Single-zone rear temperature control
• Wireless phone charger (NEW)

Carnival Sport+ adds:

• The electric tailgate automatically closes
• Electric sliding side door
• Rearview mirror automatically anti-glare
• 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster (NEW)
• Front heated seats
• Heated outboard seats in the second row
• Side parking sensor
• 8-way electric seat adjustment
• 2-way lumbar adjustment for the driver
• Rain sensor wipers (NEW)
• Rear privacy glass
• Heated rear windshield

Carnival GT-Line Lite adds:

• 19-inch alloy wheels
• LED interior lighting
• The window automatically goes up and down for the driver
• Styling details in chrome (exterior handles, sliding panels)
• Dual sunroof
• * Removed 8-way power passenger seat

Carnival GT-Line adds:

• Dual Projector LED headlights
• Heated steering wheel
• Front ventilated seats
• Bose sound system with 12 speakers
• Dial type converter
• Gear shift lever
• Digital rearview mirror (NEW)
• Head-up display
• Automatic window up and down with safety function
• Glossy black center panel
• Remote start parking assist (NEW)
• 8-way electric front seats with memory (NEW)
• 4-way lumbar support (driver)

Color

All models feature a two-tone black and dark brown interior color scheme.

Ceramic gray is the standard paint color, with the following optional finishes:

• Astra blue
• Bright red color
• Panthera Metal
• Snow White Jade
• Dark Blue Chroma (excluding S, Sport)
• Aurora Black Pearl (excluding S, Sport)

THAN: Everything Kia Carnival