Kia Carens Clavis Unveiled – Check Features, Specifications And More

Kia Carens Clavis: The new Kia Carens Clavis, an up to date and extra top rate model of the Carens, has in any case been unveiled in India. Kia will get started accepting bookings for the Carens Clavis from ninth May, 2025, at a token quantity of Rs 25,000. It won a number of beauty and have improvements over the usual Carens. While each fashions – Carens and Carens Clavis – might be offered along, the latter is to be had in 7 trims – HTE, HTE (O), HTK, HTK Plus, HTK Plus (O), HTX and HTX Plus. 

The 7-seats configuration is same old, whilst the 6-seater format is reserved for the range-topping HTX Plus trim. It will get a refreshed inside with a redesigned dashboard and a brand new two-spoke steerage wheel, impressed by way of the Kia Syros. The spotlight is the twin 22.62-inch display screen setup—one for the infotainment device and the opposite for the virtual device cluster. In distinction, the older Carens includes a 10.25-inch touchscreen and a 12.5-inch LCD cluster.

The Clavis is filled with top rate options like a wide ranging sunroof, ventilated entrance seats, a 4-way power-adjustable motive force seat, an 8-speaker Bose audio device, a dual-view dashcam, and second-row seats that slide and recline.

On the security facet, it comes with same old 6 airbags. It additionally will get a Level 2 ADAS bundle providing purposes like motive force consideration caution, ahead collision avoidance and extra. It additionally contains entrance and rear parking sensors, a 360-degree digicam, and a blind spot observe.

The Clavis appears to be like extra fashionable than the Carens. The entrance will get a blacked-out grille, a tweaked bumper with a silver pretend skid plate, sharp 3-pod LED headlamps with DRLs, and bigger 17-inch dual-tone alloy wheels with a star-shaped design. Other visible parts come with black cladding at the wheel arches, silver door handles, roof rails, and an up to date rear with a brand new bumper, LED taillamps, and a full-width gentle bar.

Under the hood, the Clavis provides the similar engine choices because the Carens: a 1.5l naturally aspirated petrol (115bhp/144Nm), a 1.5l turbo-petrol (160bhp/253Nm), and a 1.5L diesel (116bhp/250Nm). 

All 3 are paired with a 6-speed guide. The turbo-petrol additionally will get non-compulsory 6-speed iMT and 7-speed DCT gearboxes, whilst the diesel engine could also be to be had with a 6-speed computerized.