2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid First Drive: Better Late Than Never
• Auto123 gets in a first drive of the new 2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid.
San Diego, CA – Yes yes, the title you see above is on the unimaginative side. But how else to describe the arrival of a hybrid powertrain under the hood of the Kia Carnival, one of the few minivans still on the market?
In fact, four companies still offer consumers in North America a minivan - the others are Honda (Odyssey), Chrysler (Grand Caravan and Pacifica) and Toyota (Sienna).
The Chrysler and Toyota models come with hybrid powertrains. Kia now brings to the table its own hybrid model, leaving Honda as the lone holdout.
Better late than never, then, for the Korean automaker, which has come up with something new, without it being anything new at all. We know the model, we know the technology and we know the advantages it has.
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