I posted sketches and spyshots of the 2007 Kia Carens a few days ago. Many of you wondered how come the sketches looked so different from the actual camouflaged spyshots. Well, wonder no more. This is how the new 2007 Kia Carens will actually look like. Not really similiar to the really sporty sketches, but not too bad either. It has a slight SUV-ish profile to it, although it is a front-wheel drive strictly on road vehicle.
The new 2007 Kia Carens will come with a 2.0 litre petrol with variable valve timing engine making 145 horsepower as well as a 2.0 litre CRDi turbodiesel engine with 140 horsepower. It is a 7-seater, which is 1 extra seat than the previous 6-seater Kia Carens which is rebadged locally by Naza as the Naza Citra.
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
Paul Tan – any indicative price or when this model will be available at local market as Naza Citra?
haha, dun bet on it Joe! I estimate will be with Naza on 2008 or so.
eh…….
no sporty look lah… If original come with skirting & more bigger RIMS then will be better.
rebadged under naza-citra brand,
and we still paying RM80K, that is FAIR global price!
at least, that is one thing that NAZA did right!
wahlau, the sketches looks damn nice. the real thing is urggh ….
the front looks tucson-ny to me …
mmm.. the front + rims looks stupidly dated. but rear looks nice. almost european. nice interior too.
2.0? suppose the FC won't be as terrible as the Carnival/Ria. eh, most kia have FC problem, right?
the front not look like hyundai elantra meh.. or issit liek the accent??
Reasonable for family car!
7 seats, so how do you get to the last two? Remove the new middle seat? Then reinstalling it again?
No lah, 2 (front) + 3 (middle) + 2 (back) combination.
the last two are there wat… hehe
Yucks! Korean cars have terrible FC. Could be due to different fuel management used in Korea.
My mom's Kia Carnival drank RM 120 worth fuel in 6 days (total of 400km) for town driving.
hurmm.. the rear end looks the new Sportage
looks like**
Exterior = Ugly, Interior = So so only
Korean like to eat oil = " sek yau" / "sok yau"…….
not bad..but if i were to buy this kind of vehicle i'd rather go for honda stream or toyota wish..hehe
doesnt it seem a little too cramp at the 3rd row seat area there?hmm
this is terrible..how do they sketch one picture of a beauty and then build the beast? this is horribly wrong!
lower rear portion is proton tiara…that's only what i want to comment on this car, the rest is no special , just an ordinary basic mpv..looking very childish
I don't know about some of you here, but I think this Caren looks alright too me. There's no wow factor here but ok la. I like the rear look but the front could've been better. At least they manage to come up with a whole new look here even thou it looks like that and that. And I think we will see it on our Boleh-land as the new Naza Citra.
Dashboard looks 'crowded' and the interior color is too grey..
The 3rd row seats barely have enough room for adults to sit comfortly, but in Avanza for example, the 3rd row seats, altho still crampy, but still can seat 2 adults with average Asian height reasonably well.
Btw, regarding the FC for Korean cars, my wife's Atos makes around 400km for each RM50 fill-up, for town driving. If balik kampung and relaxing cruise at 110/115kmh, can get higher milage la a bit. But, itsa small car, and the example given above is an FC from an MPV! Dont a majority of big-ass MPVs, regardless the made, eat gas like hell?
Korean cars FC like hell.. their engines lacking…told ya…
ps: pls ask around b4 buying any car.. be a smart consumer…
What im saying above is, i think my wife's Atos FC is okay, and the prob's with big-ass MPVs regardless the manufacturer, be it Hyundai, Toyota or Honda. If u drive a big-ass Innova for example, ull learn that it too, eats gas like hell.
Perhaps we could see a side by side comparison. Or, any ideas of the ideal FC for MPVs?
I think Atoz ve bad FC, compare to other compact cars, heard few ppl complain about it, and 400 = RM50 is not good, you know? even some sedan cars can get better than that, wira 1.3GLI for instance or, city 1.5DSI even much2 better..
Most MPVs ve bad FC.. bcoz of their heavy bodies.. u want space but ve to sacrifice yr FC.. like people lor.. lagi besa, lagi kuat makan.. like my boss ve citra.. he said its FC around RM0.20++ – RM0.30 / km
But depend on yr driving style.. and load oso… better choose manual trans.. (if any)… & look for reasons for you to buy MPVs.. or else better use sedan.. if u insist then stanby for the pain (FC)..
ps: Electric batteries powered MPV ve good FC.. hehehe..
with rgds 2 FC 4 mpv, that's pretty usual for MPV irregardless with makes be it Honda, Toyota, KIA etc,.. that's the sacrifice u have 2 take to drive an MPV,
agree with motorhead, as 4 me, no prob of FC as I'm using my ol' LMST saga…hahaha, good ol magma engine works fine for me..
nope. this car is nothing.
the drawing is better.
should change to bigger size rim with 'evil' look headlight.
it'll look sporty!
this headlight look 'malas' only…
not suitable for macho guys lah…
no girls will come near..hehehe..
can someone pls confirm that
APking is the direct Kin of
Big F-mama minister?
sometimes i really dont understand why a new model comes out, and all everybody ask is bigger rim and fiercer look etc etc.
this is a family vehicle, not everything is built for a boy racer.
one side talk about FC, another wants a bigger rim. aiyoh apa contradiction.
Wooo.. interior look nice but exterior uuuuweekkkkkkkk……..!!!!
Hope the new one addresses the problems I used to have with my Carens:
– high FC
– underpower – gear 1 for climbing Genting to cable car station n still overtaken by Kancils
– gear box gave up after less than 2 years – quoted RM20k to replace
– 3rd row unusable not even for my kids who were 15 years old – knees reach up to their chins
– paid RM117k and Citra only RM80k
only 145 horsepower?
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