Hyderabad: Kia India, the leading mass automaker, today launched its latest addition to its Carens portfolio, Carens Clavis. Carens Clavis is a large, bold and spacious 3-row car made for today’s large modern homes, bridging the gap between MPV and SUV. It blends comfort, space and bold design with advanced technology, security and future-moving aesthetics.
The name “clavis” comes from the Latin word “clavis aurea”, which means “golden key”. It symbolizes the opportunity to enter an unforgettable family adventure and serves as a gateway to cherish memories. Using Carens Clavis, Kia offers a vehicle that reflects the aspirations of families in the new era, combining insightful observation, thoughtful design and the best global technology.
Since its debut, Kia Carens has redefined the family car segment in India, gaining the trust of more than 200,000 families in just three years. Carens is rooted in Kia’s deep understanding of Indian families that mobility is at a common moment for generations, and Carens resonates with its space, comfort and emotional appeal. Carens Clavis is the next chapter of nature in Kia’s first story, created for an ever-evolving lifestyle and desire. Carens Clavis offers excellent 6 and 7-seat comfort, combining bold design, premium spaces and advanced technology to provide a sophisticated, purpose-driven experience for today’s dynamic homes.
Mr Gwanggu Lee, MD and CEO of Kia India, said: “Innovation is at the heart of everything we do, driven by advanced technology and unique design. The unveiling of Carensclavis represents a key monument on our journey, embodying our commitment to a progressive, advanced and purposeful approach rather than the ones we encounter in our business, which is more of Carrav and our Clavis Clav blends more of Carens, a well-planned experience that enhances daily mobility and as we continue to push boundaries, we remain focused on delivering smart, design-led solutions to empower our homes and inspire confidence in every moment.”
Design: Bold Smart Family Car
Carens Clavis embodies a bold design philosophy that seamlessly blends elegance with a sporty SUV-like pose. Its high-tech features and advanced engineering inspire confidence, making it ideal for families seeking talent and functionality. Each line and surface is carefully designed to stand out, stylish, robust and undoubtedly modern, reflecting a spirit that is both safe and secure. This is a vehicle built by someone who wants to go anywhere, providing the versatility and smart innovation that defines a truly large, bold and inspiring family car.
External: Commanding existence, futuristic attraction
Carens Clavis demonstrates a unique and futuristic design inspired by Kia’s global design movement and influenced by the philosophy of “oppositional union”, with clean lines in line with a confident personality. Carens Clavis combines futuristic aesthetics with functional elegance with upright SUV-like poses and aerodynamic silhouettes. Key exterior highlights include the Kia Digital Tiger Face, ICE CUBE MFR LED headlights with LED DRL and Starmap LED-connected Taillamps for a unique and modern rear signature.
Enhanced its road status are 43.66 cm (17-inch) crystal-cut dual-tone alloy wheels, powerful front and rear skateboard discs with satin chrome finish, side door trim plug-ins – metal paint and new Ivory silver gloss body color.
Interior decoration: smart luxury goods, tailored for every journey
The interior of Carens Clavis has designed a thoughtful design for modern Indian homes, redefining the comfort and convenience of each row. Spacious third and second row seats with sliding, reclining and touched electric rollers, plus a first-rate walk-in lever (Boss Mode) for easy access and space adjustment, ensuring maximum comfort for all family members on city commuters and long-term resorts. The small portion of the 67.62 cm (26.62 inches) dual panoramic display panel further enhances the cabin experience, providing a futuristic information for infotainment and drive data – a major leap in a comprehensive, effortless driving.
Carens Clavis offers 64-color ambient lighting, allowing you to customize the cabin atmosphere to fit your mood and style. It comes with an installed seat purifier for cleaning the air and has roof-style diffusion air vents that provide a soft and even air flow throughout the cabin. Accessing 3 Rd-Rd-Row effortlessly with the help of the first bifold seat of the first electric shock.
For those who enjoy a spacious and airy feeling cabin, the dual panoramic skylight provides a vast, uninterrupted view of the sky, bringing an open-air experience to every journey. With infotainment/temperature control switches, thoughtfully comfortable allows for intuitive switching between climate and infotainment control, ventilated front seats with 4-way power driver seats. Audiences will appreciate the Bose Premium 8-Speaker Sound system and provide a rich and immersive audio experience.
Experience unparalleled convenience
Carens Clavis has advanced features designed to enhance comfort, safety and practicality. The excellent addition is the automatic up/down automatic power Window with remote control, enabling remote operation of all windows for easier convenience. To increase safety and driver awareness, Carens Clavis also offers a 360-degree camera paired with a Blind View Monitor (BVM) integrated in the cluster for a clear and comprehensive view of the surrounding area. Further adding to its functional appeal, Carens Clavis introduced the first-tier lighting in the market segment in the back door.
Safety and performance: Advanced protection, confident driving
Carens Clavis strengthens Kia’s commitment to security and innovation with comprehensive smart technology. It is equipped with the best ADA level 2, offering 20 autonomous features including Smart Cruise Control (SCC), and parking, front collision avoidance assist, front boat hole avoidance assist – direct start, direct drive in, blind spot collision warning, blind view warning, blind view in cluster, rear cross traffic collision, avoidance and other automatic safety safety. Together these work to make each drive smarter and safer. Carens Clavis also comes with a comprehensive standard robust safety package that includes 18 advanced features including 6 airbags, electronic stability control and a rear occupancy occupant alert system.
Three powerful powertrain options are available – SmartStream G1.5 petrol and Smartstream G1.5 Turbo – GDI petrol engines and D1.5 diesel). The SmartStream G1.5 Turbo now has a brand new manual transmission option that offers enhanced control and a more dynamic, engaging drive. Carens Clavis will offer HTE, HTE(O), HTK, HTK+, HTK+(O), HTX and HTX+. Clavis will be spread all over – ivory silver gloss, tin olives, empire blue, glacier white pearls, gravity gray, glittering silver, Aurora black pearls and transparent white
