The new Kia Carens Clavis has arrived, and it’s more than just a facelift! From bold EV9-inspired styling to a plush, tech-loaded interior, the Carens Clavis takes Kia’s MPV game to the next level. In this video, we explore the changes in design, features, ride comfort, ADAS suite, and all engine-gearbox combos.
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00:00Hi guys and welcome to DriveSpark. I am Promeet and the car that you see with us today is the
00:10all-new Kia Karens Clavis. Now this is the face-to-face version of the Kia Karens.
00:20And they have added the word Clavis because Clavis in Latin means the golden key. It is a word
00:26Clavis Aurea that means the golden key and that has been added to this because this now gets
00:30way more features than the Karens and let's quickly start this video and I'll tell you
00:34everything you need to know about this all-new MPV from Kia.
00:44So let's start talking about the front end of the car. Well the design almost remains the same but
00:48you get a lot of elements. Now first of all you can see this headlamp unit. It is new. You get the DRL
00:52unit that's present over here. You get the three ice cube LED headlamps. Now it's entirely an LED
00:58unit. You do not get separate fog lamps over here but now you can see you get the camera over here
01:03and a front parking camera. Obviously this is for the 360 degree and that is for your A-Level 2. So
01:10obviously these are the radars over here and if you see the front end obviously this is the grill and
01:14the lower part of the grill is finished in this silver finish. Well you also have this LED that
01:19connects and you get this DRL on the top end variant only. However there are a lot of variants
01:24on this. If you talk about the color options you get eight color options in this and for the
01:28antennas you get three color options. Well the base variant also gets a different kind of a headlight.
01:33It gets a single pod bifunctional halogen projector. Well obviously this is complete LED but the lower
01:39variants get it like that. Now that is how the car looks like from the front end. If you move to the
01:44side over here you will notice that now this gets these new 17 inch alloy wheels and obviously they
01:51are diamond cut but obviously you have an all blacked out alloy wheel in 16 inches and for the lower
01:56variant you get steel wheels as well. You get body cladding all over. If we talk about the ground
02:01clearance over here now you get 195 mm ground clearance which is technically the same as the
02:06carens. But you can see you don't get a request sensor on the door. You get a brushed aluminum
02:12lining. You also get cameras over here. Again a part of the 360 degree camera integrated indicator
02:17body colored ORVM. Then you have silver finished roof rails over here. You get a big panoramic sunroof
02:24as well. Well you can see you get some amount of silver finishing over here as well and that's your
02:30fuel filler cap and yeah you also get a shock fin antenna at the back. Now let's come to the rear profile
02:35of the car and over here the first thing that you will notice you get the carens badge but you get
02:40the clavis badging as well. What are people over here? 7 DCT that means this gets a 7 dual
02:46clutch transmission. It also gets a manual, it gets a torque converter and it also gets IMT. So there are
02:51a lot of combinations as far as engine is concerned, gearbox is concerned. So you can choose from a lot
02:57of variants. Now let's quickly open the boot and to open the boot obviously there is a request sensor
03:02right over here. That's the camera and there you have it. You have a 216 liters of boot space. Well
03:08obviously you can fold the third row down as well and you can get a lot more space but with the third
03:13row up you can see you can keep two cabin bags over here and you can keep like some small bags on top
03:19of this as well. So 216 liter is what you get with this with the third row up. The boot lid is not that
03:25heavy thanks to the hydraulic struts. So yeah guys this was the all new Kia Karen's clavis and if you
03:31notice the taillight is also a connected taillight right over here which you will not get in the lower
03:37variance but this is the top of the line turbo petrol 7 speed dual clutch transmission. So this has all the
03:42bells and whistles that you can get with this car. So that was the exterior of the car and now let's
03:47quickly go on the inside and I'll tell you more about that.
04:00So now we are at the second row and you can see over here that the third row let me just quickly go
04:04and show you if I can fit myself in the third row. Yes I can obviously but not for long journeys.
04:12For reference my height is 6'1 and you can see that I am sitting. My legs are belly touching this seat.
04:18This can obviously move forward and you can adjust the backrest as well and trust me guys this seat
04:24has the quickest tumble I have seen. Now you just have to press this button and see what happens when
04:28you press this. So as soon as you just press this there you go it automatically tumbles up and you have
04:34space to come in and out and that's a really really fast thing that we have seen on this car.
04:40You just put this up and obviously you can adjust the backrest like this as well. You have an armrest
04:46over here. Now let's come to the second row once again. So going you can obviously use the center
04:51tunnel to go in and out. So you have a six and a seven seater option. Let me just close the door
04:57right now and show you what I was showing you from outside. Now this is the sunshade obviously
05:01it's a very important thing because the temperatures are rising day by day and you need something like
05:06this when you're sitting over here. Obviously tins are not allowed but yeah over here you can see
05:11you get some brushed aluminum finish on the door. You get a Bose surround sound system. You also get
05:16this passenger tray over here with cup holder and this has a boss mode but this is a manual boss mode.
05:24You just have to do this. There's a lever right over here and with this lever you can move this seat
05:29front and back depending on how much space you want over here. That's the huge panoramic sunroof.
05:34That is your AC vent for the second row and that is your AC vent for the third row. You get a light
05:40as well for the third row and if you notice you get the AC controls for the third row right over
05:46here. That's your blower speed. You have two type c charging sockets and you also have a cubby hole
05:50over here to keep some things. Now this what you see over here is a smart air purifier. Obviously
05:55it used to come somewhere around here but now they have fixed it over here so this occupies also less
06:00space. It pulls in air from here and gets it out from here and it obviously there's a smart air purifier
06:06so it'll help the cabin keep free from bacterias and your harmful odor if there is some in the cabin.
06:13Now let's quickly go to the front row and I'll tell you what all new do you get over there.
06:17So now we are at the front row of the all new Karen's Clavis and first thing let me show you the
06:27panoramic sunroof. So that is the panoramic sunroof. Obviously it opens all the way behind.
06:32Obviously this glass opens up that does not open but you can see it gives it a very very airy look
06:37and the cabin also feels much more spacious. Your sunglass holder over here this is your LED lights
06:42right over here. You can operate the sunshade from here. You have an auto dimming IRVM. Then you can
06:47see you get this connected screen. Obviously it's a 12.25 and a 12.25. A lot of information you can
06:53get you. You get Kia Connect and obviously you can connect your phone and go through a lot of
06:57information about the car. You can get it on your phone. You can connect it through Alexa. You can
07:01start the car. You can share your pin like your digital key with someone else if they don't have the
07:06physical key. So you have all those features over here. If you talk about the dashboard you can see
07:10there is some soft touch material right over here. There is some brushed aluminium. There is beige.
07:14There is silver. You get an ambient lighting that has 64 color options. Now that is your center tunnel
07:19obviously. Now this is a 7-speed DCT gearbox. Small dustbin over here. That's your cup holders.
07:24Some place to keep your phone, wallet or the key maybe over here. You have an automatic park brake with
07:30auto hold. Then you can see you get ventilated seats right over here. This is for your parking sensor.
07:36This is for your 360 degree camera. Your hill descent and you have drive modes. Obviously you have three
07:41drive modes. Eco, normal and sport. You do not get traction mode in this but you have drive mode.
07:45As I mentioned you also have ADAS over here. That's a level 2 ADAS and you get 18 safety features.
07:50Standard across variants that obviously include six airbags, EBD, ABS, traction control. Then you have
07:56a tire pressure monitor system. So a lot of things are there standard on this car since the
07:59from the base variant. However, I forgot to mention the lower variants will also get a sunroof but they will
08:04not get a panoramic sunroof. They will get a small sunroof that is a moonroof over here. So the top end
08:09variant only gets this huge panoramic sunroof. And obviously the driver's seat is you can adjust it
08:16electronically. The backrest and this but the height adjuster is manual and this seat is completely manual the
08:22passenger seat. So overall and yeah one more thing you get some amount of storage space over here. If you remove this
08:27you can see how deep the storage space is. That's a tray. Just fix it over here. And that
08:33is okay. So armrest does not move. So it's a fixed armrest. One thing which is really cool about this
08:39part. So right now you can see over here this is the automatic climate control but with a switch
08:43of a button you can see that it has moved to the infotainment button. So yeah both of them are over
08:51here which is a nice thing. So it's a dual purpose screen. You get a double D cut steering wheel.
08:56Steering wheel is adjusted for tilt as well as telescopic. You get paddle shifters. This is to
09:01control your ADAS and that is to control your infotainment system. You have a bow surround system
09:07as I mentioned. You have a subwoofer at the back and you have everything. So this is the top of the
09:12line variant. The turbo petrol 1.5 litre and this has everything that you can expect from the Kia
09:19Karen's Clavis. And if you see that there is no vanity mirror over here. I don't know why does Kia
09:24does not give a vanity mirror over here. There's a vanity mirror over here but there is no
09:27lighting over here. So yeah guys that was the interiors of the all new Kia Karen's Clavis.
09:32Mention in the comment section what is the best thing or one thing that you liked about the
09:35interiors of this new car.
09:44So now we are at the driving seat of the all new Kia Karen's Clavis. And let me tell you the engine
09:50option and the gearbox option has been carried over. So it gets three engine options. You have
09:55a 1.5 litre naturally aspirated petrol engine. Then you have a 1.5 litre turbo petrol engine that
10:01we are driving today. And you also get a 1.5 litre turbo diesel engine. Now if you talk about the
10:06gearbox options you have four gearbox options. You first of all have a manual. Then you have a IMT
10:12gearbox. Then you have a torque converter. And then you get this. This is the seven speed DCT gearbox.
10:18That's a dual clutch transmission. So let's talk about this engine right now. If we talk about
10:23the power. So this produces around 158 bhp of power and 253 nm of peak torque. And if we talk about the
10:30naturally aspirated engine. Let me give you the figures for the naturally aspirated engine. So
10:34it produces around 113 bhp and around 143 nm of peak torque. The diesel one produces around 114 bhp
10:42and 250 nm of peak torque. And as you just heard she said school zone ahead. So obviously this has
10:47level 2 ADAS over here. So it is detecting through its map that there is a school zone ahead. So it
10:52is alerting you. And now obviously some things that you get is first of all you can see you get this
10:57blind spot monitoring on the screen. Either sides whenever you give an indicator you can see
11:01that the display from either of the ORVMs comes over here. That is really nice. And plus now this has
11:08got some additional weight to it because of the big panoramic sunroof that it gets. Plus the other
11:13features that has been added to it. So obviously for that there has been a slight weight gain in
11:18this vehicle. And to adjust that they have tuned the suspension. Well suspension is on the softer
11:23side. And you will obviously not be able to corner this car very hard because there is some amount of
11:29body roll that is present right now. If we talk about the gearbox right now we have the 7 DCT that's
11:34a 7 speed dual clutch transmission. It's a very smooth gearbox. However I wish it could have been
11:39a little more fast since it's a dual clutch transmission. But overall it is not a bad gearbox
11:46at all. It works really nice. You do not feel the shifts. You do not have a jerk while it is shifting.
11:52Plus you can see you also have paddle shifters right over here. So you can take manual control of it.
11:58And obviously you can move it to the manual mode from the gearbox as well by this. And then you can
12:04shift the gears. You have a plus and as well as a minus over here to shift it. Overall guys it is a
12:11fantastic car. And if we talk about the pricing of this vehicle. Well we can expect it to be priced
12:16between the 11 and the 19 and a half lakh rupee mark. That is the X showroom. That's your base
12:21variant will be around that 11 11 and a half lakh rupee mark. And the top it variant will be around
12:26the 19 to 19 and a half maybe 20 lakh mark X showroom. And just because it has got a lot of additional
12:33features right now. If we talk about the mileage the mileage figures varies between 16 to 19 kilometers
12:40to a liter. That is what claimed by Kia for the Cairns Clavis. So overall it's a very very nice car.
12:49It is actually a perfect six or a seven seater if you're looking for in the market. So yeah guys this
12:55was the all new Kia Cairns Clavis. Which is technically the facelift version of the Kia Cairns.
13:01And I hope you like this video. If you liked it please give it a thumbs up. If you have anything
13:05else to ask about this car please comment down in the comment section and we will get back to you
13:08on that. Until then I'm from it signing out. See you next time. Thanks so much for watching.
13:12Take care. Be safe and drive safe.