Carnival to be First Kia Model Available with New Logo

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Van Man

Discussion Starter · Jan 15, 2021

According to The Korean Car Blog, the new Carnival/Sedona will be the first Kia vehicle to wear the new logo. The rest of Kia's lineup will follow suit in 2022.

What does everyone think of the new logo on the Carnival?

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TBISU

· #2 · Jan 15, 2021

Van Man said:
According to The Korean Car Blog, the new Carnival/Sedona will be the first Kia vehicle to wear the new logo. The rest of Kia's lineup will follow suit in 2022.

What does everyone think of the new logo on the Carnival?

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I was hoping for this and am glad to see the U.S. Carnival will be the first to sport it here. The logo is much more forward looking and futuristic than the outdated oval logo.

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SK77X

· #3 · Jan 15, 2021 (Edited)

I'm a fan of the new logo (and overall new branding), and it does look better on the new, more edgy Carnival. What I'm not totally feeling about the car is the cheese grater/chocolate block grille. I quite like the design shown during the original unveiling. Just not really feeling the concave (inward curved) look. But it is what it is.

What concerns me more is, the new Carnival is now available in Australia, and there are a few key omissions:

The full digital cockpit dash is not yet available. They are still using physical circular gauges for speedo/tach. There's a number of nifty advantages to the full digital dash, so I don't think I'd get the Carnival until the feature become available.
Due to COVID travel restrictions in Australia, Kia engineers did not have enough time to get the steering mapping fined tuned for the Australia market. May not be a big deal, but again, that's something unfinished.
Rain sensing wipers is not currently available
The top of the line Platinum models is only being offered with the all-black wheel treatment. Not a fan of that fad at all.

I sure hope KIA North America don't do the same thing offering the first wave of Carnival with some features missing until MY22. I'd love to get one as soon as it's available, but I'll wait to make sure I have all the features I want.

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Van Man

Discussion Starter · #4 · Jan 19, 2021

SK77X said:
I'm a fan of the new logo (and overall new branding), and it does look better on the new, more edgy Carnival. What I'm not totally feeling about the car is the cheese grater/chocolate block grille. I quite like the design shown during the original unveiling. Just not really feeling the concave (inward curved) look. But it is what it is.

What concerns me more is, the new Carnival is now available in Australia, and there are a few key omissions:

The full digital cockpit dash is not yet available. They are still using physical circular gauges for speedo/tach. There's a number of nifty advantages to the full digital dash, so I don't think I'd get the Carnival until the feature become available.

Due to COVID travel restrictions in Australia, Kia engineers did not have enough time to get the steering mapping fined tuned for the Australia market. May not be a big deal, but again, that's something unfinished.

Rain sensing wipers is not currently available

The top of the line Platinum models is only being offered with the all-black wheel treatment. Not a fan of that fad at all.

I sure hope KIA North America don't do the same thing offering the first wave of Carnival with some features missing until MY22. I'd love to get one as soon as it's available, but I'll wait to make sure I have all the features I want.

My guess is that the digital dash and the wipers are going to be available for US orders. A US Spec Carnival/Sedona was spotted and it has the black wheels and what looks like the digital dash.

US-spec Kia Carnival Spotted Uncovered

Korean Car Blog has new photos of what appears to be the US-Spec Carnival/Sedona. The California plates give it away. What's interesting is that it has Sedona badges on it instead of Carnival. https://thekoreancarblog.com/2021/01/19/us-spec-pre-production-kia-carnival-spied-undisguised/

www.sedonaforum.com

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