The automobile major Kia India has conducted price hikes across a range of its vehicle lines, starting April 1, 2022. They include the Seltos, Sonet, Carnival and the auto major’s most recently launched Kia Carens.
The price of the six or seven-seater Carens have been raised from Rs 20,000-70,000 for all of its different model variants.
The Kia Carens launched in mid-February 2022 comes in five trims, we will be covering more on it further in the article.
The auto maker’s latest multi-purpose vehicle launched this year was reported to have crossed over 50,000 bookings.
Kia Carens’ Price Hike in April
Kia India has hiked the prices of MPV Carens across all its variants, when no such official notification has been released by the carmaker, yet the price hike is visible on its official website.
Kia Carens is available is 5 variants, namely Premium, Prestige, Prestige Plus, Luxury, and Luxury Plus models, with the base (ex-showroom) price starting at Rs 9.6 lakh.
The models/variants have now undergone price hikes and we will provide you with the updated prices, as of April 5, 2022.
Here’s a quick look at the change in prices of “Carens Petrol” variant:
| Variant | Price Hike (Rs) | New Price (Rs) |
| Premium 7-seater 1.5 MT | 60,000 | 9.59 lakh |
| Premium 7-seater | 20,000 | 11.19 lakh |
| Prestige 7-seater | 70,000 | 10.69 lakh |
| Prestige+ 7-seater (Manual Transmission) | 40,000 | 13.89 lakh |
| Prestige+ 7-seater (DCT Transmission) | 20,000 | 14.79 lakh |
| Luxury 7-seater | 30,000 | 15.29 lakh |
| Luxury+ 6-seater | 45,000 | 17.44 lakh |
| Luxury+ 7-seater | 50,000 | 17.49 lakh |
Here’s a quick look at the change in prices of “Carens Diesel” variant:
| Variant | Price Hike (Rs) | New Price (Rs) |
| Premium 7-seater | 40,001 | 11.39 lakh |
| Prestige 7-seater | 60,000 | 12.59 lakh |
| Prestige+ 7-seater | 60,000 | 14.09 lakh |
| Luxury 7-seater | 50,000 | 15.49 lakh |
| Luxury+ 6-seater (Manual) | 55,001 | 16.74 lakh |
| Luxury+ 6-seater (Auto) | 65,000 | 17.64 lakh |
| Luxury+ 7-seater (Manual) | 60,001 | 16.79 lakh |
| Luxury+ 7-seater (Auto) | 70,000 | 17.69 lakh |
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