2024 Kia Carnival: Is This The Best Minivan Money Can Buy?

Today I drive and review the 2024 Kia Carnival!

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[frankb.]

Minivans are better in every way over SUV’s. If people wouldn’t be so proud, there would be minivans all over the place, especially with families. But of course, impressing others takes priority over function for most people.

[edaddyxhansonjr]

We have a 2022. Same package. EX. All that. Can't say enough about it. Been absolutely fantastic. Drive it from central ohio to Orlando last summer. 3 adults. 2 kids. And a ton of stuff. Handled the trip like a champion. More than enough power through the mountains. Everyone was very comfortable. We see 29mpg regularly on back roads going up to Sandusky in the summer.

Super solid vehicle. No problems, only been to the dealer for oil change changes.

[edaddyxhansonjr]

Also, something he didn't touch on was the lane keep function. Not the lane departure (which works well) but the -steers itself while you're going down the road function. It works really well too. There is an icon for it. When it's green it means the system recognizes what it needs to, to be able to steer the vehicle. Hands off and it makes corrections to keep the vehicle centered in the lane. I bit unnerving but once you commit to putting your life in the hands of software (lol) it's kinda fun. It will prompt you to put your hands back on the wheel, so not entirely death defying

[ChrisTreborn]

Just your 2024 last Sunday because they can’t make enough 2023 carnivals. This vehicle is amazing & fits our family of 7 perfectly.

[brucemoore]

Also too bad you don't mention the features by model level, LX, EX, SX.

[markhall]

2024 SX Prestige here.. trick is to buy it at MSRE. Dealers often mark the SXP up. Clearly, The BEST MiniVan. Toyota and Honda got some work to do.

[adamben-shimon]

This is a very nice looking minivan! They are not expensive and I will be buying one soon.

[phils]

Love it! I currently have a odyssey, don’t think I will be going with Honda again as they havnt made much changes…overall love the Honda but I do love the way this looks and the setup looks a lot better, cleaner and more elegant….need the TV package on this though for those 20 hour long trips to Florida, 3 times a year.

[reyesurricochea]

I was on 23 May 2023 with Peter Gabriel's Down To Earth (Samuel Vincent Remix) with a silver '12 Hyundai Accent on HEB Linconl!

[charliethesupebeagle]

How did you manage to get your hands at one of the 8 units Kia brought to America?

[justacinnamonbun]

Something very important he missed, on the Kia website says it's "GDI and MPI" but when I click on "see window sticker" it says GDI V6 only. Which is it?? Because that would make all the difference if I buy a car or not, I'm not buying just a GDI engine, this is why I checked out a Telluride but the 3.8 V6 it has is strictly GDI injection.

[new_nonsense]

For a minivan it does lack space in the front console compared to its competition.

[scrappychildhood]

Toyato is skill King yet upset no removeable seats since 2020

[MGFirewater]

Why no manufactur sell vans like the carnival in Europe?

[valeriecajayon]

The 2024 hasn't been safety tested yet so I'd buy something else

[kevtd]

2:01 what’s with that rug, carpet thing in the back? Didn’t seem to fit if it’s intended to be a liner for the back storage area.

[matthewgeissinger]

Didn’t the EX lose a few standard options for 2024?

[Mav_F]

I think the Ceramic Silver looks too plastic for me.

[brucemoore]

Too bad you felt the need to rush the video! Did you have an appointment to keep?

[Superman-xroh]

But it's a Kia though...

7:04 "Even thoug the seats don't have ac function".

You mean ventilated, right? Air conditioned seats are totally different from ventilated seats.