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The 2023 Kia Carens has been updated with a new 1.5-litre turbo-petrol engine in place of the older 1.4-litre unit. The carmaker has also replaced the six-speed manual gearbox with a six-speed iMT on the turbo-petrol and diesel variants. Moreover, all engine options are now RDE-compliant. Here we detail how the turbo-petrol DCT performs in the real world.
Kia Carens 1.5 Turbo-petrol DCT acceleration time
0-60kmph
0-100kmph
According to our VBOX figures, the Carens took 5.01 seconds to complete the 0-60kmph run, while the 0-100kmph sprint was completed in 10.42 seconds. This shows how quickly and efficiently the Carens can get away from traffic. This figure is good for a car that weighs 1,460kg.
How is the driveability of the Kia Carens 1.5 Turbo-petrol DCT?
20-80kmph in kick-down
40-100kmph in kick-down
So, when it came to the crucial test of driveability, the 20-80kmph kick-down was completed in 6.17 seconds and the 40-100kmph run was done in 7.63 seconds. It shows that it has sufficient pulling power which is especially needed when overtaking vehicles.
