The cars, compared

Innova Hycross or Kia Carnival.

The quietest seven-seater against the longest. Count the guests and the cases, and the answer is usually already made.

One is the quietest seven-seater the house owns; the other is the longest. The question is not which is better but how many of you there are, and what you are carrying.

Guests · cases
Hycross4 · 3Carnival4 · 4 — or 6 with hand luggage
The doors
HycrossHingedCarnivalSliding — no door swings into a porch or a lane
The step in
HycrossA small step upCarnivalA low floor; the easiest car in the house for an elder or a knee
The cabin
HycrossCaptain seats, a hush, a hybrid’s silenceCarnivalThe longest cabin; the third row is a real row
The length
Hycross4.76 mCarnival5.16 m — forty centimetres more to park and to turn
Choose it for
HycrossA working day, four in comfortCarnivalA family and its luggage, a wedding party, parents arriving with everything
The least booking
HycrossTwo hoursCarnivalFour hours

The honest verdict

Take the HycrossFor four or fewer, with ordinary luggage, on any day you want quiet. It is lighter on its feet in a lane and does not need a four-hour booking.
Take the CarnivalFor six, for four with a lot of luggage, for an elder who should not climb, for a wedding morning when the doors must open wide. Its sliding doors and low floor are the kindest in the house.
NeitherFor more than six, or for a group that wants to travel together: the house sends two cars with a sarathi in each, moving together — see Together.

Reserve the Hycross or the CarnivalTell the house how many of you and how many cases; it will say which.

Questions guests ask

Can the Kia Carnival take six people with luggage?
Six with hand luggage, or four with four large cases. For six and four large cases, the house sends two cars.
Which is better for elderly parents?
The Carnival: a low floor, sliding doors that open wide, and a seat that does not ask for a climb. Our page for parents arriving says more.
Why does the Carnival need four hours?
It is the house’s Limousine class, sent with its own preparation; four hours is the least booking, as for the Fortuner.

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