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KIA CARENS CLAVIS
BBC TopGear India
|November 2025
THIS DIWALI SURPRISED US WITH RAIN, because the universe decided diyas and fireworks weren't enough, we needed a water element too.
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₹11.07 LAKH [ONWARDS, EX-SHOWROOM).
WHY WAS IT HERE? To take on the festive chaos as a practical, dependable family runabout..
DRIVER: SIDDHESH PATIL.
So naturally, I found myself behind the wheel of the newest TG Garage member, the Kia Carens Clavis, capable of carrying family, gifts, and enough luggage to suggest a relocation mission.
Across five days and roughly 450 kilometres, the Clavis quietly did its job. Visiting multiple relatives I realised that the Korean MPV wasn’t dramatic nor was flashy, just dependable in that unbothered, middle-child sort of way. Early morning errands, midnight joyrides, or navigating chaotic firecrackers filled roads, it took it all on the chin.
This story is from the November 2025 edition of BBC TopGear India.
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