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One of the new models that flew under the radar at this week's 2012 Beijing Motor Show is Kia's China-only Grand VQ-R, which is a long wheelbase version of the Carnival minivan, known as the Sedona in some markets including the U.S.
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- New Audi A8 L With Long Wheelbase And 500hp 6.3-liter W12
This here is the long wheelbase version of the all-new, fourth-generation Audi A8 that will debut at the this month's Beijing Motor Show in China with a new 6.3-liter W12 engine. Ingolstadt's flagship limo has an overall length of 5,267 millimeters...
- New Volvo S80l With Long-wheelbase Introduced In China
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Cars
Kia Carnival Minivan gets the Procrustean Stretch for the Chinese Market
One of the new models that flew under the radar at this week's 2012 Beijing Motor Show is Kia's China-only Grand VQ-R, which is a long wheelbase version of the Carnival minivan, known as the Sedona in some markets including the U.S.
Like the Sedona, the VQ-R has a 130mm longer wheelbase than the Carnival at 3,020mm as well as a 190mm longer rear overhang. The seven-seater minivan measures 5,130mm long, which makes its 320mm longer than the existing short wheelbase VQ / Carnival.
Read more »- Kia Drops All-new Grand Carnival From 41 Ft In Vertical Crash Test
Since minivan owners often make safety their number one priority, KIA thought to crash-test the Grand Carnival (Sedona) by dropping it from a height of 12.6 meters (41 feet). Read more »...
- New Kia Sedona Minivan Nabbed Undisguised In The Flesh
The next generation of Kia's new Sedona minivan, also marketed as the Carnival MPV in Europe, South Korea and other countries and regions around the world, has popped up on our radar in its real life form, some 24 hours before the big reveal at the...
- Kia Drops A Second Teaser Of All-new Sedona / Carnival Minivan
Kia is rounding out the teaser game for the new generation 2015 Sedona (otherwise known as the Carnival) just before the big reveal in New York next week with the release of a second drawing and some additional information on the minivan. Read more...
- New Audi A8 L With Long Wheelbase And 500hp 6.3-liter W12
This here is the long wheelbase version of the all-new, fourth-generation Audi A8 that will debut at the this month's Beijing Motor Show in China with a new 6.3-liter W12 engine. Ingolstadt's flagship limo has an overall length of 5,267 millimeters...
- New Volvo S80l With Long-wheelbase Introduced In China
European automakers are doing their best to fulfill the 'procrustean fantasies' of Chinese buyers who seem to find the executive-feeling of a long-wheelbase sedan completely irresistible. Following Audi and its LWB A4 sedan, Volvo presented the...