Kia India has announced the winners and runner-ups for the ‘The Carens Drive’. Supervised and certified by the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI), the drive witnessed 22 Carens customers competing on an 84-Km drive to derive the best mileage from their cars and was flagged off from Stellar Gymkhana in Greater Noida till Jewar.
According to a press release from Kia India, the drive witnessed Carens in four categories: petrol and diesel powertrains mated with manual and automatic transmissions.
Each winner was felicitated with INR one Lakh and runners-up with INR 50 thousand in each category, Kia India said. Each of the Kia Carens had at least three people on board, and the highest mileage claimed was 29. 8 kmpl by Vipin Tyagi with his diesel manual variant of the RV, while the average mileage achieved by all participants stood at 23.5 kmpl.
Hardeep Singh Brar, VP & Head of Sales & Marketing, Kia India, said, “At Kia, it is our constant endeavour to not only come up with class-leading products but also provide a customised brand experience to our esteemed customers at regular intervals. ‘The Carens Drive’ is another initiative towards the same.”
Notably, the release said that the drive was conducted under the stewardship of veteran auto analyst Tutu Dhawan, who said that the mileage the customers have achieved with three or more people sitting in the vehicle testifies to its quality engineering. “I opine that Carens is one of the best family-movers in India has got in recent times,” he added.