Kia Carnival vs Toyota Sienna

Keep Your Littles Ones Protected

One of the biggest features you’ll be looking for when you’re considering a new set of wheels for your family is safety. The Kia Carnival and Toyota Sienna are prepared to keep you and your family out of harm’s way with the following standard safety features:

• Forward Collision Avoidance-Assist with Pedestrian Detection
• Lane Departure Warning
• Lane Keeping Assist
• Lane Following Assist
• High Beam Assist

Of course, when it comes to your children, you can never be too safe, so the Carnival also has standard Safe Exit Assist. If you park on a city street and your kids need to exit onto the road, this system can alert you to approaching cars, so they can stay put until the coast in clear.

Unfortunately, this added peace of mind is not available when you choose the Toyota Sienna.

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Space for All Your Essentials

With three rows of seating, the Carnival and Sienna make space for your entire family—but what about their gear?

Backpacks, school projects, and soccer equipment all have a place in the trunk of your Kia Carnival, with 40.2 cubic feet of cargo room behind the third row. You may find it to be a tight fit in the Sienna, with only 33.5 cubic feet of cargo space.

However, if more room is needed in the Toyota Sienna, simply configure the rear seats to meet your needs. When both are folded flat, you’ll have 101 cubic feet of room to fit that new futon you just picked up.

Go ahead and get that new rug and lamp with the Carnival though, since it has 145.1 cubic feet of maximum cargo room.

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Stay Connected to Your Kids

While three rows of seating are handy for letting your kids spread out during road trips, you may find yourself raising your voice to stay in communication. Instead, add on Driver & Passenger Talk to the Kia Carnival and Toyota Sienna and your voice will be amplified through the rear speakers.

You may prefer how connected the Carnival keeps you over the Sienna, since it also has Passenger View with Night Vision available. This system gives you live video of your kids in the backseat, so you can keep an eye on them at all times.

Unfortunately, there’s no camera view available in the Sienna to help you watch out for your precious cargo.