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by Brian Afuang
Pretty soon all these talk about
Korean made cars being cheap but somewhat compromised alternatives
to the mainstream Japanese brands will be over—and make that
sooner than later. Or even now, as we found out when Columbian
Autocar Corp., the country’s distributor of the Kia marque, staged
a spectacular 20-car fleet, multifaceted test drive event on April
14 on its newest model, the Carens.
Now just what exactly is the
Carens?
According to Kia, the Carens is
for the fashionably termed “active lifestyle” families, a
vehicle that’s a fusion of the car-like ride and people hauling
traits of an MPV and the stylish, outdoorsy functionality of an SUV—a
crossover, if you will. Columbian Autocar’s president and COO
Felix Mabilog, in his welcome remarks, says the Carens name itself
should explain what the vehicle is all about: Car and renaissance.
The car reborn.
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