A mid-sized multi-purpose vehicle competing against such cars since the Renault Scenic and Ford’s C-Max, Carens is a five seater with flexible interior, the option of 1.8 petrol or 2.0 diesel engines and manual or automatic transmission, and handling and road holding that fall neatly to the core ‘perfectly adequate’ package.

The primary feature of Kia cars is a large amount of car because of not lots of money, and Carens continues that trend – model for model this car comes in a few thousand under its mainstream competitors.

Packaged with the expected features – remote locking, CCD, ac – should you aren’t thrilled by driving dynamics, this really is worth consideration.