THE Kia Carnival has grown in popularity as the value entrant among the large, petrol people-movers, and earlier this year was joined by the long-wheelbase Grand Carnival turbo-diesel CRDi. This new version of the Grand Carnival adds to the model’s strengths of spacious eight-occupant capacity and generous luggage room an efficient four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine. This will help keep working families on a tight budget from running up big weekly fuel bills, but the entry price at this level – more than $50k for the Platinum model – is high.