Kia Carens Clavis HTE
1.5L Smartstream Petrol · 6-speed manual
Aurora Black Pearl
Vehicle images: Kia India official media assets (kia.com/in)
Powertrain
Unhurried but honest: the budget way into the Clavis, happiest in town and never sold above the sunroof trims
Features
Safety
- Airbags
- 6
- Electronic stability control
- ✓
- All-wheel disc brakes
- ✓
- ISOFIX child seat anchorages
- ✓
- Tyre pressure monitor
- ✓
- Hill descent control
- -
- Rear parking camera
- -
- 360° camera
- -
- Front parking sensors
- -
- Blind spot monitor
- -
- ADAS
- -
- SOS call
- -
Exterior
- Headlamps
- Halogen
- Wheel size
- 16"
- Wheel type
- Steel
- LED fog lamps
- -
- Roof rails
- -
- Sequential indicators
- -
- Rear fog lamp
- -
- Puddle lamps
- -
Infotainment
- Touchscreen
- 8"
- Wireless CarPlay / Android Auto
- -
- Wired CarPlay / Android Auto
- ✓
- Speakers
- 4
- Premium sound system
- -
- Surround sound (Dolby Atmos)
- -
- Driver display
- Semi-digital
- Connected car tech
- -
- Vehicle-to-load (V2L)
- -
- Tri-screen cabin layout
- -
Comfort & Convenience
- Cruise control
- -
- Electronic parking brake + auto hold
- -
- Auto climate (single zone)
- -
- Dual-zone climate control
- -
- Sunroof
- -
- Auto headlamps
- -
- Auto-folding wing mirrors
- -
- Rain-sensing wipers
- -
- Rear wiper & washer
- -
- Rear defogger
- -
- Rear window sunshades
- -
- Rear centre armrest with cupholders
- ✓
- Cooled glovebox
- -
- Ventilated front seats
- -
- Rear ventilated seats
- -
- Second-row captain seats
- -
- Third-row AC vents
- ✓
- Height-adjustable driver seat
- -
- Powered driver seat
- -
- Driver seat memory
- -
- Wireless phone charger
- -
- Head-up display
- -
- Ambient lighting
- -
- Boss mode (front seat fold)
- -
- Drive modes
- -
- Regenerative braking
- -
- Terrain modes
- -
- Frequency-selective dampers
- -
- Air purifier
- -
- Auto-dimming mirror
- -
- 60:40 split rear seat
- ✓
- Rear USB-C ports
- -
- Leatherette upholstery
- ✓
Dimensions
Key specifications
- Fuel tank
- 45 litres
- Boot space
- 216 litres (645 with rear seats folded)
- Seating
- 7 seats, 3 rows
What the HTE Petrol MT costs on the road
The price above is the sticker. With road tax, registration and the rest of the charges counted in, the HTE Petrol MT comes to ₹11,86,420 on the road in Itanagar and ₹13,66,275 in Bengaluru.
Road tax is set by the state rather than by the maker, so where you register decides ₹1,79,855 of what you pay for the identical car. Of the 25 states we can price this variant in, Arunachal Pradesh comes out lowest and Karnataka highest. You pay it where you live, so take this as a reason to check the quote you were given, not as a way to save money.
Comprehensive own-damage cover is on top of both figures: it has been market-priced since 2007 and moves with the insurer, the cover value and your no-claim bonus, so no honest single number exists for it. Budget for it from real quotes.
The full Itanagar breakdown →The Bengaluru one →Kia Carens Clavis on-road price, state by state →
The full story
Going all the way to the top X-Line would buy you level 2 (full suite) ADAS, 360° camera and blind spot monitor, and 30 more.
₹11.27L ex-showroom Delhi makes this the cheapest Carens Clavis there is, ₹96,000 below the next one up. It is also the cheapest of the 2 ways into HTE: the same kit as the HTE Diesel MT for ₹1.97L less. Stepping up to HTE (O) from here starts at ₹96,000 more and buys rear parking camera and wireless CarPlay / Android Auto among 5 additions.
More about the HTE trim
The floor of the Clavis: 6 airbags, all-disc brakes and roof vents for both back rows, on steel wheels.
Kia Carens Clavis HTE: the questions people ask
Price, on-road total, engine and what this trim goes without.
- What is the price of the Kia Carens Clavis HTE Petrol MT?
- ₹11.27L, ex-showroom Delhi. That makes it the cheapest of the 26 variants, ₹96,000 below the HTE (O) Petrol MT.
- What is the on-road price of the Kia Carens Clavis HTE Petrol MT?
- Expect ₹11,86,420 in Itanagar and ₹13,66,275 in Bengaluru. Road tax is set by the state rather than by the maker, so the identical car costs ₹1,79,855 more at one end of the country than the other. That is the sticker plus road tax, registration and the rest of the charges, across the 25 states we have verified. It does not include comprehensive own-damage cover, which every insurer prices differently.
- Which engine and gearbox does the Kia Carens Clavis HTE Petrol MT have?
- The Petrol, 115 PS, with the 6-speed manual. The maker's figure for it is 15.3 km/l.
- What features does the Kia Carens Clavis HTE Petrol MT get?
- The kit worth naming on this trim: Airbags (6), Electronic stability control, All-wheel disc brakes, ISOFIX child seat anchorages, Tyre pressure monitor and Wheel size (16").
- What does the Kia Carens Clavis HTE Petrol MT miss out on?
- The HTE (O) above it adds rear parking camera, wireless CarPlay / Android Auto, speakers (6 against 4), auto headlamps and 1 more, for ₹96,000 more.
- Is the HTE the right Carens Clavis to buy?
- That depends on where the value sits across the whole range rather than on this trim alone, and we work it out variant by variant on our Kia Carens Clavis which-variant page. The short version: pay for a step only where the kit it adds is kit you would actually use.