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John Faulkner is Road Test Editor at Clean Fleet Report. He has more than 30 years’ experience branding, launching and marketing automobiles. He has worked with General Motors (all Divisions), Chrysler (Dodge, Jeep, Eagle), Ford and Lincoln-Mercury, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan and Toyota on consumer events and sales training programs. His interest in automobiles is broad and deep, beginning as a child riding in the back seat of his parent’s 1950 Studebaker. He is a journalist member of the Motor Press Guild and Western Automotive Journalists.

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2925 Kia Carnival Hybrid

Flash Drive: 2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid

The 2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid’s clean, class-bending styling, with a comfortable interior and convenient and desirable seating and storage flexibility, is what anyone could hope for from a minivan that isn’t a minivan.