{"id":48477,"date":"2023-04-28T12:03:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T16:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=48477"},"modified":"2023-04-28T12:03:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T16:03:22","slug":"kia-carnival-rooftop-pop-up-tent-turns-minivan-into-sleek-camper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=48477","title":{"rendered":"Kia Carnival rooftop pop-up tent turns minivan into sleek camper – Autoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kia Carnival<\/a> is a stylish and luxurious minivan<\/a> that doesn’t quite look like a minivan. It’s already quite a nice place to spend time with the brood, an activity made even easier now that there’s an aftermarket<\/a> firm building a roof-mounted pop-up tent specifically for the Carnival<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When retracted, the Unicamp Pop Top has a sleek profile like any number of rooftop cargo boxes. With the click of a button, which can be paired with a Kia<\/a> Smart Key, it expands into sleeping quarters on the car’s roof. It takes only five seconds to fully open or close electronically, and the 85 by 40-inch floorplan can sleep two adults.<\/p>\n

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Access to the tent area is granted from inside the van, so you never need to unlock or exit the car. However, the conversion does appear to be a one-way job, as a significant hole needs to be cut in the roof of the donor van. A padded divider with vents and integrated lighting then becomes both the headliner of the passenger compartment and the floor of the tent, which supports up to 485 pounds.<\/p>\n

The Unicamp costs $16,000 for now, but that’s a discounted introductory price. According to New Atlas<\/em><\/a>, the retail price will actually be $18,000. Unicamp also makes a $4,000 modular rear kitchen and bed that can be installed in the Carnival’s cargo area.<\/p>\n

Add in the $34,235 to $47,335 for the Carnival itself (including a $1,335 destination charge), and you can have a complete camper van<\/a> setup starting at $55,000, which isn’t bad for a brand new build. Of course, it’s not as spacious as a Sprinter, but it’ll be more luxurious and easier to drive. You could also remove the seats you don’t need.<\/p>\n

We were impressed with the Carnival’s car-like steering, plush interior, and many creature comforts and safety features when we test drove it<\/a>. If you don’t need a ton of space, this could make a compelling alternative and you might actually enjoy getting to the destination as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kia Carnival is a stylish and luxurious minivan that doesn’t quite look like a minivan. It’s already quite a nice place to spend time with the brood, an activity made even easier now that there’s an aftermarket firm building a roof-mounted pop-up tent specifically for the Carnival.\u00a0 When retracted, the Unicamp Pop Top has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}