2011 Next-Gen Kia Optima Sports Sedan - Automotive News

The next generation Kia Optima is set to make its world premiere at the 2010 New York International Auto Show. "The next generation of Kia Optima possesses the power to surprise," says Peter Schreyer, Kia's Chief Design Officer. "It's a car that people will simply not expect from Kia - and that's exactly what we set out to achieve." Kia has officially unveiled the next Optima four-door coupe, ahead of the full reveal set to take place at the 2010 New York Auto Show. Kia’s new flagship sedan/coupe looks to be a far more attractive and far more worthy of a flagship designation.

2011 Kia Optima

Just weeks ago Kia released new sketches of the approaching 2011 Magentis 4-door coupe ? Presently known as the Optima sedan in America. The sketches appearance to be especially true to the now authentic pictures that have been launched ahead of the entire screen set for the upcoming 2010 New York Auto Show. The saloon exudes an athletic self assurance from each angle - its raked roofline, excessive and reported shoulder line of its sculpted flanks and its prolonged wheelbase are complemented by using flared wheelarches and a shallow glasshouse that create a saloon with a muscular, self-confident stance. The hanging visage of the car features a brand new interpretation of Kia's bold 'tiger' family face it is edged by using piercing projector headlamps.

2011 Kia Optima

The Kia Optima is currently the flagship sedan for the automaker and the next model gains considerable changes in the exterior cosmetics department. The outgoing Optima is a fairly tame sedan, but Kia is replacing its sedan with a much sportier silhouette – much more akin to a coupe, than a sedan. So much so, Kia says the 2011 Optima will be labeled as a 4-door coupe, rather than a sedan. Following the theme of recent model revisions, new Kia Optima is longer, lower and wider than before, the Kia's coupe-like profile is enhanced by the sweeping chrome arc that flows from A to C pillar, a distinctive design motif that visually lowers the car further still and enhances its cab-backwards proportions.

2011 Kia Optima

In addition to noticeably overhauling the general styling path of the Magentis/Optima, Kia says that it will be bringing its next flagship sedan/coupe towards the floor with a decrease stance, in addition to giving it a wider and extra strong stance to go long with its longer wheelbase. Kia says the quit result is a four-door coupe that has extra room for its occupants and load alike, in addition to a more planted riding dynamic. "For this car we started out with a smooth sheet and labored to gain an outside layout with a European feeling and stance," explains Gregory Guillaume, Chief Designer, Kia Europe. To assist attain this, the outdoors became designed by means of his crew in Frankfurt. The indoors changed into created by using the design group in California.

2011 Kia Optima

Power-smart, the Optima will use the same engines as the 2011 Sonata and may be offered in four and six-cylinder variations. The four-cylinder presenting, have to it come from the 2011 Sonata, could be a 2.4-liter top for two hundred horsepower and 186 lb.-toes of torque ? All of the while getting as a whole lot as 35 miles in line with gallon on the motorway. The new D-segment presenting is spacious, and with elegance-main levels of protection and luxury system, the intelligently configured and motive force-orientated cabin underlines a newfound poise and presence. "This new model embodies Kia's confident new design route," says Schreyer. "It's a global automobile with man or woman enchantment."

The 2011 Kia Optima is expected to hit the market in the fall of 2010, with a hybrid version possibly available at lunch, or relatively soon after.