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 imminent 2011 Magentis four-door coupe ? Presently called the Optima sedan in America. The sketches appearance to be very true to the now respectable photographs that have been released in advance of the total display set for the upcoming 2010 New York Auto Show. The saloon exudes an athletic self assurance from each attitude - its raked roofline, excessive and suggested shoulder line of its sculpted flanks and its extended wheelbase are complemented by 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 truly is edged through 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 significantly overhauling the overall styling course of the Magentis/Optima, Kia says that it will likely be bringing its next flagship sedan/coupe closer to the floor with a decrease stance, further to giving it a wider and more stable stance to head long with its longer wheelbase. Kia says the cease end result is a 4-door coupe that has greater room for its occupants and cargo alike, in addition to a greater planted using dynamic. "For this car we started with a easy sheet and labored to attain an outside design with a European feeling and stance," explains Gregory Guillaume, Chief Designer, Kia Europe. To assist attain this, the outside became designed by means of his crew in Frankfurt. The indoors become created via the design group in California.

2011 Kia Optima

Power-sensible, the Optima will use the equal engines as the 2011 Sonata and could be supplied in 4 and 6-cylinder variations. The 4-cylinder imparting, should it come from the 2011 Sonata, can be a 2.4-liter true for 2 hundred horsepower and 186 lb.-ft of torque ? All of the at the same time as getting as a whole lot as 35 miles consistent with gallon on the toll road. The new D-segment imparting is spacious, and with class-leading ranges of protection and comfort system, the intelligently configured and driver-orientated cabin underlines a newfound poise and presence. "This new model embodies Kia's confident new layout path," says Schreyer. "It's a international car with person appeal."

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.