2011 Kia Optima

[MBrown]

WOW!
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/13/new-york-2010-preview-next-generation-kia-optima-unveiled/

 

[Arkaign]

Derivative of course, but I think it's a big improvement.

 

[Falloutboy]

god koreans seems to always make cars that look like a bastard love child of every popular car in a certain car segment. looks good, but its nothing original

 

[VinylxScratches]

Looks like a Scion TC front with a Accord body.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Those wheels are fugly to me but I love the look. Who cares about the haters claiming its a ripoff. The body *is* different total.

"I hate most televisions. They all rip off the styling of the flat panel. Always a flat, black panel. Therefore I automatically hate on it because it's not original. I demand the wheel always be reinvented ."

/AT

 

[ElFenix]

front looks like the forte. rear has some lexus IS going on with the lights extended.



side air extractors are played out.

 

[Throckmorton]

Looks awesome.

I see people on the internets claiming it looks like an Accord. WTF? It's totally different. Not a single element is even similar.

 

[VinylxScratches]

I STAND BY MY WORDS!

 

[jpeyton]

Any chance they're improving the interior quality with the new model year? Even the 2011 Sonata has some hard plastics on the inside, and it's supposedly more "upscale" than the Optima.

 

[Throckmorton]

The only thing it has in common with the Scion is slanty headlights, which is a styling feature shared with a LOT of vehicles. The only thing in common with the Accord is... it has 4 wheels

 

[RU482]

doesn't every automaker have some variation of that design?

 

[TruePaige]

Every Kia every person I have ever known has owned has been a piece of crap.

Anecdotal, I know, but Kia equates to a total lack of quality in my mind.

 

[PhoKingGuy]

It looks like a whale from the front

 

[Chunkee]

Any chance they're improving the interior quality with the new model year? Even the 2011 Sonata has some hard plastics on the inside, and it's supposedly more "upscale" than the Optima.

every car has hard plastics...hello my g35 has the, silverado has them, and kia has them.. who does not have hard plastics?

 

[Chunkee]

It looks like a whale from the front

there is a surprise from you... i think we know from you, if it is not a kraut car, you do not like it...esp. VW.

 

[PhoKingGuy]

there is a surprise from you... i think we know from you, if it is not a kraut car, you do not like it...esp. VW.

You must have missed the thread where I said I like Fords new designs and the new Accord coupe a lot.

 

[HannibalX]

I really hate those stupid fender scoops.

 

[jpeyton]

Jesus H. Christ

 

[BUTCH1]

Looks nice, but it seems like a lot of car makers are forgetting visibility for the sake of style nowadays, I hate driving any vehicle that has crappy visibility..

 

[StageLeft]

I think it looks very sharp but:

1) Gills on a car don't look good now and never did.
2) The wheels are a bit much. With slightly less attention whoring wheels the car would look sweet.

As is I still give a positive rating.

Looks nice, but it seems like a lot of car makers are forgetting visibility for the sake of style nowadays, I hate driving any vehicle that has crappy visibility..

Holy fvck have you driven a 2010 Prius? Ours has a blind spot the size of a damned jumbo jet, honest to God it is RIDICULOUS. I hate backing that thing up. Changing lanes is one thing but I cannot see where TF I am going when I back it up, it's got a tiny port hole back window.

 

[MJinZ]

I think it looks very sharp but:

1) Gills on a car don't look good now and never did.
2) The wheels are a bit much. With slightly less attention whoring wheels the car would look sweet.

As is I still give a positive rating.Holy fvck have you driven a 2010 Prius? Ours has a blind spot the size of a damned jumbo jet, honest to God it is RIDICULOUS. I hate backing that thing up. Changing lanes is one thing but I cannot see where TF I am going when I back it up, it's got a tiny port hole back window.

You mean fender vents... and unless they are functional, the are disgusting.

Whole car looks good but again, you see Sonata rear end, Forte front end, and body taken from many other cars before it.

 

[Lonyo]

Looks much better in red than the silver of the OP pics.

 

[StageLeft]

You mean fender vents... and unless they are functional, the are disgusting.

Whole car looks good but again, you see Sonata rear end, Forte front end, and body taken from many other cars before it.

They look like gills from a fish to me In the side shot in first post it reminds me of a lexus at the very back. And in the red one it reminds me maybe of that tesla sedan.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Very unoriginal looking. Meh.

 

[angry hampster]

Every Kia every person I have ever known has owned has been a piece of crap.

Anecdotal, I know, but Kia equates to a total lack of quality in my mind.

Go drive a late-model Optima. I was pleasantly surprised.