My DD - 2011 Kia Optima

[blacksrt]

yeah I went and looked at one a while back. Sat in it. Real nice interior.

Apparently the head, or a, designer from Audi left to work for KIA a few years back. He was in charge of the design for the Optima.

True! Audi's chief designer left and went to Kia............ We'll continue to see some very nice rides from Kia in the future. :rockon:

 

[blacksrt]

This is the color of hers!

Trust me when I say, "once you get past the "kia" stigma, one will be quite happy with their purchase."

 

[wma8706]

 

[Crazy Ray]

Had a friend who bought one. I was impress with it, that I brought a 2012. Like it better then the Honda Accord.

 

[96 cobra]

Very nice! looks a bit like a 3/4 scale csl...

http://mercedesbenzcls63.info/images/Mercedes-Benz_CLS63_Side2.jpg

 

[20redfire03]

I never considerd one of these when I was buying my DD. They dont look to bad but I ended up going with a 2011 Focus. May not look as sharp in some areas as the KIA but atleast its a FORD :rockon:

 

[CBrowning84]

True! Audi's chief designer left and went to Kia............ We'll continue to see some very nice rides from Kia in the future. :rockon:

Very interesting! That explains a lot! I love that color blue that your wife has, I wish I could have got that color or a little darker, but I do like the dark rims with this color silver.

 

[CBrowning84]

I never considerd one of these when I was buying my DD. They dont look to bad but I ended up going with a 2011 Focus. May not look as sharp in some areas as the KIA but atleast its a FORD :rockon:

I really wish I could have afforded the Taurus but between all my needs this car seemed to fit the bill the best. Oh well :shrug:

 

[low03tb]

19's, lowered, tint, stereo, blah blah blah.

I need some better pictures, but here's what I have.

Never thought I would have bought a KIA but I gotta say, 50k miles and no problems, good MPG (I drive about 750mi/week) and decent power for a 4-banger (lol). And I must say, it looks dang good for a Kia. I've had several people tell me it looks like a Mercedes or something :lol1:

Looks good. Those are 19's though?? Those suckers look pretty darn small on there!

This is the color of hers!

Trust me when I say, "once you get past the "kia" stigma, one will be quite happy with their purchase."

Love this color. What wheels are those too? Looks real good

Yes.

 

[CBrowning84]

Looks good. Those are 19's though?? Those suckers look pretty darn small on there!

Yep, 19's! That blue car has 20's. A tad much for my taste, and 18's were just too small lol :thumbsup:

I think the shadows make the wheels look smaller, I'll have to get some better pics sometime.

 

[sonic_4.6]

Nice car. I just joined the Optima club too. This is my 2nd newer Kia. Man I love these cars. The torque management sucks huge balls on the turbo, so hopefully someone comes out with a decent tune pretty soon.

 

[sonic_4.6]

What are you seeing for mileage? I took an N/A Optima on a 200 mile trip and averaged 30mpg while going 80-95mph most of the way in the middle of nowhere. Haha. It was doing 36mpg before I kicked up the speeds.

I took my turbo Optima out of town last night. Averaged 36.1mpg at 67ish mph, but once I hit 75mph roads and then cruised around town for a while it was back down to 34mpg. The car has 400 miles on it.

 

[93.SVT.BLK/BLK]

Did you tell everyone how your traded a mint Sonic Blue 03 for it ? lol

 

[devin1986]

Did you tell everyone how your traded a mint Sonic Blue 03 for it ? lol

That would be tough for me. They are nice cars though. My friend's optima kept up pretty well when I was n/a.

 

[REPCobra10]

That is a sharp looking car, brother! I see those cars around here from time to time, but I've never seen one lowered with aftermarket wheels. I like the way they look from the factory, but it looks so much better lowered with aftermarket wheels.:beer: Good job!

 

[Ducci]

These cars look better than I thought. I never really paid any attention to them till now.