Kia Optima Part 2

[CRDLIBERTY]

no doubt hondas where cheap in 80's ditto. Only true nice cars come from germany best first best last. Kia doing ok

[coandcaiv]

hondas were kinda cheap in the 80's...but then again they were not asking bmw prices.....and hondas always last longer then german cars....i speak from lots of experience and ppl who own both

[tnsandins]

just got a black ex v6. very nice

[lovemykia]

Do you by any chance live in Northern Michigan?

[tnsandins]

haha far from it. atlanta georgia

[lovemykia]

Just wondering. I saw a black EX V6 being sold the other day at the Traverse City Michigan dealership.

[tnsandins]

nope not me. i saw on the commercials that the optima has a supervision metercluster. what is that?

[LordXenon101]

Love the car, Def Leppard...not as much..

Think I'm gonna buy me one of those as my next transport device :-)... With diesel power plant (Europe)

Wish you happy mottoring and lot's of problemfree miles.

[torrianis]

Kia just changed the Optima for 2009, I like the new dashboard, nav system, lights in the side mirrors. The front grille, inexplicably, is a copy of the Accord. HP on the 2.4 went up to 175 , on par with the Altima but 2 short of Accord. The 2.7 is at 190 HP. still no 3.3 from the Sonata.......

[lovemykia]

It should get 3.3. What Kia tried to do is incorporate Peter Schreyer's design into it, and it looked a lot better on paper. Wish they would have kept the guages. Blue backlight kicks the red's ass. Nav system is a good feature too. Just hopefully Kias don't get too expensive. I have noticed their prices climbing.

[torrianis]

Well.... in the late 70's Hondas were cheap too.......

[lovemykia]

I think that "Heaven Is" would have been a better one, because that car is heaven! The only thing it doesn't have is the V6.

[ponchochan]

Sharp! I like the red ones.

[torrianis]

Thats a good Def Leppard tune. i think you have all the options. i love the chrome door sills!!! i want them