2020-04-25 11:47:29
Updates got to the Kia Optima Sedan
The official presentation of the next-generation Kia Optima was held this week in China.
The new Kia Optima is completely redesigned. Designer headlights give the car a more modern look, taillights placed in one unit, a sloping roof, a shortened luggage compartment lid.
The dimensions increased slightly, and the car became longer by 50 mm and wider by 25 mm (width 4 905 mm, length 1860 mm), the wheelbase increased by 45 mm to 2 850 mm.
Kia Optima in the Chinese market will be equipped with a one and a half liter turbocharged engine with a capacity of 176 'horses' or a two-liter turbocharged Smart Stream engine of 190 Hp. The variation of the hybrid motor built into the six-speed automatic will have a power of 195 Hp.
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