New York 2008: Kia debuts 2009 Optima
by John Neff (RSS feed) on Mar 20th, 2008 at 10:17AM
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Kia Optima.The most exciting thing at Kia's press conference today was undoubtedly the KOUP Concept, but sharing the stage and as an automotive wall flower was the redesigned 2009 Kia Optima. The last-gen Optima, not all that old itself, was derided by some for being blandly designed. Kia claims to have corrected this for '09, but dipped into the derivative styling bin to do it. Though all the sheetmetal is new, the '09 Optima still looks as interesting as white bread. New for next year, however, is a "sport" model designated the SX (no innuendos... Read More
