Well Kia’s only gone and made it. Sort of. It’s called the Optima Sportswagon now ... You get stacks of kit for you money, too. The GT-Line S comes with an extensive equipment list that ...

Yet Kia has seen a market opportunity to spice up its Optima range with a new, more powerful GT model – and we’ve been driving it for the first time in Sportwagon form. Forget the GT-Line S.

Although styling is similar to the previous model, the Kia Optima got a major redesign for the 2016 model year including ... It accelerates well off the line but struggles a bit when asked to ...

The 2016 Kia Optima went mainstream during its makeover ... "There's a surprising amount of turbo lag off the line with the SXL," Christian Seabaugh said. Confirming the test numbers objectively ...

Fourteen years ago, Kia was last on ... are now above that line, while anything in the touch zone is below. While still an affordable four-door sedan, the 2016 Optima feels more luxurious than ...

The Optima has been Kia’s offering in this class for the past ... The petrol-only version, the 2.0 T-GDi GT, claims an average of just 34.4mpg. It’s the 1.7 diesel that will be the most ...

Alistair Kennedy road tests and reviews the Kia Optima GT with specs, fuel consumption and verdict. We recently reported on Kia’s success in the 2016 JD Power Initial Quality Study (IQS), the USA car ...

That's Kia's slogan ... I cross-shopped the Optima with the Mazda 6, Ford Mondeo, Subaru Liberty and Toyota Camry. The decision was easier than I expected. The Optima Gt is a "full house ...

So it is with the 2016 Kia Optima. While the outgoing model set the style standard for the South Korean brand, it also delivered in terms of quality, comfort and driving enjoyment.There’s reason ...

The Kia Optima has been totally redesigned for 2016. Cars, as with Americans ... As it rolled off Kia’s West Point, Georgia, assembly line, our Optima EX test car weighed in at a claimed ...