The Kia Optima has been in the market for six years now and it replaced the older Kia Credos, the brand’s first-ever self-developed mid-size family sedan. Being a successor, the Optima offered a lot for the price and was essentially a rebadged Hyundai Sonatasedan. The Optima entered into its fourth-generation model in 2015 with a complete redesign.
For the 2016 model year as mentioned earlier, the Optima gets redesigned and adapts to the new design language taken up by Kia. With the update, the sedan gets three new engine choices and ranks as a hot-sedan in the highly competitive midsize sedan segment. The price starts at $22,140 and goes all the way up to $36,040. In the segment, the car competes with the Ford Fusion, Hyundai Sonata, and the Nissan Altima.