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If we’re talking about mid-size sedan in the United States, the first nameplate that springs to mind is the Camry. Toyota sells a lot of them every year despite the growing demand for SUVs and trucks, ...

As sedan sales sink and many automakers continue to abandon ship, others are finding new ways to inject life into the sputtering segment. Kia, for example, is trying a name change. Its Optima mid-size ...

Kia has dropped the Optima and replaced it with the K5, a more sport-themed design. The K5 is, for all intents, a “new” Optima in that it has an all-new design, but takes lots of cues from the ...

"Tiger Nose Evolution" may sound like an indie band name, but it's what Kia is calling its new corporate face. Chris Paukert Former executive editor / Cars Following stints in TV news production and ...

The new Kia Optima and Hyundai Sonata both recently benefited from comprehensive re-designs and in this clip out of Korea, the duo are compared side-by-side. From the outside, both the new Optima and ...

There’s big news for Kia’s lineup this year, and SUVs are making the biggest splash. From the bottom of the lineup, Kia introduced a new subcompact SUV for 2021, the Seltos. Near the other end, the ...

The redesigned 2021 Kia Optima has finally been revealed ahead of its official global debut in Korea on December 12. Like earlier teaser photos suggested, the stylish midsize sedan sports a new look ...

Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...

Breathe a sigh of relief, Stinger fans. The 2021 Kia K5 is not a front-wheel-drive replacement for that rather excellent rear-wheel-drive sport sedan, but rather it's the new, renamed, reconstituted ...

Less than a week after teaser drawings were released, the 2021 Kia Optima midsize sedan has been revealed in the form of the South Korean-market K5. The overall design matches the renderings closely, ...