Kia’s German styling guru has had his pencils flying to develop an upgraded version of the Optima sedan – already one of the better-looking mis-sizers.
The newcomer stars at the Kia display at the Frankfurt Motor Show with revised headlights, fog-lights, rear lights, bumpers and wheels. LED DRLs move from the bumper of the current model to be incorporated into the headlights – a theme which is now standard for Kia.
You can also option for four-point LED fog-lights as per the luxury Kia Quoris (not sold in Australia) and pro-cee’d GT (coming to Australia). Also on the options list a ‘Sport Pack’ which brings a black mesh front grille, unique 18-inch alloy wheels and a matt black diffuser under the rear bumper.
Inside, detail changes and new materials ramp-up the luxury in the updated Kia Optima and there’s a new instrument cluster with larger 4.3-inch TFT LCD screen. There’s also new audio systems.
On the technology front, the upgraded Kia Optima gains blind spot detection with lane change assist and rear traffic alert.
Australian details will be revealed closer to local launch.
