{"id":548230,"date":"2010-04-30T14:12:19","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T18:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusgear.com\/archives\/40829"},"modified":"2010-04-30T14:12:19","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T18:12:19","slug":"preview-2011-kia-optima-magentis-coupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/548230","title":{"rendered":"Preview: 2011 Kia Optima (Magentis) Coupe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"2011The 2011 Kia Optima was a head-turner at the latest New York Auto Show with its sleek lines and the corporate Kia nose, earning it the recognition as one of the best-looking cars at the show. Chief designer Peter Schreyer made the Optima\u2019s lines subtler than the Hyundai Sonata.<\/p>\n

By the looks of it, the Optima sedan will be positioned as the sportier member of the Hyundai-Kia midsize family. It\u2019s probable that to extend the Optima line, a coupe version of the Optima (likely to be named the Kia Optima Koup) will be produced. Insider sources say that Kia is <\/span> working on an Optima coupe that could be launched in late 2011. It\u2019s quite easy to imagine the lines of this sedan translating well to a two-door body style. Sources also said that these renderings are quite close to the designs being considered for production. Kia is also expected to utilize both the direct-injected 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine (200hp) and the 274-hp, turbocharged 2.0-liter four in the Optima Coupe. Meanwhile, the turbo Optima Koup is likely to receive a lowered sport suspension, low-profile tires and a subtle rear-deck spoiler. However, a manual transmission on the 2.0T Kia Optima coupe isn\u2019t part of the plan. Hyundai and Kia think that no one would really be against owning a six-speed automatic.<\/p>\n

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The 2011 Kia Optima was a head-turner at the latest New York Auto Show with its sleek lines and the corporate Kia nose, earning it the recognition as one of the best-looking cars at the show. Chief designer Peter Schreyer made the Optima\u2019s lines subtler than the Hyundai Sonata. By the looks of it, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-548230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}