Kia Optima saloon in-depth review - Carbuyer
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- The Kia Optima saloon is a large family saloon, rivalling cars like the Ford Mondeo, VW Passat and Skoda Superb. You can only get it with a 1.7-litre CRDi diesel engine, but it's pretty economical and all models are well equipped. It also comes with Kia's 7-year warranty.
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Cup holders a little bit small, yeah that isn't a fucking cup..
Love this comment
+Jamms Sinon then why didn't you like it?
It is small though compared to the competition.
hhhhhhhhh best comment...😂
"Cup holders are too small" has the biggest coffee cup every in the cup holder.
I totally disagree with her, the interior is awesome.
I think the interior is off-putting and kia should have put more thoughts into it.
Even before the review started, she was overflowing with spiteful condemnation. What's wrong with black interiors? Buyers pay a premium to get variants with all black interiors. "It's not special enough"? what does that even mean? Power, throttle response, performance... Looks like they don't matter anymore to carbuyer
And the thing is, if she doesn't like black, she could choose a different interior color! Just about every car comes in more than 1 interior color!
She's outrageously dumb!
I think the point was that kia doesn't give you the option to choose anything else except full black interior, while other brands usually do. I checked and at least where i live the Kia Optima is only available with one interior colour.
Except that's not the point, because you can get the Optima with light grey / black combination and beige interior too on most markets. On top of that, the quality of materials and fit and finish is amongs the best in class, almost at a premium class level.
I love black interiors, so missy come again
ikArun Raj
She was being unreasonably harsh when commenting about the interior of the car. None of the cars in this class have 'inspiring' cabins. Cars like the Skoda Superb have the dullest cabin in the known universe. If anything, the Kia has the most inspiring cabin of them all
Biased review as usual. I've sat inside this car and also comparably priced German ones. Kia interior is much better.
No, it's not "much better". I don't know in which German cars you've sat in, and in which parallel universe it happened, but the only German cars in the segment are the VW Passat, which is light years ahead of Kia and is a proper premium level car in terms of the interior, and the second car is Opel Insignia, which is also better than Kia. But those are both more expensive than Kia. There is no German car at the same price, so again, I don't know which ones you're talking about. That being said, the Kia interior is very good, and is better than other non-premium cars like Citroen C5, Peugeot 508, Honda Accord, Toyota Avensis, etc. It can't match the Renault Talisman, VW Passat or Mazda 6, but again, those are more expensive.
vw is who make interiors full of hard plastic and shit and as skoda is owned by vw group so
You clearly know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about cars. You probably never sat in a new VW in the last 15 years or so.
+derbigpr500 the talisman has a creepy interior. 508 and c5 are much older but have some good tech. And the Bottom spec German cars can be same prices as top spec kias and I'll rather have the latter
Your complaining about the interior?? Are you kidding me
Where are you going to spend your time when you drive if not the interior? On the roof?
this comment made me laugh more than it had any right to, well done
+ShroomWalrus I'm saying it's a really nice interior you dangledoo
Vintage Eagle
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+ShroomWalrus what a! oh my god! LOLLL!!!
That interior is really nice. Nicer than most other car manufacturers
This interior is fantastic IMO. Idk about the UK, in the US this is still a "cheaper" alternative to Toyota, Honda, etc. and the interior is bounds nicer.
I don't think that interior is as dull as an Audi!!
i dont understand complaints about black interior. Every car is black if you order black interior color. If you choose beige, red, grey..whatever, you have brighter interior in this optima as well.. ;)
SA13 It looks like a bmw interior. if this was a bmw we wouldn't be hearing about how dull it is
Here in Australia, you can get the 2 litre turbocharged GT in red leather. The base model comes with a 2.4 litre petrol. If you want a diesel then one will need to get an i40 for this size car in the Hyundai Kia family, here in Oz. The latest Sonata also has the two petrol variations in 2 litre turbocharged or atmo 2.4
We are hanging in for the Kia Stinger and the new Genesis range. 😊
Conor Finnegan Beemer interior? My thoughts as well. It is neat and functional and at least it doesn't look as stupid as the coming Camry. Yuck.
The previous version looked way better.. but you're complaining about the BLACK INTERIOR? What colors dominate in other interiors?
I know you need to be a bit original from time to time, but it still has to make sense.
Wow so hateful, anti kia review.
I've just bought a 2018 model today its a beautiful car
Do u like it? Im looking at a -17 gt line that have 100 000 km on it
top car...love KIA
Good stuff. Kia and Hyundai.
"Cup holders are little bit small" - are you kidding me? You put 2l coffee mug, you can't even switch gears while that stands in place though ....
you can turn that welcome/goodbye sound off!! I had same thing on my i40, you just turn it off in the menus!
You can turn off the chime and there three settings for the steering wheel weight ....
I just brought a demo MY16 Si (base model in Oz) with 6,000kms on the odometer.
I flew to Darwin and drove it back to Alice. A week later drove it on a tour of Kakadu, Darwin, Litchfield, Katherine and back to Alice with a family of four on board. Thumbs up for highway cruising, comfortable, passing caravans and roadtrains was fuss free and fuel efficient. Every day of our tour which included darwin urban registered anywhere between 6.9 to 7.8kms/litre, with the worst figure from Katherine to Kakadu Aerora included an 80kms road trip to Gunlom gravel, deep dirt and corrugations 2WD road, which we found out later hadn't been recently maintain, "you would have been better off on the 4WD Magok road as that had been recently maintained".
So back in The Alice and urban and suburban driving. Nice around town and I have ventured no where near the level of fuel consumption claimed by Kia, but much more frugal. But Alice is flat.
From me, my near new Optima gets a big thumbs up. And it turns heads around town, too.
I don't get it... Do they really not get Camerys, Accords, Sonatas, Altimas etc. in the UK? Mondeo and Skoda what? And complaining about interior COLOR? Sorry but this is a unsubscribe for me. Telegraph motors and Carwow here I come.
I think Ford is there biggest plant over there, so if you look at every video car wow has ,the all say not as good as in a ford etc etc etc..
You guys think it's cabin is like the bmw 3 series one or it's just me?
Most of the car reviews done by carbuyer and fifth gear are always biased against American and Asian cars. That annoys me a lot. But if they are reviewing a European car they would even ignore most of the downsides . The optima is much better in looks and styling as compared to the shot passat.
The optima has one of the best interiors I have been in.
i find that this woman has jinx on korean cars.
Manual = better mpg?
Erhhem most modern cars are more efficient with auto boxes
BMWs new autos are more effiecent than there manuals but thats the only one i know of.
Thats because BMW manuals are crap.
+visnevskiscom Have you been asleep since the 1980s? Smart electronics are able to combine best efficiency of engine and automatic gears and overcome most of the bad physics issues (e.g
high revving at acceleration) automatics had in the early days.
Double clutch gearboxes are more efficient now than manual ones. They are nearly the same weight as manual boxes, but computer controlled quick gear changes, and the fact the gearbox knows when the best time to change gear is, is why a lot of modern auto's are more efficient. Audis S ironic gearboxes make the cars quicker as well.
How's the weather like in 2006? You need sources for that?
Mentioning ISOFIX in your reviews is as pointless as mentioning front airbags, ABS or ESC - they're mandated as standard equipment on all new cars by law since 2014...
Agree. Same when she mentioned the rear fog lights.....
I think the interior is quite a nice place to be, however I have to say the Germans offer an even duller interior compared to this.
Is the Optima the new name to the Magentis? I've got the 2010 2L Magentis CRDI and I know the same model Magentis is called Optima in America
Why did you list ESC as a feature? Doesn't every new car in Europe now have to have it?
Same with the rear fog lights
i don't know about the UK, but in the US we have other interior colors than black. it has a really nice off-white quilted leather option. also we don't have the tiny engines or the "rattly diesel"
> points out the negative side of the car
> complains about being too harsh, biased review, she's dumb, etc.
Gotta love the Internet eh
A black interior is not a negative. That's like saying: "oh, this car is red, I don't like it, that's a major negative". She's complaining about wrong things, just because it's not a Ford Mondeo. Brits are completely brainwashed to believe that all Ford's are the best cars in the world.
derbigpr500 you guys don't get it. She's trying to say that the interior is so black it's quite gloomy and I agree with her. There's nothing else to break up the black and the design is very plain, unlike the previous generation.
sweet
This is nice. Just gone out of production. Currently on a 5th gen where the front grill looks similar to the ford mustang. Anyways nice car underrated.
We miss Matt
he's got his own channel; carwow
+Sulieman s Is it belongs to him? 😯
+Mustafa Sezer i thinks so ....i just find it too 😀
+Mustafa Sezer In a way, he has an important role in the production decisions at carwow.
go to carwow
Good review of the Optima - I always like Ginny’s reviews. Don’t agree about the interior but thought it looks good. Shame about the noisy engine... good looking car.
Cup holders a bit small ,THE SIZE OFF YOUR CUP /LARGE FLASK.
Please test the new Skoda Superb Sportline
You can switch the musical tone at turning off the engine Ginny.
We are hiring one of these in Canada in a few weeks!
Very nice car
I'm holding out for the 2litre turbo
I think it is really nice in the interior! Different taste I guess...
i like this car very much.someday i am buying kia optima.its my dream
please do the review about renault talisman
What does she mean by ,"an inspiring interior"? She wants motivational speeches from the steering wheel. It looks like most other cars.
Hope you will be doing the New Tiguan!
the red interior is real nice
Why does the Optima get slated and the i40 glowing reviews
What I look for in a cars interior is comfort, build quality and functionality and importantly how it appears to be able to withstand years of use. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the interior of this car on the whole with the exception of the glossy center console which will attract dust, fingerprints and scratches. I own an Audi A3 which is regarded by these so called review channels to have one of the best cabins in the industry. The dash is basically just one solid slab of black rubber with some dials and vents poking through it. Everything is black but they didn't complain. Not knocking my cars interior as this is exactly the sort of interior I like but it's no different from the aesthetic the Optima is going for. Filing a dash with fussy elements, multiple layers and stupid materials like piano black plastic is a pain in the ass to maintain and keep looking nice. I want functional and minimalist so fuck off with the trend to make everything jazzy. To be honest carbuyer, whatcar, autoexpress and all the other mainstream car review (more like a summary) are an absolute joke. How can you possibly review a car in under 5 minutes? If you want a proper in depth look check out Autogefühl where Thomas goes into lots of detail into the things that matters to everyday drivers. Nowhere does excessive engine noise come into the picture. He gives a POV drive in multiple conditions and it holds up well.
Also no mention that the Optima actually has metal door handles on the INSIDE of the doors. Even my Audi uses plastic.
She kinda skipped half the car and its features.
Speed limit control, Blind Spot System, adaptive cruise control at the higher tier (DUAL) air control mind you - IDK about GB, but here you also get a FULL SIZE 18" alloy wheel below the trunk floor as a reserve.
What about the backseat cupholder/armrest? Heated AND cooled front seats. Heated passenger back seats....
Anyhow, if you don't like black, how about you go for the whiter leather interior instead? On a side note: this car with panoramic sunroof (that can open) makes it a lot nicer inside.
I also don't know how much you drink, but my 2015 model has ample room for cups and small bottles. As for the steering, I've got economic, normal and sport mode as well as paddle shifters. Sure, that's on the automatic versions, but people buying the high end will go for auto anyway - just because it's easy. Even though this particular one may not have it, should at least mention the possibilities this car has.
Side note: yes, I do drive stick shift, too.
hmm im confused, this doesn't look like a kitchen.
1.34 rear fog lights fitted as standard? That's very good news considering that having at least one is a UK legal requirement! Come on carbuyer- this is drivel
is it the mic or is there really this much road noise.
mic ofc
@2:07 Cup holder too small for the biggest cup ever!! Come on, give the car a fair shot.
The two gripes I have with this car are 1. there is no standard tinted windows like on the i40 (its sister car) and 2. like the i40 the most powerful diesel is 140bhp and the car weighs around 1600kgs unladen. Whilst the Sportage gets a 2.0 181bhp diesel yet this car is supposed to be the flagship car in the kia range???
I40 isn't a sister car. Hyundai don't have a large saloon segment. They have a luxury but they skip a level. I40 is related to the forte. It's just the saloon/hatch version
Jamms Sinon The Hyundai I40 is the sister car to the Kia Optima, however the optima is slightly longer but the i40 is still 4.74m long and I have been in a kia and hyundai dealership when i was comparing the two cars and they both told me that. They also share many components and same engine and there is no hatch version of a i40 its saloon and estate (tourer). Even in this review www.carbuyer.co.uk/reviews/hyundai/i40/saloon/review at the beginning of the fourth paragraph it states 'It's worth noting that the Kia Optima is a sister model to the Hyundai i40 - they’re basically the same car under the metal, although the Optima isn’t available as an estate like the i40'
first line in the first paragraph of this review states they are sister cars www.autoexpress.co.uk/Kia/Optima
This is basically the golf in korea for the prive there it's excellent
You have no idea what you're talking about. It's a beautiful interior. Black is what people WANT! I'd like to see a black headliner too.
I like black interior. It's just like my soul.
why dont the US market gets those rear fog lights
because you are special...
My guess is because regulation doesn't require them.
Maybe is it because you don't get fog in the US where it is always sunny?
Agree with the steering. I own a Kia Koup Turbo and also have tried Hyundai Volester. Both of the steerings feel fake compared to my Subaru forester. It seems they are just Korean(GANGNAM) style?... It did take some time to get used to.
Back to Optima (K5), considering the stand out interia (I peronally like it A LOT) & exterior, unbeatable warranty, and loads of features it comes with, I don't think it's expensive AT ALL.
Kia'dan isteğim bu aracı 1.6 dizel motorla Türkiye 'ye getirmesi.
Araba D segmentinin fiyat/performans aracı.
A lot of black in the cabin? Do you want rainbows?
If it's the same diesel they use in the Carens, then I'd agree it makes a racket!
Also great value 2nd hand as considerably cheaper than the quoted rivals due to worse depreciation...
I have the model before... Looks better than a BMW and nice simple petrol engine. Best 4000 pounds I've ever spent
Kia need to bring cars like the cadenza and the k900 over to the uk. Then I think they'll do better
i really like them but they don't sell very well here, I think its the styling. the Hyundai version, Genesis, does really well though. i see them everywhere
+Samuel Brooks shame. England's full of badge snobs.
+Samuel Brooks they would rather have a bottom spec 3 series with no sat nav or parking sensors
bcus they ask for prices very close compared to luxury brands not giving much shit to worth it.
I would take a top spec car over a bottom spec luxury brand anyday
This has to be the harshest review from Carbuyer.
bits of the interior (particularly the radio/ac controls) immediately looked to me like those you'd find in a BMW...
Good benchmark. Nothing wrong with that. It's not copying
Oh yes nothing wrong with that, just found it interesting.
The touchscreen and central stack is clearly inspired by BMW's old dashboard design. I mean just try to angle it more towards the driver and voila you have a BMW dash.
the interior "it feels quite dated" hahaha, it looks the exact same as the new Audi interior. but the Kia is at a much lower cost. Are this made me have a good chuckle.
i have the Kia Optima, mk1, top car, love it
made me laugh about her last "complaint", about the tone when you turn it off, etc, listen love, YOU CAN TURN THAT OFF IF YOU WANT, why don't they actually look into things like this, rather than complain about it?
go in the sub section on the in-dash menu's, can turn off all the "tones" off if you want, i like them tbh, its different!
bidderman1969 She is must have MBA (Mentally Blow Average)
Biased review....This is not a competitor to the Superb, it's for the Octavia (check the size!). So if you were reviewing the Octavia you wouldn't say it costs more than the Superb.
The steering has 3 modes... so you can set it up the be heavier!
As for the interior complaints, there are enough comments here.
For me the biggest f*ckup Kia did on this model is the side vents, they are fake, they aren't functional, so they don't need to be there.
Better check the size yourself :) Optima is 20cm longer than Octavia, same as Superb, wide and height too, so definitely this car is not in Octavia class.
The Ceed is a competitor to the Octavia
Was that road. noise or a sensitive mic.? That noise is nerve wracking and I am watching this on an iPad, not a proper stereo.
rabit818 I test drove one. It is one of the quietest car in that segment. I think she intentiomally turmed road noise volume up
What, no "... but it's not fun to drive as, say, Ford Fiesta/Mondeo" comment? Now that's an improvement.
this is indeed a small revolution! I bet the carbuyer team did think about saying it though.
I like a lot of the cars Kia have in their line up, and this one i'm sort of okay with. ..but costing more than a Superb?! That's hilarious. No way in hell.
I miss my optima
This and the new sonata are the golf and focus of Korea😅
People here seem to be offended by her complaining and being harsh about the interior etc. Listen her review is just to give you a idea about the car. The sales figures say it all her or my opinion will not contribute in either success or failure of tha car.
ps- i don't have a problem with black interiors.
The interior looks better than what ford ever put out!! Not sure what you mean... But that's ur opinion
That's what happens when you don't pay CarBuyer for sponsored videos, Kia. You should have learned from Ford.
It looks like Kia does some copy paste recently in their interior design. Check Mazda6 2013 for Optima, Seat Leon for Elantra
So, BMW's and Audi's consoles are classy and elegant, but this one's, which looks similar, is dated and too black? Hmmm... how objective is that?
Why do car revewers always complain... no, I rather want to use the word "bitch" about black interiors, while 99% of cars are GREY inside. which is far worse?
Mazda 6 is the king of this segment!
car's fine, review's fine, who's buying the round?
Seems like the previous version was better. It looked much better i think.
how much germans payed you to dislike KIA?
haha if they gave more features to beat german ppl would get it but face to face with german brand is insanity considering the market.
i diagree on all she said its a great car inside and out
Anyone else go "oh thank god " at 0:01
yeah :) but then at 0.50 I was... WTF is she talking about? good for me I've checked all 3 cars she talked about myself, otherwise I could believe her.
hyundai i40 plliz
Ginny gave her opinion but the kia lovers come here to the comments to give their professional opinion.
The Audi and BMW cabins are dated and bland?
If this interior looks dated and to much black, how are the positive reactions about VW interiors possible
Pi VN I have 2012 Passat and I am thinking about trading in my car for 2017 Optima because I think Optima is miles better in terms of interior, and exterior wise and they also have improved sportness feeling (plenty sporty enough for me)
Black isn't bad, I think men prefer black, I do prefer matte black.
I'd like to see VAG products backed with the same warranty confidence... but since I've put many VAG products on my hoist at work before, I know why they don't. We all know what kind of ethics are rooted in that family tree [diesel-gate] * cough *
Bland review. Too many 13-in-a-dozen criticisms, no thinking outside the box for those who might want a car outside of the usual suspects.
if that car had a ford,mazda or vw badge she wouldn't be complaining. I've drove the new optima and it is a fantastic drive. total badge snobbery here.
None of the Optima competitors looks better in or out. Speak your mind about design as your own opinion, but don't tell others what is better as you don't know.
If you think that interior is boring. How can you then recommend a Skoda FFS! 😆
Which manufacturers offer better interior in that segment? Are you kidding me?? WOW you are just way too biased toward Kia.
This woman is too much of a snob to properly review a car like this.
Hey lady, the German guy in Autofeugel Thomas said that the diesel engine in the optima has one of the lowest noise/turbulence test in the competition ! You are full of it!!!!!!!!!!! Clearly anti-Kia
Where is Matt?????