The Kia Optima is a mid-size four-door sedan manufactured by Kia Motors since 2000 and marketed globally through various nameplates. First generation cars were mostly marketed as the Optima, although the Kia Magentis name was used in Europe and Canada when sales began there in 2002. For the second generation models, Kia used the Kia Lotze & Kia K5 name for the South Korean market, and the Magentis name globally, except in the United States and Malaysia where the Optima name was retained. The Optima name is now going to be used for all markets except China, where they will use the South Korean market name.
Source: Motor Trend
With the idea that midsize sedan engineers are always striving to have class-leading numbers, we did find that the Altima stands at the top of the sedan heap in one area: curb weight. At 3187 pounds with an I-4 or 3355 pounds with a V- ...
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Source: CNN/Money
Memorial Day weekend is one of the biggest car-shopping weekends of the year and it's also when there are some of the best deals. We asked the car shopping experts at Edmunds.com and Carwoo.com to fill us in on what t ...
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Source: Globe and Mail
JEREMY CATO NASHVILLE— Globe and Mail Update Published Friday, May. 25, 2012 4:00AM EDT Here at company headquarters a half-hour’s drive from Music City, USA, the Nissan brain trust behind the reinvented 2013 Altima is, of course, making a compelling cas ...
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Source: Globe and Mail
JEREMY CATO NASHVILLE— Globe and Mail Update Published Friday, May. 25, 2012 4:00AM EDT My 2013 Nissan Altima is telling me that, over the course of several hours and about 150 miles, I have managed 29.8 mpg in mostly sedate driving along the gentle cou ...
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Source: Everything Alabama
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Unless otherwise noted, the following incidents were reported to Huntsville police Wednesday and Thursday. In items with incomplete addresses, police withheld the information: North precinct Blue Springs Road: A 67-year-old ...
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Source: Automotive Blogs
Right after Mazda announced that it was shacking up with Fiat, it is announcing that it will be divorcing Ford—at least its production facilities, anyway. Mazda will be leaving the Flat Rock plant in Michigan, as it plans to move prod ...
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Source: Kelley Blue Book Car Reviews
IRVINE, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kelley Blue Book, the leading provider of new car and used car information, today reveals that Honda had three out of the four most-visited new cars during the first quarter of ...
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Source: PR Newswire
IRVINE, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- When Blake Griffin leaped over a Kia Optima to win the 2011 NBA Sprite® Slam Dunk contest, footage of the dunk immediately went viral online and Kia Motors America (KMA) capture ...
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Source: Automobile Magazine
The 2013 Ford Fusion is aiming squarely for the top of the pack: the automaker put tentative price figures on its Ford Fusion configurator website this week, and if these figures hold true to the final price points, i ...
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