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Old 04-12-2001, 09:12 PM   #1
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Has anyone seen the new Kia Optima? It is pretty similar looking to the Q45, especially the shape of the headlights.

http://kia.com/optima/index.shtml

maybe it's just me, maybe it's just the way the pictures are done, it could just be the color of the car. It seems to me that on the street this $15,000 car could be mistaken for the $50,000 techno-wizard Q45. Has Kia stolen our striking new look?
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Old 04-16-2001, 08:38 PM   #2
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That's called the Majestic in Canada, is it really called the Optima in the US???

Wasn't the Optima an old rebadged Pontiac Lemans?
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Old 04-24-2001, 06:21 PM   #3
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Go look at them both in person...there will be no mistaking that Kia shiet for the Q!
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Old 04-25-2001, 03:18 PM   #4
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umm no i don't think so...not even close...

so your saying if one these was coming at you, you would mistake it for a kia...
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Old 05-02-2001, 01:56 PM   #5
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I don't think he's not talking about the 2002...

I agree. Those Optimas look an awful lot like the 2nd gen('97-2001) Q45s. But of course it's only got a 3L V6 instead of a 4.1L V8.
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Old 05-18-2001, 09:18 PM   #6
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i am very deeply offended by the fact that you could mistake a kia for the new Q. honestly, the new Q is probably the coolest luxury car ive ever ridden in.

but the kia does look alot like the Q. kia copied the Q pretty badly
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Old 08-13-2001, 08:29 PM   #7
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if you guys think that the Optima is a copy off of Infiniti, wait til ya see the new Sonota. Talk about MB/Lexus rip off.
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Old 09-08-2001, 09:55 PM   #8
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can you find pictures of what car youre refering to? i want to see what the hell youre talking about
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Old 09-09-2001, 01:07 AM   #9
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Isn't that called a Kia Magentis
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