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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.
1 First generation (MS; 2000–2005)
1.1 Update
1.2 Total U.S. sales
2 Second generation (MG; 2005–2010)
2.1 Update
3 Third generation (TF; 2011)
3.1 Engines
3.2 Hybrid version
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Also called Kia Magentis (Europe)
Kia Optima Regal (KDM Facelift)
Production 2000–2005
Assembly Hwasung Plant, Hwasung, South Korea
Yangcheng Plant, Jiangsu, China[citation needed]
Kaliningrad, Russia
Engine 2.4 L Sirius II I4, 149 hp
2.5 L Delta V6
2.7 L Delta V6, 138 kW (185 hp)
Transmission 4-speed automatic
5-speed manual
Wheelbase 2,700 mm (110 in)
Length 4,745 mm (186.8 in)
Width 2000–2005:1,815 mm (71.5 in)
2002–2005:1,820 mm (72 in)
Height 1,420 mm (56 in)
Related Hyundai Sonata (EF)
Hyundai Santa Fe (SM)From 2000-2005 Optimas were a rebadged variant of the Hyundai Sonata, differing only from the Sonata in minor exterior styling details and equipment content.

In 2010, Subaru started a viral marketing campaign using a 2001-2002 Kia Optima dressed up as the "2011 Mediocrity", in order to "promote" a generic mid-size car with nothing special about it. It is being used in comparison to Subaru's real mid-size offering, the Subaru Legacy All of the Kia badges were removed from the "2011 Mediocrity".
The 2002 Optima received a minor update. The Optima Regal was a luxurious version of Kia Optima sold in South Korea. American models did not wear the Kia logo on the grille, but the Kia logo was used in the grille for Canada. The grille was redesigned for the United States in 2003 (2004 model year) to feature the Kia badge, and the headlamps were restyled for 2004 (2005 model year).

Kia Optima