With the Optima Sportwagon model, Kia fills the last gap in the D vehicle segment (upper middle class). The Koreans will present their dynamic station wagon version of the Optima series at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. It is designed on the technological platform of the current serial sedan, so there are no large dimensional deviations. The Optima Sportswagon five-door wagon has the same length (4855 mm) and width (1860 mm) as the four-door sedan of the same name.
Kia Optima Sportwagon is at all the first mid-range station wagon this South Korean brand, which has many followers in Europe. Given that, technically speaking, it is a piece of cake limousine mapping, we are mainly interested in the volume of the trunk, which is 43 liters larger than the sedan and in the basic seating configuration amounts to 553 liters. Of course, not everything is in litres, more accessible luggage and greater usability of the luggage space, which is otherwise a key advantage of the station wagon compared to the sedan.
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But practicality extends beyond the trunk. The second row of seats is very convenient the concept of a divisible bench seat and backrests namely in the ratio 40:20:40, the practicality of which will be best demonstrated when transporting long and narrow objects, because in this case it will be sufficient only switch of the narrowest middle seat part, while the Optima Sportwagon will still be able to carry two passengers in the back. Two powertrains will be available, namely 1.7-liter turbodiesel, which harnessed 141 horses (102 kW), and 2.0 liter, which will provide the driver with 120 kW (163 hp).
As standard, it will transmit power to the wheels 6-speed manual transmission, and for an additional fee you can dictate the pace to the gas station with a 7-speed automatic transmission. For the most demanding, they will offer a tudo GT version with a built-in 2.0-liter engine T-GDI engine, which will provide the user with as much as 245 hp (180 kW). It can be driven from zero to 100 km/h in combination with a 6-speed automatic transmission in 7.4 seconds, and you will be able to drive enviably on the roads 240 km/h. The Kia Optima Sportwagon will be available to customers in the last quarter of 2016.
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