Kia moved upscale during the 2000 model year when it began offering the midsize Optima sedan, which was based on the front-wheel-drive Hyundai Sonata. The Optima’s styling differed from the Sonata, ...

This is the second model to be sold here but the first was off-the-pace compared with its blood brother the Hyundai Sonata. The Kia made do with a smaller capacity engine and other potential ...