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11-17-2010, 10:51 PM
Filed under: LA Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/la-auto-show/), Hybrid (http://www.autoblog.com/category/hybrids/), Sedan (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/), Kia (http://www.autoblog.com/category/kia/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/03-2011-kia-optima-hybrid-opt.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2010-2011-kia-optima-hybrid/)2011 Kia Optima Hybrid - Click here for high-res image gallery
Kia (http://autoblog.com/model/kia) is just now beginning to roll out its sexy new 2011 Optima (http://autoblog.com/model/optima), with the 2.4-liter GDI version priced from only $18,995 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/17/2011-kia-optima-officially-priced-from-18-995/). Much like its sister car, the Hyundai Sonata (http://autoblog.com/model/sonata), the Optima will be offered with a turbocharged 2.0-liter engine in EX and SX trims, and here at the LA Auto Show (http://autoblog.com/category/la-auto-show), the Kia has unveiled its third member of the Optima family - the Hybrid.
Much like the Sonata Hybrid, the gas/electric Optima uses the same 2.4-liter direct-injected inline-four, mated to an electric motor. Combined with a six-speed automatic transmission, the Optima Hybrid will yield 40 miles per gallon on the highway - besting its eco-minded competitors, the Ford Fusion Hybrid (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/19/review-2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-what-a-difference-60-degrees-m/) and Toyota Camry Hybrid.
Pricing will be announced closer to the car's on-sale date early next year, and you can read the full details in Kia's press release, after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/17/2011-kia-optima-debut-la-2010/#continued). Check out our high-res galleries of live and stock shots, as well.
Gallery: LA 2010: 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2010-2011-kia-optima-hybrid)
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Gallery: 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-kia-optima-hybrid)
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LA 2010: 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid is good-lookin', green-drivin' (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/17/2011-kia-optima-debut-la-2010/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/03-2011-kia-optima-hybrid-opt.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2010-2011-kia-optima-hybrid/)2011 Kia Optima Hybrid - Click here for high-res image gallery
Kia (http://autoblog.com/model/kia) is just now beginning to roll out its sexy new 2011 Optima (http://autoblog.com/model/optima), with the 2.4-liter GDI version priced from only $18,995 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/17/2011-kia-optima-officially-priced-from-18-995/). Much like its sister car, the Hyundai Sonata (http://autoblog.com/model/sonata), the Optima will be offered with a turbocharged 2.0-liter engine in EX and SX trims, and here at the LA Auto Show (http://autoblog.com/category/la-auto-show), the Kia has unveiled its third member of the Optima family - the Hybrid.
Much like the Sonata Hybrid, the gas/electric Optima uses the same 2.4-liter direct-injected inline-four, mated to an electric motor. Combined with a six-speed automatic transmission, the Optima Hybrid will yield 40 miles per gallon on the highway - besting its eco-minded competitors, the Ford Fusion Hybrid (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/19/review-2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-what-a-difference-60-degrees-m/) and Toyota Camry Hybrid.
Pricing will be announced closer to the car's on-sale date early next year, and you can read the full details in Kia's press release, after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/17/2011-kia-optima-debut-la-2010/#continued). Check out our high-res galleries of live and stock shots, as well.
Gallery: LA 2010: 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2010-2011-kia-optima-hybrid)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/01-2011-kia-optima-hybrid_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2010-2011-kia-optima-hybrid/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/02-2011-kia-optima-hybrid_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2010-2011-kia-optima-hybrid/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/03-2011-kia-optima-hybrid_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2010-2011-kia-optima-hybrid/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/04-2011-kia-optima-hybrid_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2010-2011-kia-optima-hybrid/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/05-2011-kia-optima-hybrid_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2010-2011-kia-optima-hybrid/)
Gallery: 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-kia-optima-hybrid)
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Live photos copyright (C)2010 Steven J. Ewing / AOLContinue reading LA 2010: 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid is good-lookin', green-drivin' (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/17/2011-kia-optima-debut-la-2010/)
LA 2010: 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid is good-lookin', green-drivin' (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/17/2011-kia-optima-debut-la-2010/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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