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Taking pride of place at Kia's New York Auto Show stand is the all-new 2011 Optima that will arrive U.S. showrooms in early fall.
Designed at Kia's studios in Frankfurt, Germany and Irvine, California under the guidance of Peter Schreyer, the all-new Optima is longer, wider, lower and most importantly, miles sexier than the vehicle it replaces.![](http://www.uncrate.com/men/images/2010/04/2011-kia-optima-xl.jpg)
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Built on a unibody frame, the front-wheel-drive Optima utilizes independent front and rear suspension systems. MacPherson struts are used in the front with a multi-link layout in the rear and are both joined with coil springs and front anti-roll bars.
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Taking pride of place at Kia's New York Auto Show stand is the all-new 2011 Optima that will arrive U.S. showrooms in early fall.
Designed at Kia's studios in Frankfurt, Germany and Irvine, California under the guidance of Peter Schreyer, the all-new Optima is longer, wider, lower and most importantly, miles sexier than the vehicle it replaces.
![](http://www.uncrate.com/men/images/2010/04/2011-kia-optima-xl.jpg)
![](http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/201004/2011-kia-optima_460x0w.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4nkbOIZ6u6coeLpCbfrC09KjAs-pYVIQuU3foaIXAstrri7YS-J738zqwREa-qKpwmbe3sk3oX-iJEBFzkOW8V6j0s7HS34lfUVzrVAGhfRVqtTgFHflXMDUBfZafyjrQJ9ljKRzU6QM/s400/kia-knd-5-6.jpg)
Even though it looks nothing like the Sonata, the 2011 Optima actually shares the midsize platform and mechanical hardware with Hyundai's proposal in the segment.
![](http://www.automotiveaddicts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/2011-kia-optima-3.jpg)
![](http://www.ridelust.com/wp-content/uploads/2011-kia-optima-teaser_100306826_l-500x300.jpg)
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/S7NwXnhrujI/AAAAAAACs4k/kE_yQAiEqPg/s400/2011-Kia-Optima-001.jpg)