The new generation Kia Optima will make its debut at the New York Auto Show, and the sedan will hit the US showrooms this autumn.

New generation of Kia Optima ( or Magentis, for the Europeans) will make its debut on the automotive market at the New York Auto Show, an event which opens its gates on April 2. The new generation of the medium size sedan model is defined as “bold, athletic and with a sporty and energetic look”, designers taking over some of the aesthetic lines of his Hyundai Sonata. Koreans have tried to adapt to current trends and to print the figure of coupe sedan, which is like a rival to granzii segment.

The 2011 Kia Optimaa will also change sizes, and will be longer, wider and with lower ground clearance. All these changes will mean extra space for passengers but also for their luggage. Kia officials have not given details about Optima’s engines, but it is possible to see the same engines ones on the Sonata.

On the US market it will be sold starting this autumn, while the European fans of the South-Korean automaker will have to wait until the spring of 2011 to get their Magentis.

The new 2011 Kia Optima will have, according to the Kia officials, a global model, capable of reuniting the whole design philosophy of the Korean brand. Its objective is, no doubt, the affiliation to an elite group of cars.

Via | autoblog