America's most sort of exciting mid-sizer — the Kia Optima SX — just got better! Ok, not really better. Or faster. And there's no manual transmission. But it is more expensive in new SX Limited trim, almost reaching the $35,000 mark. The Limited shares the Turbo's 2.0-liter GDI turbo with its Camry-and-everyone-else-besting 274 horsepower. It still also only comes with a six-speed automatic transmission. Pricing details were absent from the ...
more America's most sort of exciting mid-sizer — the Kia Optima SX — just got better! Ok, not really better. Or faster. And there's no manual transmission. But it is more expensive in new SX Limited trim, almost reaching the $35,000 mark. The Limited shares the Turbo's 2.0-liter GDI turbo with its Camry-and-everyone-else-besting 274 horsepower. It still also only comes with a six-speed automatic transmission. Pricing details were absent from the release, but they mentioned a price south of $35,000 at the press conference and Car And Driver mentions a price of $34,900. That's a $7,650 increase over the base SX and uncomfortably close to some real luxury options.
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