I haven't seen the ad, for reasons already mentioned, however if you were to avoid the eye wateringly awful wheels shown which spoil it, the Optima pictured is one of the nicest looking modern cars around, possibly the nicest looking IMHO.

I thought exactly the same gb and have consequently received my new Optima brochure/am awaiting my local dealer to receive their demonstrator in order to take it for a spin! The top-end No.4 variant looks 'loaded' to the gills?

Be interesting to hear your report on the car if you would be so kind, i'm especially interested in the engine gearbox and parking brake.

Lovely looking car, its just itching for a nice 3 litre V6 or 2 litre turbo petrol under the bonnet driving through a TC auto to the right (rear) wheels, which will be steelies with trims wrapped with 215/60 x 16 tyres, i thankyou..:-)

Oh and a proper estate option, yes.

Edited by gordonbennet on 09/01/2016 at 23:43

Kia is one of those makes that I would consider buying, a family friend bought a Kia Carens new in 2003 and only recently changed it for another new Kia.

Although I thought it was a very ugly thing with a terrible gear change, it proved very reliable with just regular servicing at Kia and a few issue which I fixed. IIRC the jobs I did was a broken drivers door handle (the plastic was cheap and nasty), I changed the winscreen washer pump as it had burned out, Fitted a new serpentine belt as it was slipping and last but not least, I had to redo the rear brakes after Kia had not located the pads properly and it was causing the brake to bind and uneven wear of the pad which was operating on the disk at approx a 30 degree angle.