2012 Kia Optima - Consumer Opinions
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We have scoured the web for consumer reviews of this car and found the best ones for you to read. Found 185 reviews. This list is displayed in ranked order based the reviews we think are the best.| Ranking | Details |
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| #1 |
Kia Optima EX 2011Source: Edmunds
...First noticed car at Boston Auto Show was able to test drive one there. |
| #2 |
KIA SX OptimaSource: MSN Autos...It has great handling for a car its size. Approx 20 inches longer than my BMW 330i. Comparing the 2 driving capability is remarkably the same. Honestly! I owned 2 330i's and this car is very much the same steer and drive as my I6 BMW was. It is amazing and the gas mileage of around 30 MPG Highway and City daily!! MPG is all about how you drive your vehicle and NO I am not a slow driver but I am not going to spin my wheels to be the first off the start line either burns too much fuel. Cons: The sunroof controls are sensitve but once you figure it out how to open just the interior and not the... |
| #3 |
Best value on the marketSource: MSN Autos
...Pros: I have owned this car for 5 months and I love it. |
| #4 |
The kids love it! Nuf said.Source: Edmunds...Heated leather seats, front and rear, keeps everyone toasty...it's been a cold snowy winter. Roomy interior, extreme leg room in the back for 3 kids ages 10, 13 and 17. Has all the bells and whistles you need, and more. Great looking, sporty, opted for a silver EX with Premium package right off the showroom floor. It didn't have the UVO nav-ent. system, but you should consider it. So far we are very happy with our purchase and would highly recommend this vehicle. Over 3 weekends, we test drove or saw all the competition and the Optima was the classiest ride, and best bang for the buck... |
| #5 |
24/35 MPG? ...Yeah right!Source: Edmunds
...Purchase my Kia Optima EX 9 weeks ago. In this day of $4-5 gallons of gas, I bypassed the turbo engine with the idea that it would just make me want to drive faster burning more fuel. |
| #6 |
Love this Optima!Source: MSN Autos...Cons: Since I have only had it a few days at this point nothing. Overall: For now it seems to be a great car for the money - and for me it is so comfortable to drive, it not noisy love the sound of the radio and the controls and the keyless entry is something else I went on web site to learn how to operate many of the features on the car and so I found out that you don't need to have the key out just in your pocket and push the button the door handle and the doors unlock and so does the trunk and I just love that - no looking for the key, push the button, start the car and drive off. LOVE IT... |
| #7 |
Awesome!Source: Edmunds
...Man, when I first saw this vehicle on a Kia dealership lot, I was immediately taken. |
| #8 |
Outstanding value, outstanding warranty, outstanding car.Source: MSN Autos...I am 6'2" and I have plenty of leg room, but astoundingly so do the full size adults that sit behind me. And their butts are heated too. AND, they have their own sunroof. Find those features on any other car in this class, I dare ya. Actually, find those features on a premium luxury car if you can, and if you do be prepared to pay 3 times as much as this Kia. I took it on a road trip and got 37 mpg, well above the 34 mpg highway rating. On regular gas! I do run synthetic oil, which Kia does not require so that may have helped with the gas mileage. I want to recommend this car very highly, but... |
| #9 |
Out does ford productsSource: Cars.com
..."I have owned my Optima since January 2011, and the vehicle has performed super. |
| #10 |
Automatic Transmission Failure at 3600 MilesSource: Edmunds...The car made a very loud sound and lurched violently, at highway speed, frightening us both. The lurching was so violent that it may well have caused other damage. We were extremely fortunate not to have crashed. We then found that the car would not shift gears. The automatic transmission had gone out of our 2011 Kia Optima EX. We bought the Kia new on 1/8/11. The car had 3600 miles on it at the time of the catastrophic failure. This was our first Kia purchase (and last, I might add), and we are very disappointed. Needless to say, we were shocked by this dangerous occurrenc... |
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