AWD Kia Optima

[Kia Stinger]

Kia may implement all-wheel drive systems in the Optima, Sedona, and Niro, Kia Motors America’s vice president of Planning and Strategy says.

Speaking with Car Buzz at the New York Auto Show, Orth Hedrick said the South Korean automaker is actively studying all-wheel drive options for the three vehicles.

“We’re actively studying it for [Sedona and Optima]. We look at everything. One of the main points of my job is to see what others are doing. If we see someone moving in that direction, we go back and start pencilling it to see if it makes sense. We look at the opportunity. We look at the buyers’ interest,” he said.

https://www.carscoops.com/2018/04/kia-niro-optima-sedona-may-get-wheel-drive/

 

[Waynerm002]

Interesting. They could do it, Subaru has been making a killing since all the bad weather the past years. Believe it or not, this is one of the reasons folks are buying CUVs/SUVs, they believe the AWD system is all they need in the snow. They feel the ground clearance some how makes it easier to go through higher amounts of it but when asked none ever think about the traction snow tires provide.

I’ve advised friends to get snow tires for their RWD vehicle and the tire shop said they only needed all seasons. When they had issues over the winter they blamed the car and decided they needed a Jeep as it is known to go everywhere. I had a laugh when the vaunted Jeep got them stuck, I explained again they should get snow tires for winter if they plan on going out in a storm. I doubt they took my advise, they will probably get a Subaru next.

 

[iclicku]

Interesting. They could do it, Subaru has been making a killing since all the bad weather the past years. Believe it or not, this is one of the reasons folks are buying CUVs/SUVs, they believe the AWD system is all they need in the snow. They feel the ground clearance some how makes it easier to go through higher amounts of it but when asked none ever think about the traction snow tires provide.

I’ve advised friends to get snow tires for their RWD vehicle and the tire shop said they only needed all seasons. When they had issues over the winter they blamed the car and decided they needed a Jeep as it is known to go everywhere. I had a laugh when the vaunted Jeep got them stuck, I explained again they should get snow tires for winter if they plan on going out in a storm. I doubt they took my advise, they will probably get a Subaru next.

You can lead a horse to water, can't make 'em drink it...

 

[Ucinn]

I got the Stinger over the Mustang GT for this exact reason, wanted the AWD.

 

[davebo]

If my roads are so bad that I wouldn't be out driving around in a RWD car with winter tires, then I doubt I'd be driving an AWD with all-seasons either. My wife is terrified of driving in heavy snow though, so if it's bad out I'll take my Optima she has now, and in a few years if bad storms increase we might get something AWD especially if we could get an AWD hybrid Optima or a Niro. In my area we got a total of about 3 inches of snow this past winter so it's still pretty random.

 

[Kamauxx]

In my area we got a total of about 3 inches of snow this past winter so it's still pretty random.

The weather went stupid this year. We got 7 inches this winter in coastal North Carolina. 7 inches of snow on the beach...ridiculous.

 

[CDNguy]

The weather went stupid this year. We got 7 inches this winter in coastal North Carolina. 7 inches of snow on the beach...ridiculous.

I've been to New Burn and just as I left a snow storm rolled in. That was about 2012/2013. Many years ago I want Subaru for the AWD in the winters here in Ontario.