New Optima Rendering way too close to the Stinger...................

[westcoastGT]

This is how they may leverage the Stinger across the portfolio .................lets hope its not as blatant as this suggests


Kia Optima Gets Stylish Look In Next-Gen Rendering

 

[DaJackson]

It’s made up by a non Kia affiliated site. This has 0% chance of being the new Optima.


“so the adjacent rendering courtesy of Kolesa.rucan be labeled as being purely speculative.”

 

[westcoastGT]

It’s made up by a non Kia affiliated site. This has 0% chance of being the new Optima.


“so the adjacent rendering courtesy of Kolesa.rucan be labeled as being purely speculative.”

I appreciate that but , thats made pretty clear in the article , and not what I'm suggesting

 

[westcoastGT]

...........this made it to market , so I dont think the above rendering is out of the question

 

[Buttercream]

The head lights are a bit too... squinty. The current gen's design is a refinement over the previous gen. After seeing the new Sonata, I suspect Kia have something more radical in mind.

 

[Manaz]

There is little doubt that Kia will want to run with a styling pattern that links their cars as a "family".

I don't see that render as being too close to a Stinger to be honest. There are certainly worse looking cars out there, and certainly more extreme third party renders of what an upcoming car may look like!

 

[xot1]

I hope it doesnt look like the Stinger.

 

[BertBert2019GT]

3rd party rendering or not, it doesn’t look like a grand touring hatch back to me

 

[westcoastGT]

Here's a Kia release of rendering for the new Cadenza , not much 'Stinger" look here .........................

Kia teases refreshed 2020 Cadenza with series of sketches

 

[westcoastGT]

3rd party rendering or not, it doesn’t look like a grand touring hatch back to me

you dont see a similarity in the front ?

 

[BertBert2019GT]

you dont see a similarity in the front ?

IMO No more or less than every other Kia. Their leaning into the tiger shark theme I love it

 

[westcoastGT]

IMO No more or less than every other Kia. Their leaning into the tiger shark theme I love it

I think its more in the verticle vents and lights that reference the Stinger .........looking at newer model intros/updates like K900 , Telluride , Soul , they seem prepared to explore a range of newer design language that lets every model stand alone with just the Tiger Nose grill as a touch point for the brand ............

 

[Waynerm002]

IMO No more or less than every other Kia. Their leaning into the tiger shark theme I love it

I don’t understand where folks com duo with this tiger shark business, some press people (seemingly non-car folks) have said this and I guess this is why it’s being repeated. The grill design was based on how a Tiger’s nose looks and the design has evolved over time to fit sedan and CUV/SUVs. I’m curious to know what on KIA vehicles looks like a tiger shark, shark fin antennae excluded, lots of cars use that.

 

[westcoastGT]

I don’t understand where folks com duo with this tiger shark business, some press people (seemingly non-car folks) have said this and I guess this is why it’s being repeated. The grill design was based on how a Tiger’s nose looks and the design has evolved over time to fit sedan and CUV/SUVs. I’m curious to know what on KIA vehicles looks like a tiger shark, shark fin antennae excluded, lots of cars use that.

 

[westcoastGT]

 

[eflyguy]

... and these people get paid to come up with this BS.

Looks a heck of a lot better than the Lexus "Big Mouth Billy Bass" look!

 

[Waynerm002]

You got the tiger nose portion down, which is where Peter was coming from, not "Tiger Shark" as some call it.

 

[BertBert2019GT]

You got the tiger nose portion down, which is where Peter was coming from, not "Tiger Shark" as some call it.

Hehe

 

[Kamauxx]

You got the tiger nose portion down, which is where Peter was coming from, not "Tiger Shark" as some call it.

I think he meant tiger nose but mispoke.

Getting back to the Optima, I think Kia will design it to mimic more of the K900s design language than the Stinger's.

 

[19GT-AWD]

Seriously, the "rendering" doesn't look anything like the Stinger. The only similarities I see is they both have a KIA badge.