2017 Kia Optima Hybrid Review
2017 Kia Optima Hybrid Review - The completely redesigned 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid enhances its ancestor from multiple points of view. You'll like the Optima's simple driving nature and the quantity of features you get for your cash. Efficiency isn't tops, yet it's sufficient to keep this hybrid ideal in the blend.

The Optima midsize sedan is one of Kia's most well known cars, and it experienced a full update a year ago. Be that as it may, a few things were set aside for later. For this situation, it was the lower-volume hybrid rendition. Kia sold a 2016 hybrid model, however it depended on the active Optima. That all changed with the 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid.

For 2017, the Kia Optima Hybrid Review sedan proceeds with its walk to flawlessness, expanding on the noteworthy enhancements from a year ago's dispatch by including a module hybrid model. As of now a section pioneer in the territories of performance, power, mileage and innovation, the 2017 Optima sedan grows the accessibility of driver-help features, for example, autonomous braking, yet just on the EX and higher trims.

For correlation, Toyota has this innovation standard on each Camry paying little mind to trim. In any case, in practically every other range important to purchasers, the Optima is more than a match for its opponents, including the Chevy Malibu, Nissan Altima and Ford Fusion.

There is no lack of good things to say in regards to the 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid. It has great mileage, a champion dynamic safety framework, solid power from its gas engine/electric engine mix, and a lot of traveler space in advance. The 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid is an incredible decision. Just the Ford Fusion Hybrid costs less (by a few hundred dollars), however the Kia packs more standard features into its cabin than the Ford does. The Optima Hybrid's 7-inch touch screen is a pleasant touch – and it's superior to anything what you'll discover in contenders.

2017 Kia Optima Hybrid Key Competitors

Kia Optima Hybrid Prices and Trims

The Kia Optima Hybrid is all-new for 2017. It accompanies a 2.0-liter four-cylinder gas engine and a 38-kilowatt electric engine that make a consolidated 193 horsepower. It's combined to a six-speed automatic transmission.

The EX trim expenses about $5,000 more than the base Premium trim. That additional cash gets you cowhide seating, an enhanced sound framework, and route. These features are decent to have, however they're hard to legitimize when a gas-engine Kia Optima EX with similar features costs a great many dollars less. Stay with the Optima Hybrid Premium trim.

Kia Optima Hybrid Premium

The 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid Premium ($25,995) incorporates fabric situates, a calfskin wrapped steering wheel and shift handle, the UVO eServices infotainment framework with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay cell phone reconciliation, double zone automatic temperature control with rear vents, Bluetooth, push-catch begin with keen key, a drive mode framework with Normal, Eco, and Sport modes, steering wheel-mounted sound controls, and a 7-inch touch-screen shading show with radio, Bluetooth availability, a rearview camera, and satellite radio. Additionally, you'll get assistant and USB sound info jacks, and in addition body-shading power-flexible warmed outside mirrors with one-touch triple turn flag markers.

Available dynamic safety features in the Premium trim incorporate rear stop help, blind side discovery with lane change help, and rear cross traffic alert. Some dynamic safety features are available as a major aspect of a $1,795 Hybrid Convenience bundle. Other available things incorporate rear cooling vents, a 12-way power driver's seat with four-way lumbar support, and sound-protecting acoustic front door glass.

Kia Optima Hybrid EX

The Kia Optima Hybrid EX ($30,990) includes cowhide situates, a 12-way power-customizable driver's seat with four-way power lumbar support, a six-way movable front traveler situate with stature agent, warmed front seats and steering wheel, an encompass sound framework with 10 speakers including a subwoofer, and a route framework with a 8-inch touch-screen shading show, Sirius traffic, and a coordinated rearview camera. You'll additionally get a USB charger (focus support, two ports), a rear 12-volt charger, acoustic front door windows, and an automatic windshield defog framework.

Available features in the EX trim are various. They incorporate lane departure warning, forward collision warning, autonomous emergency braking, propelled keen cruise control, a 10-way power-movable front traveler situate with two-way power lumbar, cooled front seats, and warmed rear seats. In the EX trim, all dynamic safety innovation winds up noticeably available with the Technology bundle for $5,000.

Kia Optima Hybrid Engine Review

A 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine and electric engine powered by a high-thickness lithium-polymer battery pack create 193 horsepower. That is somewhat superior to the Fusion Hybrid's 188 horsepower and a hair more regrettable than the Camry Hybrid's 200-horsepower powertrain.

The Optima Hybrid uses a six-speed automatic transmission rather than the ceaselessly factor automatic transmission (CVT) found in the Camry and Fusion hybrids. While CVTs can whimper at higher paces, the Optima Hybrid's transmission stays quieted. Additionally, the Optima Hybrid incorporates a virtual engine sound framework, which helps people on foot hear the Optima Hybrid coming when it is running on just battery power.

The 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid sparkles best on the interstate, with an EPA rating of 46 mpg (and a city rating of 39 mpg). That thruway positioning spots toward the top among midsize hybrids, with just the Honda Accord Hybrid garnish it at 47 mpg on the roadway. The Fusion Hybrid has an EPA rating of 43 mpg in the city and 41 on the interstate, and the Camry Hybrid scores 42/38 mpg city/roadway.

Like its gas-just partner, the 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid has exact steering and smooth adjust through stunning streets. It's no sports car, which implies it conveys a smooth midsize sedan encounter. Contrasted with adversaries, the Fusion Hybrid is truly sporty, while the Camry's ride is best portrayed as soft.

Kia Optima Hybrid Review Exterior

2017 Kia Optima Hybrid Review
The body of the Optima Hybrid, partaken in its principal frame with alternate individuals from the Optima sedan lineup, gets exceptional streamlined upgrades for the Hybrid rendition, diminishing its coefficient of drag to a fragment driving 0.24. A dynamic grille screen automatically opens and closes in view of vehicle speed, streamlining aerodynamics while as yet allowing sufficient engine cooling.

One school of thought on the 2017 Kia Optima's styling is that on the off chance that it ain't broke, don't settle it. The past era Optima was as yet an awesome looking midsize sedan, sharp and modern, and the most recent one carries a significant part of similar sensibilities. There's a comparative grille design, same clearing circular segment of chrome over the roof, et cetera. However there is such a great amount of new about the 2017 Kia Optima some mourn the car didn't get a totally new look also. On the other hand, that bet didn't pay off too well for Hyundai's Sonata, so we're fine with the Optima keeping a well-known look.

Kia Optima Hybrid Review Interior

The 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid Review seats five. In advance, there's a lot of space for driver and traveler. The rear seats are spacious, however a few contenders offer more. The rear seats split 60/40; an attribute not normal in hybrid sedans.

Finish LATCH car-situate systems are situated in the Optima Hybrid's outside rear seats, and there's an upper tie stay for the middle seat. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has not appraised the convenience of the Optima Hybrid's LATCH gear. Be that as it may, the gas-powered Optima – which has a similar framework – procures the second-most astounding rating of Acceptable on the grounds that the lower grapples are covered somewhere down in the seats.

The traveler compartment of the Kia Optima Hybrid shows an incredible complete with open to seating in both rows. The dashboard's design is compact with instinctive controls, and the standard infotainment framework is equivalent to what contenders offer as optional.

The 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid's cargo space measures 13.4 cubic feet. That is 2.5 less cubic feet than the standard 2017 Kia Optima offers. The Camry Hybrid has 13.1 cubic feet, and the Fusion Hybrid is about a full basic need sack behind the Optima Hybrid at 12 cubic feet.

Inside the Kia Optima Hybrid you will discover the UVO infotainment framework with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay cell phone combination. Different features incorporate Bluetooth, steering wheel-mounted sound controls, a 7-inch touch screen with radio, a rearview camera, and satellite radio, and in addition assistant and USB sound info jacks.
2017 Kia Optima Hybrid Review

2017 Kia Optima Hybrid Safety Features

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration grants the 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid five out of five stars in overall safety and five stars in its individual crash tests. The Camry Hybrid likewise gains five stars overall. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has not appraised the Optima Hybrid.

The Kia Optima Hybrid needs propelled standard safety features past a rearview camera. Propelled dynamic safety features like rear stop help, blind side location with lane change help, rear cross traffic alert, lane departure warning, forward collision warning, and autonomous emergency braking are offered as choices. Some are available as a feature of a $1,795 Hybrid Convenience bundle in the Premium trim. In the EX trim, all dynamic safety innovation ends up plainly available with the Technology bundle for $5,000.

The base-model 2017 Kia Optima LX accompanies a 2.4-liter 4-cylinder engine mated to a 6-speed automatic transmission. Past that, there's a Driver Mode Select framework that switches among Normal, Sport and Eco modes. Other Optima LX standard features incorporate manual aerating and cooling, a 5-inch LCD screen with a rearview camera, and controls on the tilt-telescope steering wheel for the cruise control and sound framework, which incorporates Sirius satellite radio, Bluetooth and Auxiliary and USB inputs. The two front seats both change six distinctive courses, with power lumbar support for the driver, and customizable stature on the traveler side. - 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid Review
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