Kia comes with a Optima plug-in hybrid

Posted on 11-02-2016 at 18:25 by nicolasr – 17 Comments”

And in the form of the Optima Plug-in Hybrid.

No one can hold back, also Kia does not, so there should be a plug-in variant of their models. Hence, the South Koreans at the Chicago motor show today their latest coin in the bag have presented, the Optima Plug-in Hybrid.
A PHEV, they call him. At first glance you see nothing strange about this model (no transparent bonnet (hood for example), only slightly different rims than the regular Optima. Thus, all appearance differences on the outside, appointed. Inside, there is something more changed. Thus, there is a special set of instruments has been developed. Unfortunately, no Batman interior.

More important, what happens under the hood. There, we find a 2 litre four-cylinder with 154 hp. That engine is a GDI, direct injection, etc. There is an electric motor of 68 hp and all that power at the wheels is passed through an automatic zesbak. The previous Optima Hybrid, so without the plug, it also had an electric motor, but that was 42% less strong, says Kia pride. On that electric motor only can the Optima, incidentally, not very far, 43 km only. If you combine everything and do you really frugal, you may be in the direction of the south of France to descend. Then it comes namely, 965 kilometers away.

If you can’t wait to get your Kia Optima Plug-in Hybrid to buy, then I have bad news. He only comes in the fourth quarter of this year to our country. And what he is going to cost I can not tell, the prices are later known.

Gallery: Kia Optima hybrid

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