2024 Kia K5 Revealed With One Small Change Over 2023 Model, Costs $300 More Than Before
12 Jun 2023, 16:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The entry-level LXS grade may cost $300 more than the 2023 model originally did, yet it brings absolutely nothing new to the table
Kia Issues Safety Recall for the K5 Sedan Due to Incorrectly Installed Airbags
21 Mar 2023, 16:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Nearly 190k units of the K5 sedan, produced between the 2021 and 2023 model years, are called back to reinstall the side curtain airbags
Kia Recalls Sorento SUV and K5 Sedan to Replace Dual-Clutch Transmission
14 Oct 2022, 16:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Late-model Sorentos and K5s equipped with the eight-speed DCT and 2.5-liter turbo are called back, with some of them to receive brand-new transmissions
2023 Kia K5 Drops LX Trim Level, LXS Opens the List at $25,090
16 Aug 2022, 14:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Kia's answer to the Hyundai Sonata isn't selling particularly well, which is why the South Korean automaker will reportedly drop it from the U.S. lineup
2023 Kia K5 Drops Base Trim Level
11 Jul 2022, 14:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Twinned with the Hyundai Sonata, the Kia K5 may be discontinued from the U.S. lineup in the near future, together with the Stinger
Death Knell Will Reportedly Sound for Two More Sedans in the U.S., Including a Sporty One
26 May 2022, 06:42 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / It's not only the Hyundai Sonata that will face the axe, but its platform-sharing sibling too, the Kia K5, and, unfortunately, the Stinger as well
Kia K5 Morphs Into RWD Supercharged V8 Monster to Fight Hellcats for KDM Glory
30 Dec 2021, 09:45 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Timothy Adry Emmanuel, the virtual artist better known as “adry53customs” on social media, has received word that the “Korean domestic market is the next JDM”
Kia Smokes Previous Yearly Sales Record With a Month To Go
1 Dec 2021, 17:43 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / We've known for a while that Kia was challenging its rivals but these sales numbers prove that it's even further ahead than we expected
300-HP Honda Civic 1.5 CVT vs. Kia K5 GT Drag Race Concludes Rather Surprisingly
16 Aug 2021, 09:16 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The 290-horsepower Kia K5 GT isn't exactly slow, but a tuned Civic 1.5 turbo makes easy work of the mid-size sedan thanks to a 300-hp reflash
290 HP Kia K5 GT Drag Races BMW 330i, Power Gap Creates Surprising Results
14 Jul 2021, 18:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Even though it's a heavy FWD car, the Kia K5 GT still managed to beat the more expensive xDrive 3 Series in some of the races
Brash Kia K5 Is Best Left Underground Where It Belongs
25 Jun 2021, 16:56 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Kia still claims that the K5 outperforms the BMW 330i, but we're not so sure that it applies to this particular example that has joined the low-rider squad.
2022 Kia K5 Updated With New Corporate Logo, More Options
3 Jun 2021, 14:16 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Kia's all-new K5 gets a little better for the 2022 model year, adding a few more creature comforts as well as the styling new Kia logo up front
Kia K5 Adventure Wagon Rendering Looks Ready to Rival the Audi Allroad
28 Apr 2021, 16:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The old Kia Optima had a wagon version sold in Europe and Asia; the Russians over at Kolesa must have liked that because they rendered the K5 into an "Allroad"
Kia Muscle Car Rendering Looks Sharp, Mixes K5 Sedan and Camaro ZL1 1LE
19 Jan 2021, 21:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Kia has stopped messing around with coupes a long time ago, but there's just something cool about a muscle car from a brand that's not supposed to have any
Ford Mustang K5 Looks Like a South Korean Pony
18 Sep 2020, 20:39 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We can always use this rendering to show that choosing a futuristic rather than a retro design for the upcoming S650 Mustang wouldn’t be a bad idea
2021 K5 Is the Most Powerful Kia Mid-Size Sedan to Ever Walk This Earth
1 Jul 2020, 09:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Kia will be removing the Optima nameplate from its roster of cars, the sedan to be called from now on K5, and it just got revealed
2021 Kia Optima Renamed in the U.S., Please Welcome the All-New 2021 Kia K5
20 May 2020, 21:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Kia Optima is apparently dead in the United States, and in its place, the South Korean moniker K5 will be used in this market
2021 Kia K5 Fastback Revealed, Coming to the U.S.
17 Dec 2019, 10:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 2021 Kia K5 Fastback to be the name of the new Optima for the global markets, car was designed by teams on three continents
2021 Kia Optima Revealed, Hybrid Powertrain With Solar Roof Incoming
12 Nov 2019, 12:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Kia's all-new Optima is that bit better to look at than the Hyundai Sonata, a vast improvement inside and out over the previous generation
2021 Kia Optima Features Z-Shaped LED Daytime Running Lights
30 Oct 2019, 10:26 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The 2021 Kia Optima is far prettier than the outgoing model, and given these teasers, the grand reveal should take place next month in South Korea